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
An investigator for an Albuquerque attorney pleaded guilty to federal charges in relation to his role in an ongoing DWI investigation.Federal court documents show Ricardo Mendez was charged with conspiracy,
The Albuquerque Police Department has reported a significant decrease in auto theft, claiming the city is no longer the auto theft capital of the country. A key tool behind this success? The ability to store your data for as long as a year,
According to federal documents, officers and deputies at the Albuquerque Police Department, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, and New Mexico State Police worked with an attorney and his ...
After a long probe into Albuquerque DWI police, the first criminal case describes an expansive operation involving more agencies.
Two Albuquerque police officers may be getting back on the force nearly two years after a deadly shooting led to them losing their jobs.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Albuquerque police released lapel video Wednesday in a December 2024 shooting. Video shows the moments officers shot the armed man they were chasing in a northeast ...
A private investigator was the first to plead guilty to a host of federal charges that include racketeering and bribery in a corruption scandal that roiled New Mexico’s law enforcement community for over a decade,
Jaremy Smith entered the new plea during a hearing Friday in U.S. district court in Albuquerque ... in New Mexico. New Mexico Public Safety Secretary Jason Bowie said after the court hearing that his department and state police officers will continue ...
Newly filed federal records show officers and deputies with the Albuquerque Police Department, Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office and New Mexico State Police worked with an attorney and his private investigator in a "DWI enterprise" to get drunken driving cases dismissed in exchange for money and other favors,
New Mexico State Police has seen its share of drunk drivers. In 2024, the department arrested 803 impaired drivers, a significant increase from the year prior, when officers arrested 673 drivers for DWI. For Officer Andrew Pulido, getting drunk drivers off the streets is a top priority.
A former New Mexico State Police sergeant received an 85-month prison sentence for possessing images of children being sexually abused.