Warrior II Gas Station Employee Silencio Chacon Summoned on Embezzlement Charges

Silencio Chacon, 55, of Rio Rancho, has been summoned on an embezzlement complaint tied to Warrior II gas station in Bernalillo, court records show. The summons was issued March 5, 2026, and the complaint alleges a pattern of missing receipts and mis-recorded transactions at the Bernalillo convenience store, with an alleged total loss of nearly $4,000 according to local reporting and the filed complaint.

The criminal complaint centers on a documented voided sale for $41.68. As the complaint recounts, "When the manager checked for the transaction, all she could find was a voided transaction in the amount of $41.68, the complaint stated." The manager reviewed video surveillance as part of the internal audit, and the complaint says, "She watched the video surveillance and saw Chacon enter four packs of cigarettes into the point-of-sale system and then void the transaction." That single recorded incident, combined with the manager’s allegations of other missing receipts, prompted the criminal filing.

The manager told investigators she confronted Chacon after reviewing records and surveillance. The criminal complaint records, "The complaint cites the manager saying she talked with Chacon, who allegedly admitted that he had done this before but could not remember the date." Following that conversation, Chacon was immediately terminated from his position at Warrior II, and officers responded to the allegation, resulting in the March 5 summons for embezzlement.

Legal documents in the complaint list embezzlement as the charged offense; the complaint notes potential penalties, stating, "Chacon could face three or more years in prison if he is convicted." As of the filing, there is no publicly available docket number, arraignment date, or record of plea, and the complaint does not include an itemized breakdown of how the near-$4,000 figure was calculated. The complaint also does not name the manager, provide a transaction log beyond the $41.68 void, or list any defense response from Chacon.

The complaint and the store’s internal review leave key evidentiary questions unresolved: prosecutors will need POS transaction logs, surveillance footage, and an accounting of the alleged incidents to support the embezzlement claim when the case proceeds in Bernalillo court. For now, Warrior II has removed Chacon from its payroll and the criminal complaint will determine whether the alleged pattern of mis-recorded sales amounts to prosecutable theft under state statute.