JOSHUA MALECKI IS NO LONGER AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER. HE PLEADED GUILTY ON WEDNESDAY IN METRO COURT TO DRIVING HIS PATROL CAR LAST AUGUST WHILE HE WAS DRUNK. HE CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A CURB NEAR WYOMING AND I-40 AFTER HE GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS WIFE AND DROVE OFF.
POLICE SAY MALECKI CALLED A FRIEND TO PICK HIM UP AND LEFT HIS CAR … THEN CALLED HIS SUPERVISOR WHEN HE GOT HOME. MALECKI DID NOT CALL 911. HE WAS CHANGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING.
UNDER HIS PLEA DEAL, MALECKI WON’T HAVE TO DO ANY JAIL TIME.
