PETE PASQUAL CHAVEZ IS HEADED TO PRISON FOR SEVEN YEARS. IN DECEMBER, THE 36 YEAR OLD CHAVEZ PLEADED GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES OF BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. CHAVEZ IS THE MAN WHO SHOT SOMEONE HE SAID WAS BREAKING INTO HIS VEHICLE AT AN ALBUQUERQUE LA QUINTA INN LAST YEAR.
RESPONDING OFFICERS FOUND A GUN UNDER CHAVEZ’S VEHICLE, AMMUNITION INSIDE HIS MOTEL ROOM, AND A LOADED FIREARM IN THE BUSHES OUTSIDE HIS ROOM. CHAVEZ HAD EARLIER BEEN CONVICTED ON DRUG AND GUN CHARGES, MAKING IT ILLEGAL FOR HIM TO POSSESS FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION.
