A woman who's been circulating a petition seeking removal of the Bernalillo mayor and a Bernalillo councilor has been mauled by a police dog following a chase. Toni Osborn of Bernalillo is listed in satisfactory condition at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque.
Osborn's attorney, Brad Hall, says police were duped by information from people with a political interest in her silence.
Sandoval County Undersheriff Tim Lucero says his department received a call Sunda) to investigate a pickup truck being driven by a woman who was destroying property and waving a firearm.
Lucero says Osborn's truck fled toward Albuquerque, where Albuquerque police used a special vehicle to pin the truck to an embankment.
Lucero says Osborn was Maced and a police dog was deployed after she refused to cooperate.
Authorities say she didn't have a gun.
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