Jury finds driver in fatal head-on guilty

A Laguna Pueblo man with prior convictions for driving while intoxicated has been convicted of second-degree murder in a 2015 fatal headon collision on the Sandia Pueblo Indian reservation.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said 35-year-old Jeffrey Antonio faces up to life in prison when sentenced on his conviction from a jury verdict Wednesday.

According to prosecutors, Antonio was driving a truck that swerved into oncoming traffic, injuring another vehicle’s driver and killing the passenger on July 31, 2015.

Prosecutors also said a cold four-pack of beer in Antonio’s truck was missing two cans, officers said Antonio smelled of alcohol and a blood test indicated he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 percent, more than twice New Mexico’s limit of .08 percent.

Antonio had DWI convictions in 2008 and 2011.