A FORMER RIO ARRIBA COUNTY SHERIFF WILL SPEND A LONG TIME IN PRISON. A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS SENTENCED TOMMY RODELLA TO TEN YEARS AND ONE MONTH BEHIND BARS FOR THREATENING AN ESPANOLA MAN WITH A GUN DURING A TRAFFIC STOP LAST YEAR. U-S ATTORNEY DAMON MARTINEZ TELLS 770 KKOB LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE HELD TO A HIGH STANDARD. RODELLA WAS NOT IN UNIFORM AND NOT DRIVING A PATROL CAR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. HE WAS CONVICTED OF VIOLATING THE MAN'S CIVIL RIGHTS IN SEPTEMBER.
