OMG: Jerome Block Jr. in jail

From Capitol Report New Mexico.com - Jerome Block Jr. is sitting in jail tonight (Oct. 14). Mug shot on left. A little more than two weeks since pleading guilty to a number of felonies and one week after formally resigning from the Public Regulation Commission, the 34-year-old Block has been sent to jail for violating terms of his court-ordered drug rehabiliation program. According to a source cited by the Santa Fe New Mexican, Block Jr. flunked a drug test. Block Jr. has been remanded to the Adult Detention Center at the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department until 9 a.m. Saturday (Oct. 15). Back on September 28, Block accepted a plea bargain in district court. In return for pleading guilty to a number of felonies stemming from his 2008 election campaign as well as multitude of scrapes with the law this summer, Block Jr. stood to avoid any time in custody if he followed the rules of a drug rehab program. Now, all bets may be off. Read more
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