Another teen arrested in the deadly hit-and-run of a bicyclist posted on social media

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Another teen arrested in the deadly hit-and-run of a bicyclist posted on social media

Updated 8:08 PM EDT, May 28, 2025

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Another teenager was arrested Wednesday on murder and other charges in connection with a deliberate hit-and-run that targeted a bicyclist, Albuquerque police said.

Detectives learned that the boy was the fourth suspect in the stolen car when it hit and killed 63-year-old physicist Scott Dwight Habermehl while he was biking to his job at Sandia National Laboratories.

The teen arrested Wednesday was 15 at the time of the May 2024 crash. The others included a boy who had just turned 11 and two other teens.

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Authorities said that during the course of the investigation several people told detectives they recognized the sound of the fourth suspect’s voice when the video was posted on social media. The teen had denied being the car during an earlier interview with police, but detectives learned that he had shared details about the crash and the police investigation with friends through social media conversations.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/albuquerque-hit-run-teens-juvenile-justice-bicyclist-8fc7e361adedce4bd3ca2f4ceadead50

[RandomNumbers]

1. What kind of life does a kid have to have, to be so sick?

Or is that just how society is raising kids generally these days?

[ShazzieB]

2. If I'm reading correctly, it sounds like the kid they arrested isn't the one who was driving.

Maybe they're hoping to get him to identify the driver. I hope they offer him full immunity if he gives up the driver's name, because that person is the responsible party.They seem to already have some info about the other people in the car, but I imagine a witness who could testify as to who was driving the car could be a big help in prosecution.