Greg Solano Sentencing

On Friday, Sept. 9, former Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano was sentenced to 3 months of jail time plus 9 months of electronic monitoring. Below, read live tweets from the hearing by Santa Fe New Mexican reporter Geoff Grammer and KRQE reporter Ian Schwartz.

  1. @GeoffGrammer Good job Geoff thanks! Hope #Solano can get his life back together. #SantaFe
  2. Correction. Solano will be on 9 months house arrest after jail time, not 7. The judge misspoke, then clarified.
  3. Solano: 'I got greedy. There is no excuse for it.' @kob4 #kob4
  4. Judge stops #gregsolano and asks why he didn't initially fess up to selling new items, not just used. #Solano says 'I just got greedy'
  5. RT @Joe_Bartels: Solano: I didn't kill myself because I owed the public this day. @kob4 #kob4 t.co/TLNG7pb
  6. RT @Joe_Bartels: Solano now weaping in court describing his financial situation, says he failed his son, daughter,... t.co/iOpIDWF
  7. #gregsolano says 'i was desperate and I was stupid' when his house was being foreclosed on in 2007 ... #Solano
  8. RT @Joe_Bartels: Solano: I'm so sorry. I owe apologies to people i don't even know. @kob4 #kob4 t.co/E997nrc
  9. Chandler says SF county not likely to get $ back from Solano judging by his past financial history. Called a gambling 'addict'
  10. As a Sheriff he was in charge of people arresting others for the same thing. How many lives did he ruin in the process. #Solano
  11. #gregsolano says 'I've had a hard life' ... Thanking all those friends and family who helped him throughout his life. #Solano
  12. Since when does justice have a price? What would happen to John Q. Public in the same situation? #Solano
  13. #gregsolano will speak when @MChandler2010 wraps up his rebuttal... Then state District Judge Stephen Pfeffer will sentence #Solano
  14. @MChandler2010 says #gregsolano didn't just do 'a' bad thing, #Solano did 'a bad thing more than 300 times.'
  15. @MChandler2010 says #gregsolano has NOT cooperated with investigation since Day like #Solano has portrayed to court
  16. @MChandler2010 says at #gregsolano sentencing hearing 'there's a place in prison for this type of conduct.' #Solano
  17. Defense for #gregsolano says it would cost taxpayers 1.5 times as much as #Solano embezzled if he spent 1yr in jail (not prison) at $100/day
  18. #gregsolano wife says 'it was not just Greg's life that was shattered that November day. It was mine as well.' #Solano
  19. #gregsolano wife says #Solano is 'not as the prosecution portrays him.' ... Hes a good man, good grandfather and was a good sheriff
  20. Defens attorney says 'incarceration for #gregsolano would be so out of proportion to this crime' #Solano
  21. #gregsolano attorney emphasizing this is non-violent crime... First offense... Jail time not justified. #Solano
  22. #gregsolano has check for $10,000 to pay today in court toward his $25,000 restitution. #Solano
  23. #gregsolano attorney Brooke Gamble asks judge to imagine 'how awful' the public humiliation #Solano has been.

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