CHRISTIE NORIEGA COULD HAVE GOTTEN 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A CRASH LAST YEAR NORTH OF ALBUQUERQUE THAT LEFT TWO MEN DEAD. BUT THE JUDGE GAVE NORIEGA A BREAK THURSDAY, SENTENCING HER TO THREE YEARS BEHIND BARS.
PROSECUTORS ALLEGED NORIEGA WAS DRUNK WHEN SHE HIT AND KILLED TWO MEN CHANGING A TIRE ON THE SIDE OF I-25 NEAR ALGODONES. SHE PLED GUILTY TO TWO COUNTS OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND ONE COUNT OF AGGRAVATED DWI.
