Albuquerque DWI officer missed court nearly 100 times [Video]

SEVEN NEWS. ONE ALBUQUERQUE DWI OFFICER FAILED TO SHOW UP TO COURT. NEARLY 100 TIMES OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, AND EACH TIME IT CAUSED A CASE TO BE THROWN OUT. BUT IT WAS ONE TRAFFIC STOP THAT CAUGHT EVERYONE’S ATTENTION AND IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF AN FBI INVESTIGATION. HERE’S TARGET 7 JOHN CARDINALE THAT STOP OCCURRED IN AUGUST, AND THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY HAD ALCOHOL COMING FROM HIS BREATH, BUT HE WAS NEVER TAKEN TO JAIL. TONIGHT IN OUR TARGET 7 INVESTIGATION, WE FIND OUT WHY AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER STOPPED THIS BLACK TOYOTA RIGHT OFF THE GIBSON AND INTERSTATE 25 EXIT, COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING 83MPH AT ABOUT 130 ON A THURSDAY MORNING. HIS TAIL LIGHTS OUT AND HE NEARLY STRUCK A VEHICLE. THIS IS THE OFFICER WHO PULLED HIM OVER. HE WAS NAMED DWI OFFICER OF THE YEAR BY MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING. HE …