The ringleader of a massive public corruption scheme making drunk-driving cases disappear has officially lost all privileges ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Supreme Court has issued an order for Albuquerque attorney Thomas Clear III.Under the order, Clear has to “show cause” why he should not face ...

Thomas Clear III will no longer be allowed to practice law in New Mexico, an order made official by the New Mexico Supreme Court on March 11, 2025. Clear pled guilty last month to nine federal ...

and New Mexico State Police worked alongside attorney Thomas Clear III, 67, and his private investigator Ricardo Mendez, 53, in a "DWI Enterprise" to dismiss cases involving drivers suspected of ...

THE ATTORNEY NAMED THOMAS CLEAR. BEFORE CLEAR WAS CHARGED, HE CALLED POLICE ABOUT AN ALLEGED BURGLARY AT HIS OFFICE. WE’RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME BODY CAM FOOTAGE. LAST YEAR WHEN HE REPORTED IT.

As part of the deal, Jeffery Hammerel admitted to working with attorney Thomas Clear III and his paralegal, Rick Mendez, in a scheme to get DWI cases dismissed by not showing up to court.

Rick Mendez was the paralegal for local defense attorney Thomas Clear III. Mendez and Clear took plea deals in a federal investigation and admitted to bribing law enforcement in order to get their ...

A 15-year-old boy became the fourth suspect arrested in connection with a shooting that killed three people and injured 15 at ...

Thomas Clear, the defense attorney at the center ... the U.S. attorney for New Mexico, told KOAT, the ABC affiliate in Albuquerque. "If you go back and look at the people who were involved both ...