Ex-lawmaker who faked letters of support during ethics probe convicted of 4 felonies

A former state legislator in Colorado was convicted of four felonies on Wednesday after she faked letters of support during an ethics investigation, according to a new report.

Sonya Jaquez Lewis, a Boulder County Democrat, was convicted on four counts of attempting to influence a public servant and three counts of forgery for submitting fabricated letters of support during a Colorado Senate Ethics Committee investigation into workplace conditions in her office, The Colorado Sun reported.