Teen pleads guilty to all felony counts in Strykers Shooting World burglary
Javon Fielder, 17, pleaded guilty to eight felony counts in the 2025 burglary of Strykers Shooting World in Las Cruces.
Javon Fielder, 17, pleaded guilty an hour before jury selection was set to begin; prosecutors are seeking an adult sentence
Damien Willis, Organ Mountain News
LAS CRUCES - A 17-year-old charged in the November 2025 burglary of Strykers Shooting World pleaded guilty to all eight felony counts against him just one hour before jury selection was scheduled to begin.
Javon Fielder pleaded guilty Aug. 18 to aggravated burglary and seven other felony counts stemming from the break-in, according to the Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors are seeking an adult sentence.
Javon was 16 when prosecutors say he and five other teenagers carried out the Nov. 22 burglary at the Las Cruces gun store.
Surveillance video showed the group using a stolen Kia Forte to ram through a security gate about 2 a.m., then using the vehicle to ram an aluminum roll-up door and gain entry to the business, according to the DA’s office.
Prosecutors said Javon was armed with an axe and the teenagers wore face masks, gloves and hoodies to conceal their identities.
Once inside, surveillance footage showed the group ransacking the business and using a firearm to break a glass display case.
Nine handguns, two rifles and a shotgun were stolen.
Class schedule helped identify suspects
The group fled about five minutes after entering the store in another stolen vehicle, a Kia Rio, prosecutors said.
Police later recovered the abandoned vehicle.
During a search, investigators found a class schedule belonging to one of the defendants, according to the DA’s office. Prosecutors said the discovery helped investigators identify and arrest the teenagers.
District Attorney Fernando Macias described the burglary as one of the most serious juvenile cases his office is prosecuting and characterized it as a “military-style operation” because of the planning, coordination and number of firearms stolen.
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Javon is the second defendant to resolve his case.
Josiah Rocha, 17, pleaded no contest to the charges in June.
Both teenagers are awaiting amenability hearings, which will determine whether they are sentenced under New Mexico’s juvenile code or as adults.
The DA’s office is seeking adult sentences for both.
The other four defendants are awaiting trial.
While detained pending trial, Javon was also charged with misdemeanor aggravated battery involving another juvenile inmate, according to prosecutors. That separate charge has not been resolved.
The cases are being prosecuted by Macias and Assistant District Attorney Anne Swank and were investigated by the Las Cruces Police Department.
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