FORMER STATE SENATOR PHIL GRIEGO IS OUT OF PRISON. HE WAS RELEASED ON TUESDAY ON PAROLE FROM A STATE CORRECTIONS FACILITY IN LOS LUNAS AFTER SERVING 15 MONTHS. GRIEGO WAS CONVICTED ON FRAUD, BRIBERY AND OTHER CHARGES AFTER PROSECUTORS SAID HE USED HIS POSITION AS A LAWMAKER TO PROFIT FROM THE SALE OF A STATE OWNED BUILDING IN SANTA FE.
GRIEGO LATER PLED GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT AND PERJURY CHARGES WHICH LENGTHENED HIS SENTENCE.
