Judge sets bond after suspected thief racks up 36 arrests

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – He is accused of stealing over and over again with 36 arrests and victims from Raton to Santa Fe to Albuquerque.
Edward Laird first made news when he was accused of stealing a Vincent van Gogh drawing, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, from a Santa Fe home in 2009.
On Aug. 12, Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office arrested Laird for burglary. Newly obtained surveillance video shows him trying to get inside a home before the out-of-town homeowner saw his secur