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Albuquerque police say a woman discovered someone stole her purse and keys at the Chuze Fitness along Central in April.

In 2022, police received a tip that officers were getting paid to make DWI cases disappear—the same allegation that prompted FBI raids in January.

In 2022, police received a tip that officers were getting paid to make cases disappear—the same allegation that prompted FBI raids in January.

KOB 4 has obtained misconduct reports that were just filed with the Department of Public Safety against five former APD officers.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s an experience countless New Mexicans share – their lives impacted by drunk driving. “We were surprised when they didn’t show up. But the phone call came in, I don’t know, 11:30 p.m., 12:00 a.m., something like that,” Kent Cravens said. On Christmas Eve in 1992, he, his wife, and kids were […] | Local News from KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico

According to an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman, two additional officers are under investigation.

"There is a much bigger story here," the officer's lawyer says. "It goes outward and upward."

Video of a DWI arrest and a recording between that suspect and a local attorney is shining light on an alleged scheme that involved APD officers for years.

Carlos Smith said a DWI arrest from last year ruined his life. He also said the Albuquerque police officer who arrested him, referred him to an attorney who offered to wipe the case from his record for a price.

The scandal has resulted in the dismissal of some 200 DWI cases, an internal probe, and an FBI investigation.