Rico Dukes the tender fake cop was
re-arrested by the Bernalillo County
Sheriff's office after they received
more information that he showed up to a
local high school representing himself
as a sworn Deputy of law enforcement
he posted on his Facebook that he was
wearing a uniform with two shoulder
patches green pants and a firearm on his
hip
report
it's already stamped already stamped
perfect
so what happened
chain of commands it arrest
okay he carried a gun on a school campus
last week and they said arrest tonight
cool yeah she's like what's going on
he's a
getting charged with three more counts
and um then for unlawful carrying of the
deadly weapon on his whole property
okay
cool no worries hopefully I'm not there
so 10 A.M
thank you for getting a stamp though
I hope so
sounds good now you guys like yeah I'll
go whatever
no worries we'll see you guys
all right so
again I don't know all the details or
anything or
what knocks since this is their
investigation
watch out on one sec
of a male 16 and route to MDC
oh
okay it looks like
there is a
there was a warrant issued for you
for unlawful carry of a firearm on a
school
so female and male who are evaluation
looks like another charge for
impersonating a police officer
so I have no idea man
um
I don't know what the investigation
entails
yeah that's just what they handed me so
but it's signed off by a judge right now
so
um it does say you get an RoR interview
so meaning you'll have you'll talk to a
judge like
as soon as they're able to
and then
um you'll kind of just go from there
so I had a little release on your own
recognance or and set you up with a new
court date
um or whatever they decide to do
hold on
your step to the left for me real quick
foreign
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Instagram
and uh how many people are you currently
talking to
you can you speak up my ears
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um
and over the past two weeks how many
have you talked to overall
so I I want you to know we're right now
um applying for a warrant to get into
your phone
um and so this is your opportunity to be
honest with us because
I I'm gonna find out this information
um but it looks better for you if you're
being honest
um and so you said four or five right
now is that well for right now overall
since I've
so I've made it I probably matched with
12 or 14.
okay
and the whole time your ad has been up
it has been with your
uh the pictures that we went through
today correct okay
um and on your
BLK profile when did you post that one
I've done it right now a while ago
like how long do you think
sometime last year in the last year
maybe okay
and how many people were you talking to
on there
week is it still on your phone no
and in the week how many did you match
with
you
number six all right
so I know the card you have right now is
a rental car when did you get that
rental car
like three weeks ago on the airport
rental
why did you get a rental car
you have another vehicle
when is it due back
and then
in the car
are there is there any other law
enforcement gear in there or any gear
that could be viewed as law enforcement
here any more hats
oh so
holsters okay
um
any other Firearms or firearm
um accessories
okay
and so you're saying you don't know
anybody on our department
um if I
get into your phone am I going to find
anybody's name that works on the
department absolutely not if I showed
your picture around the department is
anybody going to know who you are
absolutely not okay
is there anything in the car when we
look at it is there anything in the car
that we need to know about that's going
to be a safety concern
no I may have like a
let me have a needle in the door just
for my my vial myself okay
just a needle
okay anything else we're gonna find them
you said you caught the car for three
weeks now
where's your other car I don't have
another car I will use the Uber and
stuff it's Uber
that one okay
um you said you bought the gun from
Albuquerque guns
any coupons about what
you said around March beginning of March
okay
um I actually have my uh
the receipt from the car
passenger side like a machine between
the middle and the seat okay
when's the last time you fired your gun
shot at one
yeah
a few months ago or whenever like we got
there got it
all right
and when you rented the car
we made sure you looked through it that
nothing's in it that shouldn't be
anything
okay everything in the car is here sir
you put it there
okay no one's borrowed the car or
anything
all right you're the only one that's
been driving absolutely okay
and what caliber is your gun again it's
a nine millimeter nine millimeter
you bought ammo for it yeah what kind of
ammo you got for it it's a regular nine
millimeter ammo Winchester Federal
Arduino
I want to say Winchester Winchester
though where did you buy it
the ammo
I got the boxes from Amy from Guns as
well at the same time I got the gun
how many boxes did you get I think
there's two
or a box of the 25
so I know you've been asked this a lot
of times we're just trying to verify
because a lot of the stuff we're asking
you we know the answer to we're just
seeing how much you're willing to work
with us because at the end of the day we
gotta figure out
on YouTube
not to be offensive all right do we got
to figure out you're just some dumb ass
trying to pick up chicks right or
there's more to this right that's what
we have to figure that's that's what my
role is to figure that out if I was to
ask you which one is it
for are you just some guy trying to
score chicks
no
no
so you're
you're has our
very old patch on it tell me about that
I got it from Kaufman
hadn't sure
okay and so they were selling that
coffee
and what information did you need for
the purchase of the
I was talking I was doing it for a
promotional
stuff that's it what information did you
have to provide them is your name
did you have to give them anything else
they looked at my ID
what else
um
and do you live with anybody else
