Federal prosecutors want a judge to impose a $250,000 fine and a stiff prison sentence on a former New Mexico sheriff.
Former Rio Arriba County Sheriff Tommy Rodella was convicted Sept. 26 of brandishing a firearm and deprivation of rights against a motorist during a road-rage incident last March. He's to be sentenced Wednesday.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that prosecutors filed their request for a $250,000 fine in response to Rodella's request for leniency.
Prosecutors said Rodella failed to fully disclose his assets during a pre-sentencing investigation.
Rodella faces a mandatory seven years in prison on the firearm count and up to 10 additional years on the rights count.
Rodella's lawyers asked for a sentence of no more than eight years, partly because a health condition.
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