Mother in viral road rage case released

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A judge released Jenipher Lewis from jail after reversing an earlier order in a road rage case that includes child abuse charges.

Lewis was arrested in August after police said she was driving near Constitution Avenue and Wyoming Boulevard when she got into a fight with another driver, Robert Hagen.

Police said video shows Lewis getting out of her car and smashing Hagen’s back window with a bat. Police also said Hagen then drove into her vehicle multiple times.

In October, a judge ordered Lewis to stay in jail until trial. On Tuesday, the judge reversed that order, citing what he called a “material change in circumstances.”

Lewis’ legal team first asked for her release in early October, according to court documents. A judge denied that request at the time.

Her attorneys asked again Tuesday after Lewis was accepted into an outpatient treatment program called “Perfectly Imperfect.” The judge granted the request and released her with conditions.

Lewis faces multiple charges, including child abuse, because police said her children were in the car when the road rage case happened. Her attorneys told KOB 4 she does not have custody of the children, but saw them Tuesday for the first time in a while.

Hagen, the other driver in the case, was not charged until late October. Court documents say he did not have a license plate on his truck at the time and turned himself in days later.

Court documents also say he was not charged until a special investigator took over the case. A judge denied the state’s request to keep Hagen in jail until trial.

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