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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.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department says a sixth officer has resigned amid an investigation into the department’s DWI Unit. According to APD Spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos, Daren DeAguero elected to “retire” on Tuesday after being told he was being investigated in APD’s internal investigation and would be interviewed the same day. DeAguero joined APD in […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New documents that KRQE News 13 has obtained from the Albuquerque Police Department show when APD first looked into a complaint about dirty DWI cops. The documents show that in December 2022, the department’s Investigative Services Division started looking into a complaint of DWI officers taking money to get DWI cases dropped. […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – More than 200 pending criminal cases – mostly DWIs – were dropped in Bernalillo County due to Albuquerque Police officers’ credibility being compromised. The now-former DWI officers are targets of a federal investigation that involves accusations officers were accepting money to get DWI cases dismissed. This week on the New Mexico News […]
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 […]