Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to show that the state moved to dismiss the charges after a judge ruled on a motion about the stop after a DWI checkpoint was found to be illegal.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A former Albuquerque Police Department officer is no longer facing DWI charges. It comes after his defense argued the way he was stopped was illegal.
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The judge sided with the attorney for former APD officer Jonathan Franco, who argued the DWI checkpoint where his client was arrested was unconstitutional. This, after lapel video shows Franco admitting to a BCSO deputy he had alcohol…