Joel Meeks.

Joel Meeks.  (Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center)

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Raul Ortega.  (Albuquerque Police Department)

Alleged home invader enters plea

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Alleged home invader enters plea

Updated: Friday, 08 Mar 2013, 12:24 PM MST
Published : Friday, 08 Mar 2013, 12:24 PM MST

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A man accused in a violent home invasion has pleaded not guilty.

Joel Meeks, who appeared in court Friday morning, is accused of hogtying an Albuquerque man and leaving him to drown in a bathtub last month.

Meeks remains jailed under a $500,000 cash-only bond.

Police are still looking for his alleged accomplice Raul Ortega.
 

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