Overview
- Diego Sanchez, sentenced Thursday in 2nd Judicial District Court, received five years of supervised probation and 800 hours of community service.
- Sanchez pleaded guilty on Feb. 18 to shooting at or from a motor vehicle, a fourth-degree felony, as a negligent-use charge was dismissed in a plea deal.
- Police say a July 17 stop followed a loud bang near a crash scene, with officers finding live rounds, a spent casing, and a Glock 42 in a Jeep Gladiator where Sanchez was a passenger.
- The driver told police Sanchez fired the shot as Sanchez initially denied it, and prosecutors later called the conduct reckless while pushing for a prison term.
- As a convicted felon he now faces a 10-year ban on possessing firearms after his sentence, and he said he made a mistake and will seek bipolar treatment as probation violations could lead to jail.