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) – The man who initially avoided prison time for impersonating a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office deputy will now head to prison for violating probation. Rico Dukes pled guilty last year to posing as a law enforcement officer on a dating app. Investigators later learned he dressed up like a deputy while visiting Volcano […]
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) – The Albuquerque Police Department is investigating a fatal crash near Central Ave. and Lousiana Blvd. They say officers responded to the crash around 3:15 p.m. after a male was struck by a vehicle. The man was taken to the hospital where he later died. This is a developing story, KRQE News 13 will […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The roof of a new gym at an Albuquerque charter school collapsed on Sunday, according to a post made by Explore Academy on Facebook. The gym at the Explore Academy Gulton Ct NE campus was still under construction and was not being used by utilized by students or staff yet, Principal Jake Kolander […]