ONE TIME CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE GARY SMITH IS OFFICIALLY ARRAIGNED IN ALBUQUERQUE ON CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED STALKING, CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND TAMPERING WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE. SMITH, WHOSE BOND WAS SET AT 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS, PLEADED NOT GUILTY.

 

HE WAS ARRESTED AFTER SURVEILLANCE VIDEO ALLEGEDLY SHOWED HIM SLASHING THE TIRES OF HIS FORMER OPPONENT JANICE ARNOLD JONES. THE CRIMES ARE SAID TO HAVE OCCURRED THREE TIMES ... TWICE IN DECEMBER AND ONCE ON NEW YEARS DAY.