A MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING AN R-V AND LEADING ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ON A DEADLY CHASE LAST JUNE ENTERS GUILTY PLEAS MONDAY IN AN UNRELATED CASE. DAVID BARBER PLEADED GUILTY TO TWO OF FOUR FELONY CHARGES AND FACES UP TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON.
THOSE CHARGES INCLUDED CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OVER 1-THOUSAND DOLLARS. HIS SENTENCING IS SET FOR MARCH 20. HOWEVER, BARBER COULD END UP BEHIND BARS FOR LIFE IF HE’S CONVICTED OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER, A CHARGE STEMMING FROM THAT HIGH-SPEED CHASE. IT CAME TO AN END WHEN HE CRASHED, FATALLY INJURING A MAN IN ANOTHER VEHICLE.
HIS TRIAL ON THAT CHARGE, AND OTHERS, IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY OF 2019.
