article_snippet: Taos Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe announced this week that Elias Montoya was one of two new deputies hired out of a pool of 17.
article_snippet: It was announced this week Elias Montoya has a new law enforcement job .
article_snippet: Elias Montoya was later offered a new law enforcement job back at the New Mexico State Police but chose to resign instead.
article_snippet: Hogrefe says Elias Montoya's record remains clean and Hogrefe deserved another chance.
article_snippet: Elias Montoya, pictured while serving with the state police, is now a sheriff's deputy in Taos County .
highlights_snippet: Elias Montoya was one of two new deputies hired out of a pool of 17 in Taos County, New Mexico .
  
highlights_snippet: Elias Montoya was later offered Elias Montoya job back at the New Mexico State Police but chose to resign .