{"id":38458,"date":"2012-03-29T06:33:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T12:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=38458"},"modified":"2012-03-29T06:33:31","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T12:33:31","slug":"block-sentenced-to-probation-not-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2012\/03\/block-sentenced-to-probation-not-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Block sentenced to probation, not prison"},"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=\"Former Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr.\" 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. was sentenced to 4.5 years on probation Wednesday for felony crimes that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2011\/09\/block-resigns-admits-felonies-but-could-avoid-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\">led to his resignation<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/Local%20News\/Jerome-Block-sentencing\" target=\"_blank\">The Santa Fe New Mexican<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cState District Judge Michael Vigil on Wednesday sentenced the former Public Regulation Commission member to probation, meaning that as long as he behaves, Block can avoid a potential 4 1\/2-year prison sentence, despite pleading guilty to several felonies and flunking out of Santa Fe\u2019s Drug Court program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis freedom is largely up to him, the judge told Block.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018I think I got your attention,\u2019 Vigil said. \u2018I hope I got your attention. Because if I don\u2019t have your attention, you will have to finish that four years.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. was sentenced to 4.5 years on probation Wednesday for felony crimes that led to his resignation last year.<\/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],"class_list":["post-38458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crime","tag-prc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38458","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=38458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}