Former Albuquerque DWI officer Lucas Perez is the sixth officer from the agency to plead guilty to federal charges in the ...

Another former Albuquerque Police Department officer pled guilty to his role in the ongoing DWI dismissal scandal. Lucas ...

A former Albuquerque police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to his role in the DWI bribery scheme. Under a plea agreement ...

Court documents show former Albuquerque police Sgt. Lucas Perez admitted he took bribes to missing court dates so DWI cases would be dismissed.

Former sergeant Lucas Perez pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit interference with commerce by extortion. He joined the Albuquerque Police Department DWI unit in October 2018.

A police officer has a court hearing on June 5 after being arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated. A lapel camera ...

According to prosecutors, Albuquerque officers sometimes would, contrary to department policy, refrain from charging DWI suspects and instead provide their contact information or their driver's ...

A 25-year-old Albuquerque woman was sentenced to prison for a deadly DWI crash in January 2024. Jade Lucero and her fiancée, ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Money, drunk driving arrests, and a well-known defense attorney. KRQE is getting a first-hand look at how those things may be connected in what’s being called ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A “widespread issue of systemic corruption,” is what a group of local attorneys are calling the DWI corruption scandal involving police conspiring with a local ...

The story of what happened next is just one facet of an ongoing corruption scandal at the Albuquerque Police Department (APD). Allegations that cops helped DWI defendants avoid conviction in ...

Two former Albuquerque DWI officers have taken plea deals in one of the largest public corruption cases to hit the state — admitting they worked for years with a prominent attorney and his ...