THIRTY YEARS IN PRISON. THAT WAS THE SENTENCE 20 YEAR OLD DANIEL LEE SANDOVAL WAS HANDED THURSDAY IN THE DEATH OF A MAN IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE IN 2016. SANDOVAL PLEADED GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND 35 OTHER CHARGES.
PROSECUTORS SAY SANDOVAL WAS DRIVING A WORK VAN THAT HE AND OTHER TEENS WERE TRYING TO STEAL, WHEN THE VAN’S OWNER, HECTOR AGUIRRE, WAS RUN OVER AS HE TRIED TO STOP THEM. THE D-A’S OFFICE SAYS SANDOVAL WAS THE LAST OF THE GROUP TO FACE SENTENCING.
