A PLEA DEAL … 37 YEARS IN PRISON … AND FIVE YEARS PROBATION FOR 24 YEAR OLD ELOY AGUILAR OF ALBUQUERQUE. HE PLEADED GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER, KIDNAPPING, ATTEMPT TO COMMIT A FELONY AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE IN THE JULY 2012 SHOOTING DEATH OF CONVENIENCE STORE CLERK CHAD MERCER.
AGUILAR IS SAID TO HAVE GUNNED DOWN MERCER AS TWO OTHER MEN ROBBED PEOPLE IN THE STORE PARKING LOT. POLICE SAY THE MEN ALSO PLANNED TO ROB THE STORE UNTIL MERCER WAS SHOT. THE OTHER TWO DEFENDANTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENTENCED.
