Rio Rancho man arrested after allegedly pointing a handgun at Uber passengers

Miguel Bencomo, 39, of Rio Rancho, was arrested Feb. 17, 2026, after a couple told police their Uber driver pulled a handgun and pointed it during a trip that began at Perfection Honda and continued on NM 528, according to a criminal complaint and Rio Rancho police records. Bencomo faces two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

The wife in the vehicle told officers, “They requested an Uber from Perfection Honda to return to their apartment,” and that “the car that picked them up was Bencomo's.” She described the driver’s behavior while “driving up NM 528” and said “he was getting impatient over traffic,” the complaint states.

When officers contacted Bencomo he initially denied having a gun, then “admitted to having a firearm in his vehicle for protection,” the report says. Investigators say Bencomo “had the firearm in his hand and admitted to brandishing the gun but denied ever pointing it at the couple.” The complaint records his repeated claim that “he only pointed the firearm at the sky and never at them,” and that “he instantly knew that what he was doing was wrong and put the firearm away.”

Bencomo “agreed to meeting the officers back at the apartments, where they arrested him,” the criminal complaint notes. Authorities booked him on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; the report states that “if he is convicted, Bencomo faces three years in prison.” The arrest occurred at Country Club Apartments in Rio Rancho, according to police records.

The public record provided so far does not identify the couple by name or list any injuries, and it does not specify whether officers recovered a firearm as evidence at the time of arrest. Court filings and booking records have not yet been posted in the public docket captured in the complaint summary.

Rio Rancho police handled the response to the reported armed subject and made the arrest without a reported confrontation, per the complaint. The incident adds to a string of high-profile weapons-related calls to Rio Rancho officers this month; separate police actions included a large multiple-round shooting elsewhere along NM 528 that prompted a SWAT response, though investigators say those events are not connected in the available records.

Bencomo remains charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; criminal proceedings and any scheduled arraignment were not included in the complaint excerpt. If convicted, the report notes, he faces up to three years behind bars.