WEDNESDAY IS SENTENCING DAY FOR FORMER RIO ARRIBA COUNTY SHERIFF TOMMY RODELLA AFTER BEING CONVICTED LAST YEAR OF VIOLATING A DRIVER'S CIVIL RIGHTS AND BRANDISHING A GUN AT THE MAN. BUT RODELLA WILL BE IN COURT IN ALBUQUERQUE TUESDAY AS HIS LAWYERS SEEK A NEW TRIAL FOR HIM … AND WANT WEDNESDAY'S SENTENCING DELAYED. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE FIGHTING THE REQUEST.
RODELLA WAS CONVICTED LAST SEPTEMBER FOR THE INCIDENT WITH THE DRIVER IN MARCH OF 2014. HE FACES A MANDATORY 7 YEARS ON THE FIREARMS CONVICTION AND ANOTHER 10 YEARS ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS COUNT.
