Man sentenced for stabbing 69-year-old

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man who randomly attacked an elderly man will spend more than a decade behind bars.
The 69-year-old victim was doing yard work near Lomas and Bryn Mawr last April when 37-year-old Francisco Rodrigues came up to him and started stabbing him.
The victim had multiple stab wounds and his throat had been slashed. He did survive.
Friday in court, Rodrigues apologized to the victim’s family.
The judge sentenced Rodrigues to 12 years in prison.
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