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."

Sgt. Toby Lafave is the first state police officer named in connection with the scandal; a paralegal, an attorney and three Albuquerque officers have pleaded guilty to charges.

The Police Department is investigating a crash involving an officer that resulted in serious injuries to an unidentified man in Southwest Monday evening, APD spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos said. At 6:39 p.