Albuquerque neighborhood reacts to weekend raid of arson suspect's home
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – After this weekend's raid in a Northwest Albuquerque neighborhood where 40-year-old Jamison Wagner was arrested for his connection to two recent arson attacks at a Tesla dealership and at the Republican Party of New Mexico headquarters, we're learning more about Wagner including a visit to his neighborhood on Monday.
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'I've lived here for four years. I love the neighborhood, it's a safe place, I feel totally comfortable with my dogs out walking. My daughters, they come to the park and play all the time. It's always been a really good place to live,' said one neighbor.
Runners, walkers, and bikers alike all out in a quiet northwest Albuquerque neighborhood but this weekend it was a different scene with dozens of FBI and ATF agents surrounding a home off Unser Blvd. and McMahon Blvd.
'We woke up to those booms, and I told my daughters, 'I don't know fireworks? '' said that same neighbor.
'I was gonna get ready to go to work, and as soon as I step into my ca,r I hear these loud gunshots or something just boom, boom, boom,' said Wagner's neighbor, Juan Diego Enciso.
A few doors down from Enciso's home, the garage door was broken out and windows boarded up, after agents arrested 40-year-old Jamison Wagner, in connection with recent arson attacks at a Tesla dealership and the Republican Party of New Mexico headquarters.
'I didn't think my neighbor three houses down would get raided, but no never experienced anything like this in my life,' said Enciso. 'I didn't think he was involved in stuff like that, it's crazy.'
Online sources seem to show that Wagner graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2018 with a degree in electrical engineering and may have earned a Master's degree in engineering three years later. KRQE News 13 is still working to confirm those facts with the University.
On Wagner's Facebook page, it was filled with posts about his frustrations with the current political climate and the Trump administration calling Trump a 'lawless President' and 'Nazi'.
'The passion of the left versus right, and it's coming to that, that surprises me too,' said one neighbor.
The neighbors KRQE News 13 spoke with said they didn't know Wagner well. 'I can't say that one bad apple like ruins the whole pie, but it's still really surprising,' said one neighbor.
Wagner is federally charged with two counts of arson.
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