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.
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.
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
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.
A group of eight teens attempted to rob a couple in their vehicle at an apartment complex, only for a shootout to erupt leaving a teen dead.
Detectives are investigating a shooting that left one person dead and another person wounded overnight in northeast Albuquerque.
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
Around 6 a.m. on Jan. 27, Santa Fe County first responders were called to a house fire near Veterans Memorial Highway and South Meadows Road. Deputies Rudy Vallejo and Levi Abeyta were the first two to arrive at the scene and found a mobile home engulfed in flames.
APD Chief Harold Medina is warning folks of criminals stealing from cars. The recent violent case happened Sunday at Walgreens.
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.