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Police said today that a person found lying in the roadway at Western Skies and Central, east of Juan Tabo, late Wednesday was originally thought to be the victim of a hit-and-run driver, but was instead the victim of a battery following an argument in a nearby apartment complex.
Leandro Sage, 23, was struck by a vehicle on Western Skies Drive, just west of the apartments where he had earlier been drinking and gotten into an argument with his girlfriend, Johanna Martinez, 24, Albuquerque Police Department spokeswoman Officer Tasia Martinez said in an update.
According to a preliminary investigation, Sage struck the woman on the face with his fist, and Johanna Martinez’s brother, 25-year-old Robert Martinez, intervened to help his sister and began fighting with Sage, who bit off the tip of the brother’s left pinkie finger, APD said.
Sage left the apartment and was running westbound from the scene when he was struck by a car and taken to a hospital where he was treated and later put under arrest, according to police.
Police said Robert Martinez is refusing to cooperate and press charges against Sage for the injury to his finger.
11:53pm 2/27/13 — Hit-and-run victim found on Western Skies, near Central
By ABQnews Staff
Officers were dispatched to Western Skies and Central, which is just east of Juan Tabo, around 11:30 p.m. today after it was reported a person was lying in the roadway, according to Albuquerque police.
The person, who has not been identified by name or any other details, was found on Western Skies, just south of Central.
“It appears the subject was the victim of a hit-and-run pedestrian crash,” police said.
The person was taken to University of New Mexico Hospital.
