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ALBUQUERQUE - A Silver City man convicted of attempting to carjack a driver a gunpoint faces up to 22 years in federal prison.
Daniel “Grumpy” Hernandez, 33, of Silver City was convicted by a federal jury on May 6 on seven counts of a 10-count indictment. Hernandez and his co-conspirator, Savannah Padilla, were indicted on Nov. 13, 2019.
According to the plea agreement, Hernandez and Padilla demanded money from a driver at gunpoint, demanding the victim get out of the driver’s seat and into the back seat of the vehicle. The victim fled. The incident happened Sept. 7, 2018 and continued into the next day in Grant County.