SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ COPS A PLEA. HE’S ONE OF SIX ALBUQUERQUE TEENS ACCUSED OF MURDERING STEVEN GERECKE AS THEY MOBBED HIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BREAKING INTO HOMES AND VEHICLES. GERECKE WAS KILLED IN JULY OF LAST YEAR WHEN RODRIGUEZ WAS 16.
HE’S PLEADED GUILTY TO 10 COUNTS, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED BURGLARY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. THE DEAL KEEPS HIM FROM BEING CHARGED WITH MURDER … BUT IT’S STILL UNKNOWN IF HE’LL BE CHARGED AS AN ADULT OR A JUVENILE.
IF CHARGED AS AN ADULT, RODRIGUEZ FACES UP TO 31-AND-A-HALF YEARS IN PRISON.
