Albuquerque, DWI and State Police

First New Mexico State Police officer placed on leave in connection to ‘DWI Enterprise’ scandal
New Mexico State Police announced on Friday they have placed Sgt. Toby Lafave on administrative leave as part of the ongoing “DWI Enterprise” scandal. He is the first NMSP officer to be publicly named in connection to the “DWI Enterprise” scandal.
Albuquerque's Ever-Expanding Police Corruption Scandal Goes Back Decades and Involves 'Many Officers'
In the latest guilty plea, a local defense attorney says he had been bribing cops to make DWI cases disappear "since at least the late 1990s."
Attorney at center of DWI police corruption probe in Albuquerque pleads guilty
An Albuquerque attorney who investigators allege was at the center of a sweeping corruption scandal that allowed people arrested for driving while intoxicated to evade conviction has pleaded guilty to federal charges.
New Mexico State Police place DWI officer on leave in FBI corruption case
New Mexico State Police have placed on leave a DWI sergeant known for filing a high number of cases amid an ongoing FBI investigation targeting corruption.
Albuquerque attorney pleads guilty in long-running police DWI bribery scandal
An Albuquerque attorney has been convicted on federal charges for playing a lead role in what is believed to be one of the biggest and longest-running kickback schemes in state history. As of Wednesday,
Officers plead guilty in DWI police corruption probe in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Two former Albuquerque police officers have agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of racketeering, extortion and accepting bribes in a sweeping corruption investigation into a scheme that allegedly allowed people arrested for driving while intoxicated to evade conviction,
Albuquerque lawyer connected to DWI scandal barred from practicing law in state
An Albuquerque attorney who has been accused of wrongdoing in connection with a yearslong DWI bribery scandal at the Albuquerque Police Department has been suspended from practicing law in New
Feds move to seize property of attorney named in connection with Albuquerque police DWI scandal
Federal prosecutors have moved to seize property in the law office of an Albuquerque attorney alleged to be at the center of a yearslong bribery enterprise involving the Albuquerque Police Department’s DWI Unit and officers from two other agencies.
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Corrupt Albuquerque Cops Had Friends in High Places, Including Internal Affairs
For a decade and a half, federal prosecutors in New Mexico say ... engrained that it encompassed "almost the entire" Albuquerque Police Department (APD) unit charged with apprehending drunk ...
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4 Investigates: Tracking crooked cops
A former New Mexico police officer is facing more than a decade in federal prison. He's alleged to have used his badge to ...
‘Justice cannot be bought’: What we know about the DWI scandal
By Faith Egbuonu, T.J. Wilham Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — The DWI scandal, which ...