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Saturday, November 07, 2009
Man Sentenced in '08 Fatal Shooting
Journal and Wire Reports
An Albuquerque man has been sentenced to 30 1/2 years in prison for his role in a 2008 fatal shooting that stemmed from a case of mistaken identity.
Jason Skaggs, 36, was sentenced Friday in state District Court.
Skaggs pleaded guilty in July to second-degree murder, criminal solicitation to commit murder, aggravated burglary with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary with a deadly weapon.
Skaggs and Clifton Bloomfield were looking for someone else in June 2008 when Bloomfield broke into a newlywed couple's home and shot Scott Pierce in the neck when Pierce came to the aid of his wife, according to a criminal complaint.
The intended victim was a man who had allegedly slept with Skaggs' wife and beaten up Skaggs when he attempted to retaliate. The man had lived in the house on Hannett NE until a few months before the Pierces moved in.
Bloomfield also pleaded guilty to killing four others and has been sentenced to 195 years in prison.
During Friday's sentencing, members of the Pierce family and Albuquerque police detective Michael Fox addressed the court. Kathryn Pierce, the widow, said she had agreed to the terms of the plea agreement because it spared her and her family from reliving the tragedy.
Skaggs lowered his head and cried during that portion of the hearing but later addressed the court and asked for leniency.
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