Albuquerque –
On December 4th, 2025, the Albuquerque Police Department was conducting undercover prostitution operations on the Central corridor.
According to a criminal complaint, 29-year-old Rico Dukes solicited an undercover APD officer posing as a hooker. Dukes asked the undercover officer for “head” for $40. He was told to go to a side street and was pulled over by marked APD police units. He was taken into custody without incident.
Dukes is the famous fake cop who went on Tinder dates in a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s uniform. He was not employed by BCSO and claimed to be a certified law enforcement officer. He was convicted in 2024 of impersonating a police officer.
On this current charge, he was charged with patronizing a prostitute, which is a petty misdemeanor.
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