RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) - In a story March 12 about a New Mexico county treasurer charged with aggravated battery, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Sandoval County Treasurer Laura Montoya had been arrested after a fight with her boyfriend over phone photos. Montoya instead received a summons to court for the misdemeanor charge.
A corrected version of the story is below:
County treasurer faces aggravated battery charge
Police: New Mexico county treasurer punched, bit boyfriend in fight over phone photos
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) - A New Mexico county treasurer is charged with aggravated battery after police said she punched and bit her boyfriend.
KOB-TV reports (https://goo.gl/eU4plo) that Laura Montoya recently received a summons to appear in court stemming from a fight over phone photos.
According to police, Laura Montoya asked her boyfriend to delete pictures of her from his phone. Authorities say when he refused she took the phone, bit his arm and punched him in the face.
Montoya is charged with misdemeanor aggravated battery.
Her attorney says she acted in self-defense and is being falsely accused.
Montoya was elected Sandoval County treasurer in 2012.
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