Best enters guilty plea in wrong-way DWI case

DRUNK THE WRONG WAY ON I-25 IN 2007-- HAS ACCEPTED A GUILTY PLEA AGREEMENT. DANIELLE BEST ...  More »

DRUNK THE WRONG WAY ON I-25 IN 2007-- HAS ACCEPTED A GUILTY PLEA AGREEMENT. DANIELLE BEST SLAMMED HEAD ON INTO A CAR SERIOUSLY INJURING THE OTHER DRIVER -- WHO WAS ALSO IN COURT TODAY-- TO SEE JUSTICE. VALERIE CASTRO IS LIVE AT DISTRICT COURT WITH THE DETAILS IN OUR TOP STORY. INSTEAD OF A POSSIBLE THREE YEARS -- DANIELLE BEST COULD SERVE A MAXIMUM OF 18 MONTHS IN JAIL AFTER AGREEING TO A PLEA DEAL TODAY. THE FORMER KIRTLAND AIRMAN IS ACCUSED OF DRIVING DRUNK AND SLAMMING HER TRUCK HEAD ON INTO ANOTHER DRIVER WHEN SHE WENT THE WRONG WAY ON I-25. THE CRASH IN FEBRUARY OF 2007 LEFT THE OTHER DRIVER, MICHAEL HAUSER WITH SERIOUS INJURIES -- HE WAS ALSO IN COURT TODAY ASKING THAT BEST ALSO COMPLETE COMMUNITY SERVICE -- HELPING INJURED VETERANS COMING HOME FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. BEST ACCEPTED HER PLEA AGREEMENT ALTHOUGH HER ATTORNEY TOLD THE COURT SHE BELIEVES SHE WAS DRUGGED THE NIGHT OF THE CRASH BEFORE SHE GOT IN HER TRUCK -- HAUSER SAYS THAT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 'Doesn't matter if there was drugs in her blood or not, she was still drunk, legally drunk.'BEST HAD REQUESTED THAT HER BLOOD SAMPLE, TAKEN THE NIGHT OF THE CRASH BE ANALYZED FOR DRUGS BUT BY THE TIME THE COURT HAD ORDERED THE TEST, HER BLOOD SAMPLE HAD ALREADY BEEN DESTROYED. BEST COULD BE SENTENCED-- AS EARLY-- AS MAY. LIVE AT DISTRICT COURT...VC..EWN 4 MIDDAY. DISSOLVE TO  « Less