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
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Albuquerque attorney who investigators alleged 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, according to a plea agreement filed Wednesday.
Defense attorney takes plea deal in sprawling DWI corruption case
Albuquerque attorney Thomas Clear III says he led a criminal racketeering enterprise that paid off generations of law enforcement officers to get his clients’ DWI cases
‘I’m scared to death’: Defense attorney at center of DWI scheme reports burglary
KRQE Investigates uncovered new details in the DWI corruption scandal. A year ago, the FBI raided the homes of Albuquerque police officers and the office of a
Home of local attorney involved in DWI scheme broken into after FBI raid
On the day he takes a plea deal, KOB 4 got video of Thomas Clear III's home getting broken into weeks after the FBI raided it.
New Mexico Supreme Court suspends attorney wrapped up in DWI corruption case
A prominent defense attorney was suspended by the New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday over allegations that he paid officers to let his clients’ DWI cases get dropped.
Video: Police respond to break-in at Thomas Clear's law office
Before being federally charged and convicted, Albuquerque attorney Thomas Clear III called police about an alleged break-in ...
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Attorney, third APD officer plead guilty to federal charges for DWI scheme
The attorney at the center of a DWI scheme in Albuquerque and a third police officer involved in the case have agreed to ...
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Albuquerque lawyer connected to DWI scandal barred from practicing law in New Mexico
The state Supreme Court declared Thomas Clear III to be "INDEFINITELY SUSPENDED from the practice of law, effective ...
Albuquerque attorney pleads guilty to federal charges
Federal charges have been filed against a suspended Albuquerque attorney amid a yearlong investigation into DWI officers.
Prominent Albuquerque attorney admits to running ‘DWI Enterprise’ scandal
A prominent defense attorney involved in the DWI dismissal scandal pleaded guilty to federal charges on Wednesday. In federal court, Defense Attorney Thomas Clear III ...
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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 ...
Video: Police respond to burglary at Thomas Clear's law office
Before being federally charged and convicted, Albuquerque attorney Thomas Clear III called police about an alleged break-in at his office. Body camera footage from February 2024 shows Clear talking ...