Timothy Maag sentenced for homicide, arson
He allegedly admitted to dispatchers he stabbed Reina Hillman in the neck
A Carlsbad man who stabbed his mother and set her house on fire nearly three years ago was sentenced to time in prison, Fifth Judicial District court records indicated.
Timothy Maag, 30, was sentenced to 12 years in New Mexico Department of Corrections custody May 5 before Fifth Judicial District Judge Lisa Riley for second degree murder, read court records.
He was originally charged with first degree murder in the death of Reina Hillman, 51. Maag entered a plea agreement with the State of New Mexico in March of this year for the lesser charge, per court records.