A 20 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE MAN FACES THREE DECADES IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY ON TUESDAY TO 2ND DEGREE MURDER AND 35 OTHER CHARGES. DANIEL LEE SANDOVAL IS ACCUSED OF KILLING A LOCAL DEACON, HECTOR AGUIRRE, WHO’S ALSO A CARPENTER. POLICE SAY SANDOVAL RAN OVER AGUIRRE AS THE DEACON TRIED TO KEEP SANDOVAL AND FOUR OTHER TEENS FROM STEALING HIS WORK VAN.
SANDOVAL’S PLEA AGREEMENT RESOLVES THREE CRIMINAL CASES AGAINST HIM AND PROSECUTORS SAID THEY’D DISMISS ANOTHER 48 CHARGES AGAINST HIM. HE’S THE THIRD OF THE FIVE TEENS ACCUSED IN THE CASE.
