Albuquerque police arrest man accused of causing $100K in damage at car dealership

ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department arrested a man they said caused more than $100,000 in damage at a Toyota dealership. According to police, 20-year-old Daniel Candelaria was an employee at the American Toyota Dealership in northeast Albuquerque.

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Officers were called to the dealership on Monday where they found two men damaging the inside of the store. The dealership’s general manager told authorities that Candelaria would hang out with an employee who was recently fired for groping a woman.

Detectives said they reviewed the surveillance footage and saw two men damaging thousands of dollars worth of televisions, and computers, and the woman’s desk was vandalized.

Candelaria was arrested on Friday and booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center.

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