AN ARRAIGNMENT DATE IS NOW SET FOR FORMER STATE SENATOR PHIL GRIEGO. HE’LL BE BACK IN COURT FOR THAT NEXT FRIDAY ON JULY 22ND. GRIEGO WILL BE ARRAIGNED ON NINE CRIMINAL CHARGES … TO WHICH HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
HE’S ACCUSED OF PROFITING FROM THE SALE OF A STATE-OWNED PROPERTY IN DOWNTOWN SANTA FE WITHOUT DISCLOSING HIS LEGISLATIVE POSITION. GRIEGO IS SAID TO HAVE EARNED 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS OFF THE DEAL.
A SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE LAST WEEK DETERMINED THERE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE TO PURSUE CHARGES AGAINST GRIEGO … WHICH INCLUDE FRAUD, BRIBERY, AND PERJURY.
