<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — A New Mexico sheriff who is running for mayor of Albuquerque was punched at a campaign event by a man who police say first tried to disrupt the event by flying a drone with a sex toy attached to it around the candidate while he was stage.</p>
<p>Bernalillo County Sheriff Manuel Gonzales’ campaign said the Democrat was unharmed and “will not be intimidated.” </p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.abqjournal.com/2396100/details-emerge-about-assault-on-sheriff-at-campaign-event.html"> Albuquerque Journal reported</a> that a video of the event on posted on Facebook shows Gonzales answering questions from the audience while standing on a stage at an events center when the drone bearing the sex toy started buzzing near the stage.</p>
<p>A sheriff’s office report said the owner of the event center grabbed the device, and the drone’s owner, 20-year-old Kaelan Ashby Dreyer, unsuccessfully tried to grab it back.</p>
<p>The report said Dreyer then turned his attention to Gonzales, swinging his fist and calling him a “tyrant." A deputy wrote that Dreyer punched Gonzales’ hands and was then removed from the event by deputies.</p>
<p>He has been charged with petty misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor resisting, evading or obstructing an officer.</p>
<p>Dreyer did not have a listed phone number where he could be reached to comment or a listed attorney in court records to comment on his behalf.</p>
