Created: May 06, 2021 04:33 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office released the names of the two victims that were killed in a suspected DWI crash involving an off-duty police officer.
BCSO said 21-year-old Diego Robles Arellano and 50-year-old Alfredo Escaname-Hernandez died when Brandon Barber crashed into them near I-25 and Tramway over the weekend. Investigators said the third victim, 21-year-old Fernando Arellano, was taken to the hospital with a brain bleed.
Barber, who is an officer with Cuba police and a member of the National Guard, appeared in court Thursday. The state asked a judge to keep him behind bars until trial, however Judge Brett Loveless denied that motion.