A New Mexico police chief who went viral for calling out a local court for constantly releasing a dangerous man has announced that federal officials have stepped in.

Chief Jeremy Story posted a video documenting the numerous arrests of Neal Garcia. According to Story, Garcia has been arrested 108 times, 15 of which were for felonies, but the court has repeatedly released him after finding him incompetent to stand trial.

The video went viral as an example of the broken justice system.

'To every law enforcement agency and prosecutor across New Mexico, the US Attorney's Office is open for business.'

On Thursday the police chief released a video announcing the collaboration between the Las Cruces Police Dept., the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico, and the Albuquerq

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