Farmington, N.M. – The Farmington Police Department is looking for the owners of stolen property recovered during a recent auto burglary investigation. Officers responded on January 2 to the area of Foothills and Crestwood after someone saw a man entering unlocked vehicles. They conducted an investigation that ultimately led to the arrest of 28-year-old Kory Galbraith of Farmington. Detectives obtained a search warrant for Galbraith’s vehicle, impounded at the scene, and recovered items reported stolen from vehicles in east Farmington neighborhoods. They found additional items in the vehicle that were not linked to any reported burglaries on record with FPD.

 

Detectives are encouraging anyone who has been a victim of auto burglary between December 1, 2019 and January 2, 2020 and did not report the crime, to please contact Detective Hardy at 505-258-5144.

 

Galbraith was arrested on January 2, 2020 and charged with Auto Burglary, Attempted Auto Burglary, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Resisting, Evading, or Obstructing an Officer.

 

 

 

 

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