Former Minneapolis City Councilmember Alondra Cano Espejel was sentenced shortly after she pleaded guilty to third-degree DWI earlier this month, according to Hennepin County court records.
Espejel, 44, was sentenced by a judge to 190 days in prison on Jan. 12 with three days credit for time served. The sentencing document said 180 of those days have been stayed for two years, during which she will be on probation.
The criminal complaint said Minneapolis police responded to a crash at S. 4th St., outside City Hall, during the night of Oct. 29, 2025. A woman told officers she had been parked in her vehicle when it was struck by a Honda CR-V. The driver of the Honda, later identified as Espejel, remained in her car and refused to identify herself to another officer…