According to a police report on 11-16-2018 absolute chaos ensued when at around 0930 hours Officer "CJ" responded to a Smiths Grocery parking lot in Albuquerque to investigate a disturbance involving a group of unknown subjects in a verbal dispute. Upon his arrival near the Walgreen's parking lot he didn't observe any disturbance occurring. Officer CJ did see a large native male lying on his left side near the westbound Central bus stop. Officer CJ conducted a welfare check on him and determined he did not need EMS. Officer CJ began to walk towards the Walgreen's entrance to conduct a walk thru, when he saw the Liquor Clerk running out of the front doors. The clerk directed his attention to a female and male and told Officer CJ the pair had just stole alcohol from his liquor department. Officer CJ noticed the female suspect (Tellethea Fowler) holding a bottle of alcohol in each hand. The male was observed in the video armed with an approximately 2 foot long metal pipe as they walked right towards Officer CJ. The male used his body to shield/block Officer CJ from contacting the female. Officer CJ is heard giving 3 loud and clear commands to sit down. They both ignored him. The female then smashes one bottle of alcohol on the ground. The pair then turned west and attempted to walk around Officer CJ's position and headed towards his parked police unit. The male then turned away from Officer CJ and released his right hand from the pipe and appeared to be preparing himself to use a left handed swing at Officer CJ. Officer. CJ is then heard telling the pair they were under arrest and ordered the male to drop the pipe. He ignored verbal command to drop the pipe. The female responded by yelling it isn't a "Pint it is a 5th" she then broke the second bottle on the ground. The male changed his mind about swinging at Officer CJ and turned to follow the female. The pair then began walking southbound back towards Central with the male walking in front of the female. Officer CJ notified Radio that he needed help as he was walking backwards towards Central Blvd giving the pair clear commands to sit down and that they were under arrest. The male still refused to drop the pipe. The male then places himself in front of the female as they attempted escape across Central Blvd. Once the pair was within 15ft of Officer CJ he deployed his Taser. The male leaned forward slightly but did not go down from the Taser probes. The female then came up behind Officer CJ's left side and struck him on the back of Officer CJ's head with either her right hand or her loaded brown purse. The impact of her attack against Officer CJ caused her to fall backwards. The male stepped back to his left, Officer CJ's right and removed any probe that may have been attached to his clothes. Officer CJ stepped towards the female & used a Follow Up Drive Stun against the female and attempted to get her into custody. Once Officer CJ realized the male was unaffected and still a threat he stepped back and away from the pair. The suspects were still resisting arrest and attempting to escape across Central Blvd. Officer CJ got near the concrete sidewalk when he used his second Taser cartridge. Officer CJ targeted the female without warning due to her already violent attack against him. The probes made good contact on the right side of her torso and she slowly fell forward onto the ground near the sidewalk. The male then stepped up in front of the female while still armed with the pipe. He then grabbed the Taser lines and broke them. This allowed the female to get back to her feet. The male then started to walk westbound towards Officer CJ in an aggressive manner firmly holding the pipe in his left hand. Fearing he would use the pipe on him, Officer CJ took several steps backwards and holstered his Taser and removed his OC spray. The male then turned to his left and started to cross Central Blvd with the female. Officer CJ followed the pair across Central in traffic and deployed his OC spray into the face of both suspects to prevent either one from considering another attack towards him. Officer CJ could hear dispatch and responding units request an update about his exact location. Officer CJ tells them he needed units to the "Wendy's" bus stop. At one point a third male Robby Emerson arrives nearby while armed with a hammer in his right hand. Officer CJ could hear him yelling at the suspects to "Get out of here". Officer CJ ordered Robby to stay back. The female Tellethea Fowler then attacked Robby and attempted to disarm him of his hammer so she could use it against Officer CJ. Robby fought back and used two hands to keep control of his hammer. Officer CJ pointed & yelled out that he had felony charges on the pair. Deputy C. Otero tackled Tellethea before she could flee across Central Blvd and quickly got her into handcuffs. Officers and Deputies eventually located Robby hiding at a vacant property and took him into custody.

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