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Rigged interlocks DWI drivers’ free pass
Larry Barker Investigates ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – They cut wires and bypassed sophisticated safeguards clandestinely for almost a year so that convicted drunken drivers could beat the system. At the...
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Larry Barker Preview: Gang of Thieves
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Larry Barker uncovers one of the biggest car theft rings ever in New Mexico Thursday night at 10 p.m.
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The Gang of Thieves: The inside story
NM’s most successful auto theft ring ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – From the outside, it looked like any number of other run-down auto-repair shops along Albuquerque’s East Central Avenue. But behind the...
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Larry Barker Preview: Investigation into a City of ABQ unit
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – KRQE News 13’s Larry Barker talks about his investigation into a City of Albuquerque unit that is set to air Tuesday night at 10 p.m.
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Public employees take taxpayers for a ride
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – When Lacresia Rivera needed to run to the store, she did it in style. Rivera had a whole parking lot to choose from. Typically, she went with the Cadillac Escalade. It was a sweet...
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Larry Barker Preview: NM’s BioPark Gang
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A band of public employees stuffing cash in their pockets and they almost got away with it. But one thing they never counted on was a disc. Maybe they just got a little too cocky...
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Web Extra Video: BioPark ‘Bad Apples’
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Surveillance video obtained by KRQE News 13 shows, irrefutably, that on some occasions, employees were taking money from the BioPark’s cash registers, hiding it under a counter,...
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The BioPark Gang: An undercover investigation
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Something was amiss at the Albuquerque BioPark. It was December, and staffers at the city’s Cultural Services Department were reviewing some year-end numbers: 1.2 million...
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The Gypsy Paver
Jerry Thorndyke wants you to think he’s a businessman. He’s got a fleet of trucks, a hot-mix spreader, a steel-drum roller and a handful of employees working for his construction company. Resources...
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ER Wait Watcher: Search New Mexico Hospitials
For each hospital in New Mexico, we chart the time, on average, that patients wait in emergency rooms before one of four outcomes: they see a doctor, they get sent home, they’re given pain medications...
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Report: America’s Emergency Care Environment, A State-by-State Report Card
New Mexico’s Report Card (America’s Emergency Care Environment, A State-by-State Report Card) For millions of Americans who experience sudden, serious illness or injury every year—and in the increasing...
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The Waiting Game: ER wait times investigation
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Six hours. That’s how long an Albuquerque grandmother waited during a recent visit to the emergency room at a local hospital. “I got a pain in my chest and it took me to the...
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Larry Barker Preview: How to waste $500,000
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – It is a problem investigative reporter Larry Barker first exposed two years ago. Friday night, he will have the conclusion of how the state can waste your money. See the full...
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New Mexico’s monument to waste
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – “This particular project,” said Albuquerque Chief Administrative Officer Rob Perry, “is probably a showpiece of government waste.” State Sen. Pete Campos adds: “This is one of...
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Public employee caught loafing on the job
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Deputy County Manager Jarvis Middleton says he was “shocked and appalled.” “I was basically amazed at the audacity of the employee,” the high-ranking Bernalillo County official...
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News 13 investigation uncovers $1.6M APS blunder
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – An Albuquerque Public Schools board member says the evidence is in, and it’s clear: $1.6 million was wasted by APS. Here’s the bottom line, as revealed through a KRQE News 13...
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Santa Fe’s Dirty Deed: City dumps recycling
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – “Yes we did make a mistake,” Lawrence Garcia, the city of Santa Fe’s environmental services director said. He was stating the obvious. “I was surprised and disappointed,”...
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Dogs, cats and the case of the vanishing cash
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A ton of public money vanished. It wasn’t misplaced or stolen, it was simply squandered. Shelter Plat (Plan 2) State legislators would like New Mexicans to believe they...
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Over the wall: KRQE investigation uncovers secret deal
ALBUQUREQUE (KRQE) – Something strange is going on in Santa Fe’s upscale Guadalupe District. It is an area known for unique shops and distinctive restaurants, and just off a side street, there is a...
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News 13 investigates a 8,900 lbs heist; city leaders shocked
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Airport is ground zero for a scheme so unusual it sparked a major investigation. “Sure it’s a big deal,” Albuquerque Aviation Director Jim Hinde said. According to...
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