It’s been a year since the public learned of the massive corruption scandal involving a scheme to make DWI cases disappear. Federal documents last week, shed
Federal prosecutors say the city's police department was the main focus of a 15-year bribery scheme that also involved the sheriff's office and the state police.
"We wouldn't go and put something in, especially an affidavit, if we didn't think that there was going to be more to it," Special Agent in Charge Raul Bujanda said.
APD Chief Harold Medina is warning folks of criminals stealing from cars. The recent violent case happened Sunday at Walgreens.
KRQE News 13 has learned one of the officers who resigned last year connected to the federal investigation into the DWI Unit scandal now works for the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department.
The Albuquerque Police Department announced on Tuesday that Lt. Kyle Curtis retired from the department before he could be interviewed as part of the investigation
For the past 15 years, at least two lawyers and officers from the Albuquerque Police Department, New Mexico State Police and the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office ran a racketeering enterprise
Local law enforcement officers wear the badge, knowing the risks that come with it. But Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina said now more than ever people are going to extreme lengths to avoid arrest.
The retirement comes the same day as an interview was scheduled with the Internal Affairs Task Force, according to police.
An Albuquerque police lieutenant placed on leave in a sprawling DWI corruption probe decided to retire before meeting with detectives on the matter. Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman,
New Mexico State Police added a new member to their team. Rosco, a three-and-a-half-year-old Belgian Malinois, was adopted by state police from the NASA Kennedy Space Center. He was born in Holland and will be assigned to the police department’s bomb squad.
Federal court documents confirm New Mexico’s DWI corruption scandal reaches beyond officers with the Albuquerque Police Department. The first person to face charges in the scheme admitted he worked with law enforcement in the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office and New Mexico State Police.