Albuquerque police have released hours of lapel camera footage capturing Chief Harold Medina running a red light and crashing into another car while fleeing gunfire. The videos depict various responses to the incident: officers checking on the crash victim, Todd Perchert, a group collecting video evidence of the alleged shooter, and Chief Medina directing officers to witnesses. Perchert, recounting...
Continue ReadingThe Albuquerque Police Department has released partial body camera footage of a vehicle crash involving Police Chief Harold Medina, which occurred on the same day as a nearby shooting incident on February 17. Chief Medina provided his account of the crash shortly after it happened. The department has initiated an investigation into the incident. Todd Perchert, 55, who was...
Continue ReadingOn February 17, Albuquerque Police Department Chief Harold Medina was involved in a collision with Todd Perchert while driving an unmarked APD black truck. The incident occurred during a gunfire situation after Chief Medina had pulled over two men in a fight near Central Ave SE and Alvarado Dr NE. Perchert, driving a gold 1966 Ford Mustang, was struck...
Continue ReadingAlbuquerque’s police chief, Harold Medina, crashed into Todd Perchert’s classic Mustang while allegedly fleeing gunfire on East Central. Perchert suffered severe injuries including a broken collarbone, shoulder, eight ribs, and a collapsed lung, requiring a week in the hospital with painkillers and surgery. Medina claimed he was responding to gunfire near a homeless encampment. Perchert’s lawsuit seeks accountability, not...
Continue ReadingTodd Perchert, who was hit by Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina in February, has spoken up about the incident. Perchert was driving to meet a car club when Chief Medina, en route to a news conference in an unmarked police vehicle, hit his Mustang. Medina explained he had circled back to investigate a homeless camp he and his wife...
Continue ReadingTodd Perchert, 55, suffered severe injuries in a car crash involving Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina, who ran a red light while purportedly escaping gunfire. The collision left Perchert with broken bones, a collapsed lung, and extensive lacerations. Despite undergoing surgery and a lengthy hospital stay, Perchert continues to endure significant pain and faces a prolonged recovery. Medina and...
Continue ReadingTodd Perchert was driving his vintage Mustang down Route 66 when Albuquerque’s police chief, Harold Medina, in an unmarked police truck, crashed into him at Central and Alvarado. Perchert suffered life-altering injuries: broken collarbone, shoulder blade, eight ribs, and a collapsed lung. Titanium plates were needed in a seven-hour surgery. The city’s response has been criticized; the Percherts seek...
Continue ReadingTodd Perchert was driving his ’66 gold Mustang along Route 66 when an Albuquerque police chief, Harold Medina, crashed into him. Perchert underwent extensive surgery and faces lifelong injuries, prompting a lawsuit against the city for compensation and accountability. Medina’s truck collided with Perchert’s at a red light after a nearby gunshot, yet Medina and his wife emerged unscathed....
Continue ReadingThe victim’s lawyers, of the accident involving a police chief, revealed that previous officers had been terminated for similar reckless driving. They are not pushing for the APD chief’s resignation but are demanding accountability for his actions and a thorough investigation into the case. Read the full story and watch the news-piece on Telemundo Nuevo Mexico >>
Continue ReadingTodd Perchert, 55, along with his wife Danielle and their attorney James Tawney, held a news conference in Albuquerque seeking accountability following a crash involving Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina on February 17, 2024. Perchert was driving his 1966 Ford Mustang when Chief Medina, responding to a nearby altercation, accelerated into Perchert’s vehicle. Perchert sustained severe injuries including a...
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