Woman sentenced for acid attack

A woman convicted of attacking another Chicago woman with acid, leaving her severely disfigured, has been sentenced to 44 years in prison.

Cook County Circuit Judge Nicholas Ford on Monday sentenced 60-year-old Ofelia Garcia to one year less than the 45-year maximum. Garcia was convicted of heinous battery in the July 2008 attack on Esperanza Medina, which left burns over 25 percent of Medina's body. Maria Olvera-Garcia was found guilty by a separate jury of three counts of heinous battery in the same case.

Prosecutors contended Olvera-Garcia and Garcia were angry about a man Medina was dating and allegedly drove three teens to Medina's Chicago neighborhood to carry out the attack.

Separate juries were seated because each woman blamed the other.

The teens have pleaded guilty to battery charges.