New Mexico official reports to jail for embezzlement term

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Dec 18, 2:12 PM EST

New Mexico official reports to jail for embezzlement term

By MORGAN LEE
Associated Press

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- Former New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran surrendered to deputies and was booked into jail Friday to serve a 30-day sentence for siphoning money from her election account to fuel a gambling spree.

Her arrival at the Santa Fe County jail also starts the clock on an elaborate five-year probation designed to rehabilitate a professed gambling addict who tapped political campaign contributions when her own money ran out. It includes delivering in-person apologies to campaign donors, talking about her mistakes before students and civic groups, and writing an apology to the public to be published in newspapers across the state.

Duran, once among the state's top elected officials, changed into khaki scrubs as she was booked into the corrections center on a rural highway 14 miles south of Santa Fe. She will sleep in a 6-by-8-foot cell, according to county officials.

Defense attorney Erlinda Johnson said Friday that Duran has received insulting message by phone and email from strangers that included threats. She asked that it stop.


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[Dont call me Shirley]

1. She was thrown under the bus by gop. Not defending her but she must have pissed some way-up off.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. New Mexico is in deep trouble

financially. Used to be a Purple State and the GOP got lucky because the D.C. Dem money bags though they had a gift,well that turned out to be a dead wrong. Same thing happened as did in Nevada,the Rethugs stamped out the Hispanic vote. And there has been a cloud over the SOS office every since.