Alec Baldwin To Be Charged by End of Month

                                                Alec Baldwin and Family

David Halls                                        

Alec Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez Reed to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in ‘Rust’ set shooting Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said charges will be filed by the end of January, and that Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez Reed will be issued a summons to appear in court.

The assistant director, Dave Halls, has reached a plea agreement on the charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon by which he will receive a suspended sentence and six months of probation, prosecutors said.  Translation: He is a turncoat and is just as guilty as anyone else but is willing to point his finger to save his own skin.

"If any one of these three people, Alec Baldwin, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed or David Halls, had done their job Halyna Hutchins would be alive today" special prosecutor, Andrea Reeb said. "It's that simple."  The evidence clearly shows a pattern of criminal disregard for safety on the Rust film set. In New Mexico, there is no room for film sets that don't take our state's commitment to gun safety and public safety seriously." 

The involuntary manslaughter charges Baldwin is facing carry a maximum sentence of 18 months in jail. But the second charge of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of a lawful act, which "requires proof that there was more than simple negligence involved," includes a firearm enhancement, and (prosecutors noted this) "makes the crime punishable by a mandatory five years in jail." 

Hannah Gutierrez Reed