{"id":34414,"date":"2011-12-14T07:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=34414"},"modified":"2011-12-14T07:24:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T14:24:05","slug":"block-arrested-again-booted-from-drug-court-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2011\/12\/block-arrested-again-booted-from-drug-court-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Block arrested again, booted from drug court program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_31005\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignright\" style=\"max-width: 270px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31005\" title=\"Block, Jerome\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Block-Jerome.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Block-Jerome.jpg 270w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Block-Jerome-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Former Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. has been arrested for a third time since entering into a plea bargain on charges that led to his resignation; he has also been booted from a drug court program and could face prison time.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/Local%20News\/Block-jailed--booted-from-Drug-Court\" target=\"_blank\">The Santa Fe New Mexican<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe New Mexican\u00a0has confirmed that Block, who was jailed Tuesday for violating the conditions of his participation in the First Judicial District Court\u2019s Adult Drug Court program, has been kicked out of the program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Block was booked into the Santa Fe County jail at 3:12 p.m. Tuesday after being issued a remand order charging an unspecified violation of the terms of the Drug Court program. Violations commonly indicate a failed drug test, although police and court officials are prohibited from disclosing specifics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt two different court hearings \u2013 Sept. 28 and Oct. 26 \u2013 Block pleaded guilty to various felony offenses including fraudulent use of a state-issued gas card, embezzling public funds during his 2008 campaign for office, identity theft and violations of campaign-finance laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Since he was dismissed from Drug Court with Tuesday\u2019s violation, the court will now proceed to final sentencing. The hearing has not yet been scheduled in state District Judge Michael Vigil\u2019s court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plea agreement states that the court can now impose a sentence ranging from probation to 4 1\/2 years in prison.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/Local%20News\/Block-jailed--booted-from-Drug-Court\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. has been arrested for a third time since entering into a plea bargain on charges that led to his resignation; he has also been booted from a drug court program and could face prison time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[142,217,107],"class_list":["post-34414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crime","tag-prc","tag-roundhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}