The police have identified the man who led them on a high-speed chase, on Feb. 12, that ended when he drove his green Ford Mercury into a fence on Nicholas Street and escaped on foot.

Charges have been filed against Jaime Sarabia, 30, of Albuquerque, on six counts including aggravated fleeing, possession of a controlled substance (heroin), criminal damage to property, reckless driving, resisting-evading-obstructing an officer, and accidents involving damage. The charges of aggravated fleeing and possession are felonies; the other four charges are misdemeanors.

A passenger in the car with Sarabia on Feb. 12 was Cecelie Emore-Yazzie, 35, of Socorro. Emore-Yazzie is also wanted for questioning by the Socorro Police Department.

Sarabia is also wanted in connection with an armed robbery that took place in southwest Albuquerque on Feb. 9. The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department has one person already in custody in connection with the robbery. Dakota Briscoe, 23, of Socorro, was arrested by Socorro police on Feb. 26, and transferred to Bernalillo County where he is charged with one count of robbery with a deadly weapon and one count of conspiracy.

A warrant has been issued for Sarabia, and his picture has been published on the Albuquerque Police Department's "Most Wanted Property Crime Offenders List," and on 10 electronic billboards around Albuquerque.

Sarabia is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Sarabia has multiple tattoos, including one around his neck that says "Burque," a teardrop under his left eye, the word "Orlando" on his left forearm, and others on his abdomen, chest, back, arms and right hand.

Sarabia's prior convictions include armed robbery with a deadly weapon and trafficking a controlled substance, in 2000, and convictions in 2008 for aggravated fleeing and possession of a controlled substance.

Anyone with information on Sarabia's whereabouts should contact Socorro Police at 575-835-1883.

A statement on the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office Web site says fugitives should be considered dangerous and might possibly be armed, and citizens should never attempt to arrest or detain these subjects themselves.

Contact Suzanne Barteau