GALLUP, N.M. – A convicted felon who admitted to breaking into a western New Mexico business and stealing less than $20 has been sentenced to four years in prison.
The Gallup Independent reports Chad Gonzales was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to non-residential burglary and confessing that he stole $18.90.
Authorities located Gonzales through DNA samples after he cut himself during the break-in.
The 37-year-old Gonzales entered into the repeat offender plea agreement, admitting that he was convicted of possession of a controlled substance in February 2012 and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in February 2015.
Under the plea agreement, the prosecution dropped charges of larceny and criminal damage to property.
