ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER JOSHUA MALECKI IS EXPECTED IN COURT ON THURSDAY. MALECKI WAS ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING IN HIS PATROL CAR. HE’S BEEN SUSPENDED FROM APD. POLICE SAY OFFICER MALECKI GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS WIFE WHILE OFF DUTY AT THEIR HOME ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE LAST YEAR. HE THEN ALLEGEDLY GOT DRUNK ON THE EAST SIDE OF ALBUQUERQUE WHILE IN HIS PATROL CAR AN SLAMMED INTO A CURB. HE GOT A RIDE HOME FROM ONE OF HIS FRIENDS.
MALECKI IS SAID TO BE ASKING TO THROW OUT THE CASE AFTER HE BLEW ABOVE POINT-0-EIGHT. A MOTION SAYS THE BREATH TEST WAS ADMINISTERED WITHIN THREE HOURS OF BEING PULLED OVER.
