THE TENNESSEE WOMAN WHOSE ENCOUNTER WITH TAOS POLICE NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES LEARNS HER FATE IN A NEW MEXICO COURTROOM TODAY (MON). IT WAS OCTOBER 28TH, 2013 WHEN STATE POLICE OFFICER ELIAS MONTOYA SHOT AT ORIANA FARRELL’S MINIVAN AS SHE FLED A TRAFFIC STOP IN TAOS COUNTY. SEVERAL CHILDREN WERE IN THE VAN AS WELL.
FARRELL WAS CHARGED WITH FLEEING, CHILD ABUSE, AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA … BUT THOSE CHARGES WERE DISMISSED BY THE COURT OF APPEALS … THEN REFILED. SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO GO ON TRIAL TODAY (MON) … BUT AGREED TO A PLEA DEAL. DETAILS OF THE PLEA DEAL WILL BE REVEALED IN COURT TODAY (MON) … AND A JUDGE WILL THEN DECIDE WHETHER TO SIGN IT OR NOT.
