FAKE DIVERS LICENCES, PHONY PAYROLL CHECKS, BUT REAL MONEY. FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD SHELLY NICHOLS OF ALBUQUERQUE AND 41 YEAR OLD DONNA GABALDON OF RIO RANCHO WERE ACCUSED OF CREATING FAKE LICENSES, THEN USING THEM TO CASH PHONY PAYROLL CHECKS AT WAL-MART STORES IN FIVE STATES, INCLUDING NEW MEXICO. THEY WERE CHARGED IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR. FOLLOWING THURSDAY'S GUILTY PLEA.
NICHOLS WILL GO TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR 25 MONTHS. GABALDON PLEADED GUILTY LAST YEAR AND WAS SENTENCED TO 24 MONTHS. BOTH WOMEN WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAYING THE 141-THOUSAND DOLLARS THEY STOLE.
