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WEBVTT BELIEVE TO BE VIOLENT.REPORTER: I VISITED BOSQUE FARMSWHERE JUSTIN HANSEN LIVED ANDNEIGHBORS WHO SAY THEY'VE KNOWNHIM FOR YEARS SAY HE'S A NICEAND VERY POLITE MAN.NEIGHBORS IN THIS BOSQUE FARMCOMMUNITY SAY THEY WERE SHOCKEDTO JUSTIN HANSEN IS NOW ACCUSEDIN A VIOLENT CRIME THAT NEARLYKILLED A TEENAGER.HANSEN AND HIS FAMILY HAVE LIVEDIN THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS,NEIGHBORS TOLD US HE WASFRIENDLY, A GOOD DAD AND HARDWORKING, THEY SAID THEY WOULDSEE HIM WORKING ON THE HANSEN'SFAMILY FARM BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY IS SOCLOSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO BEINTERVIEWED ABOUT HANSEN'SARREST. BOSQUE FARMS POLICE OFFICERSHELPED ALBUQUERQUE POLICEOFFICERS ARREST HANSEN THURSDAYNIGHT AT A GROCERY STORE.>> YOU'RE WANTED FOR SOME STUFFOK TROUBLE FOR SOME STUFF, OK?>> I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONGTHOUGH.>> PERSONALLY AS A WOMAN I THINKWOMAN WILL FEEL SAFER WITH HIMOFF THE STREET.REPORTER: BOSQUE FARMS POLICESAY THEY'VE NEVER HAS ANYRUN-INS WITH HANSEN UNTIL HE WASARRESTED THIS WEEK.BUT NOW HE'S A SUSPECT IN ABRUTAL ATTACK THAT HAPPENED9-YEARS AGO WHEN A TEEN WASBEATEN WITH A SHOVEL.YEARS AFTER IT HAPPENED BRITTANIMORE AND MORE ABOUT THE ATTACKAND DNA LED OFFICERS TO HANSEN. MARCELL'S SISTER'S WERE THEREFOR HANSEN'S FIRST COURT DATE.>> SHE WAS SO EXCITED AND SHE'SLIKE THEY CAUGHT HIM KATHLEIN,THEY CAUGHT HIM. JUST THAT EXCITEMENT..I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT EXCITEMENTIN A LONG TIME.OFFICERS SAY THEY FIRST SPOTTEDHIM AT A GYM, BUT MADE THEARREST AT A GROCERY STORE.THEY SAID HE WAS SURPRISED BUT

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Neighbors in this community said they were shocked to learn that Hansen is now accused in a violent crime that nearly killed a teenager. Hansen and his family have lived in the community for years. Neighbors told us he was friendly, a good dad and hardworking. They said they would see him working on the Hansen’s family farm Because the community is so close they did not want to be interviewed about Hansen’s arrest. Bosque Farms police officers helped Albuquerque police officers arrest Hansen Thursday night at a grocery store. "You're wanted for some stuff, ok? Trouble for some stuff, ok?" said an officer. "I didn't do anything wrong though, " Hasen said."Personally, as a woman, I think women will feel safer with him off the street," said Bosque Farms Police Department captain Angela Byrd. Bosque Farms police say they've never had any run-ins with Hansen until he was arrested this week.But now he's a suspect in a brutal attack of a teen beaten with a shovel nine years ago.Years after it happened Brittani Marcell was able to remember more and more about the attack and dna led officers to Hansen. Marcell's sisters were there for Hansen’s first court date. "She was so excited, and she's like, 'They caught him, Kathlein! They caught him!' Just that excitement ... I haven't heard that excitement in a long time,” said Brittani Marcell’s sister.