Smith tire slashing allegedly extends to Texas

Gary Smith

A Texas man says a former New Mexico congressional candidate accused of stalking and slashing the tires on an opponent's vehicles also slashed his tires when he was his neighbor in El Paso. 

Kenneth Propps told The Associated Press on Friday that Gary Smith slashed the tires of a number of family vehicles following a dispute over damage from a 2007 wind storm. 

Propps said Smith unsuccessfully sued him twice after a piece of his air conditioning unit tore off and damaged Smith's skylight. 

Smith appeared in court Friday for violating conditions of release in the tire slashing case in Albuquerque. The judge ordered that he be held on $225,000 cash-only bond.

Smith tire slashing allegedly extends to Texas