New Mexico politician Gary Smith behind bars for stalking after tire-slashing arrest
The accused serial slasher was spotted idling outside Janice Arnold-Jones' home on New Year's Day, two weeks after he was caught on tape vandalizing her car, police said. Others, including Smith's former campaign manager, also accuse the one-time Congress hopeful of slashing their tires.
By Rheana Murray / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, January 3, 2013, 3:37 PM
Metropolitan Detention Center
Former candidate for Congress, Gary Smith, faces felony vandalism and stalking charges.
A one-time congressional candidate accused of slashing a former opponent’s tires has been arrested for stalking, police said.
Janice Arnold-Jones spotted Gary Smith idling in his car outside her home on New Year’s Day, two weeks after she’d caught him on video vandalizing her car, Detective Lorenzo Garcia of the Albuquerque Police Department told the Daily News.
“When he told me, ‘Oh, I have never been there before, and I just wanted to see what the residence looked like,’ I don’t buy that for a second,” Garcia said.
“His intentions couldn’t have been good.”
Smith was arrested Wednesday and charged with aggravated assault.
Last year, he faced Arnold-Jones in the Republican primary for New Mexico’s District 1 congressional seat. Arnold-Jones secured the nomination, but failed to win the general election.
Janice Arnold-Jones spotted Gary Smith idling in his car outside her home on New Year’s Day, two weeks after she’d caught him on video vandalizing her car, Detective Lorenzo Garcia of the Albuquerque Police Department told the Daily News.
“When he told me, ‘Oh, I have never been there before, and I just wanted to see what the residence looked like,’ I don’t buy that for a second,” Garcia said.
“His intentions couldn’t have been good.”
Smith was arrested Wednesday and charged with aggravated assault.
Last year, he faced Arnold-Jones in the Republican primary for New Mexico’s District 1 congressional seat. Arnold-Jones secured the nomination, but failed to win the general election.
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