Woman arrested after alleged intentional hit-and-run in Enchanted Hills

Aliyah Randolph, 26, of Santa Fe, was arrested after a July 10 hit-and-run allegation at Safelite Apartments in Enchanted Hills, where police say a truck struck both a vehicle and people in a residential parking area. She was booked in Sandoval County the next day, and investigators treated the case as more than a traffic collision.

The charges tied to the arrest included aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, making a shooting threat, aggravated DWI after refusing testing, and reckless driving. Randolph also claimed someone else had been driving the truck when the collision happened, but that explanation did not stop the arrest.

The location matters for Rio Rancho readers because apartment complexes put pedestrians, tenants and neighbors close to moving vehicles, often with little room to get out of the way once a dispute turns physical. Safelite Apartments in Enchanted Hills advertises one-, two- and three-bedroom units, along with amenities such as covered parking and on-site maintenance, a setup that can leave residents sharing tight access points, parking lanes and walkways.

Under New Mexico law, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon is a fourth-degree felony, while aggravated battery with a deadly weapon is a third-degree felony. Those classifications show why the case was handled as a violent-crime matter, not a routine crash, especially with allegations that people were intentionally hit.

The Sandoval County Sheriff's Office provides law enforcement services across the county, and the Sandoval County Detention Center handles inmate and bonding information through county channels. That system is where booking details in cases like Randolph’s typically surface after an arrest in Sandoval County.

The arrest adds another high-risk incident to the public-safety picture in Enchanted Hills, where a vehicle used aggressively can endanger bystanders, tenants and anyone nearby in seconds. In this case, the combination of alleged intentional contact, refusal to test and felony-level charges turned a neighborhood dispute into a serious criminal case.