... "guilty defendants will go free, on the most technical grounds." Officials at the Metropolitan Forensic Science Center, which is managed by the Albuquerque Police Department, said they have always made their scientists available when the defense requested them. But about 150 DNA cases each year ... full story
... pay $575,000, including attorney fees, to settle a civil lawsuit brought by a woman who said she was taken out of a hospital and raped by on-duty Albuquerque police officer David Maes. The amount will be paid to Sylvia Cordova and her attorneys, Shannon and Joe Kennedy, to dismiss the civil rights ... full story
... likely gained three confirmed taxpayers, not tax consumers. There are three more citizens that won't be occupying the time and resources of the Albuquerque Police Department on Friday nights. But the real gain is what these three now mean to themselves. They are emerging from a long, dark ... full story
... other officers," officer Matthew Trahan wrote in a Metropolitan Court criminal complaint. "We call that a hint that something may be astray," Albuquerque police spokesman John Walsh said. Using that reasoning, Trahan followed the Magnum and pulled it over when he saw it driving between two lanes ... full story
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Legislative Plates Caught by Camera By Sean Olson Journal Staff Writer Red plates. Red light camera. Gray area? Albuquerque police confirmed Monday that a truck registered to the wife of former state Rep. Dan Foley sped through an intersection with a red light camera ... full story
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Speak Up!! EXCUSE ME Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz, but apparently one must remind you that the posted speed limit on Wyoming between Alameda and Paseo del Norte is 40 mph, not the 55-60 you regularly drive that big black Crown Vic with the G-plate. I'm positive ... full story
... that, at the time of his arrest, he had consumed a can of Sprite, some Tylenol, Benadryl and Sudafed for a chronic sinus problem. Now, the Albuquerque Police Department is fighting a civil lawsuit filed by Lucero's attorney in 2007. The lawsuit falls under Mayor Martin Chávez's no settlement ... full story
... on Pennsylvania at Comanche, and all four approaches on Indian School at Washington. "City staff analyzed accident information from the Albuquerque Police Department," Motsko says, and "nearly all of (the five) intersections had multiple 'right hook' collisions." Those happen ... full story
... broadcast on our televisions and radios or written in our newspapers. Edmund Perea is an attorney and former command level officer with the Albuquerque Police Department. full story