‘Unconscionable:’ Mayor talks DWI scheme, expresses trust in Albuquerque police
The City of Albuquerque’s top leader, Mayor Tim Keller, weighed in on the DWI dismissal scandal involving the city’s police officers that federal investigators believe dates back more than two decades.
A Guilty Plea Implicates 'Almost the Entire' Albuquerque DWI Unit in Longstanding Police Corruption
From 2008 through 2023, federal prosecutors in New Mexico say, Albuquerque police officers conspired with a local defense attorney, Thomas Clear, and his investigator, Ricardo Mendez, to make DWI cases disappear in exchange for bribes.
Court moves to discipline defense attorney in connection with Albuquerque police DWI scandal
An Albuquerque-based defense attorney faces potential discipline by the U.S. District Court in connection with a DWI scandal that has rocked several law enforcement agencies in New Mexico — in particular the Albuquerque Police Department — over the past year.
Feds accuse Albuquerque police, State Police and Bernalillo County deputies in DWI racketeering case
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
DWI dismissal scandal: What the Albuquerque police chief knew & when
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
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DWI crash survivor shares disappointment following DWI unit scandal
A woman's life changed forever when she was just a teen. Now, she's sharing her disappointment in officers involved in the ...
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New Mexico attorney's career in jeopardy amid DWI scandal
DWI attorney Thomas Clear is ordered to show cause why suspension, disbarment or other discipline is not appropriate following the latest developments in the DWI scandal ...
‘Has to be greed:’ FBI Albuquerque talks DWI public corruption investigation
The man in charge of the FBI’s investigation into a DWI dismissal scheme mainly operated by members of the Albuquerque Police ...
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DWI Deception: Federal judge files order to punish attorney in investigation
A judge filed an order in federal district court. It tells attorney Thomas Clear III he could get punished, even disbarred, for his alleged role.
FBI, Chief Medina speak on DWI scandal involving APD, BCSO and New Mexico 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.
2 Albuquerque police officers who resigned amid DWI Unit scandal now working for CYFD
KRQE News 13 has learned one of the officers who resigned last year connected to the federal investigation into the DWI Unit ...
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Man gets 15 years in federal prison for deadly DWI crash on I-40
A man will spend 15 years in federal prison for causing a deadly crash as he was intoxicated and speeding down I-40 while on ...