ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A former Albuquerque police cadet who got a big payout from the city is now a convicted felon. Nan Zhang was in federal court Monday afternoon, pleading guilty to charges of running stash houses for human smuggling.
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Zhang, who is from China, sued the City of Albuquerque over her firing from the police academy in 2020, over claims she was harassed and nicknamed the “COVID cadet.” In 2021, Zhang told KRQE News why she joined the police department. “We got robbed twice in 2017. I thought the best way to help was to become a part of the solution.”…