IT’S TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE WOMAN WHO SET FIRE TO THE DESERT SANDS MOTEL ON CENTRAL AVENUE IN ALBUQUERQUE LAST MAY. THIRTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD JENNIFER MAESTAS PLEADED NO CONTEST TO ONE COUNT OF ARSON UNDER AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE.
TWO PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR SMOKE INHALATION AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE, AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED.