do you have any other gear at your
residence that could be viewed as law
enforcement here
what about a black tactical vest no
tell me about the vest that you have
that you're wearing in a picture on
Facebook
the one that's on Facebook
you're wearing a black one there's a
black tactical vest tell me about it
like a picture of a black one
what color is it
a dark green it's a dark green okay tell
me about that best
well it's just a picture I use
where's this vest at
oh
whose best is it is a picture
okay so you you have a picture of you
wearing this vest
how did you get this picture
you found it off the internet
is it a picture of you no it's not your
chairman it's not a picture of you on
your Facebook
that's the only one I have a little best
and that's the best little picture I use
from the internet
foreign
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how old is he he'll be three in
September
so the picture on Facebook is not of you
and your son with you and a vest
unless it's from
oh I know which one you're talking about
from uh security when I worked at New
Mexico protective Force okay it's gonna
be here's the thing it's going to be
good for you
to just come forward with stuff for us
because
we're trying to work with you I didn't
know which one of you guys were talking
about do you have pictures of more than
one best on Facebook notice that one
okay
so like I said this is your opportunity
we have a lot of the answers already
right this is your opportunity to be
honest and cooperate with us
um so telling me that
a random picture you got out of the
internet and then oh that's actually
from when I worked at security be honest
with me because I know a lot of the
answers I'm already asked
I just didn't know which picture I'm
talking about
do you still have any gear from your
other jobs with the New Mexico
protective forces or desert wall do you
still have any of that gear no
that's why it's like
it you said with desert wolf you did
investigations you know with New Mexico
protective of course New Mexico you did
investigations just like patrols yeah so
do you ever have to interview anybody no
no no okay
so if we do a warrant on your residence
are we going to find
and be conservative law enforcement no
no vests no more
holsters no shirts no hats
nothing belonging to any other agency
nothing for APD no
is there anything is there anything in
this sorry to catch up I'm sorry is
there anything the house we need to be
concerned with which is going to pose a
risk to anybody no no
so no firearms no explosives no drugs
nothing like that no
it's only firearm I have
all right but everything in the your
apartment's yours yes no one stays with
you
have access to your apartment no
he yeah
this is your closest point of contact
family member well it says
um
all of them are moved out of state so
where do they live
um
what part of Arkansas I'm a hillbilly so
that's my that's my turf awesome
um
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so remember I asked you some stuff about
your Davis like I said this is just me
trying to figure out
who I'm dealing with that kind of stuff
if
um
so you had a couple protective orders
put against you remember those what were
those four
well just she did that just because
it's just people don't do it just
because so what were some of the reasons
that she felt she needed it I don't know
her reasons no you got a copy of it
right
uh uh no I don't no I mean they served
you right yeah yeah you don't remember
what it says on there
no no
because she's done it twice just because
okay so did you ever get found guilty of
domestic violence
I wasn't guilty you were guilty did you
take a plea deal or you just had a
restraining order back in 2016.
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but it was for like a year yeah so she
put one on me
she served me are you guys talking about
that one from well I saw two in your
court history
and one from back then and then one from
my son's mom right
yeah okay what happened with that one
the one with your son's mom
and that's Parker right
no
Elena Elena Elena
Elijah okay
I might
might be confusing you with another case
I do a lot of these so so Leia yeah
what happened with that one
I don't remember
yeah yeah that was the one that I think
if I look at the core records that's one
that just ended like September yeah she
did that I think last year in April
March into September
and then she renewed it
for some reason I don't know
but we're fine then I would talk to my
son on Mondays and Wednesdays okay
that's why I said she was just because I
don't know why she renewed it or
whatever that was for do you remember
why she even put it against you
because judges just don't give them
because I know yeah
um
I think I don't know I think my mom had
told her that I said something and she
in turn away and I'm like what was it it
was something I didn't say okay but what
did they accuse you of saying something
crazy like Carpenter really yeah
um
do you have any other court things
pending over you right now that you know
no traffic tickets anything like that
when's the last time you got a traffic
ticket
probably about
a month ago did you take care of it
you're supposed to send me the um
the thing for the class to my address if
I never got it okay well to be honest
with you you have a warrant for that too
okay all right it's just a failure to a
pair warrant something can be taken care
of really quick
that's what I was asking because
especially with the way the chords and
zoom and video yeah people miss it all
the time so just so you know it's not a
shock to you if you get booked under
your warrant today yes all right
and that was in what car were you
driving when you got that ticket
okay what I haven't seen the car what
customers
you said you read it from the airport
budget
is it ranking under your name yes ma'am
what was the last car you owed
2019 Chevy Malibu and it got repoed from
my apartment
what color was it it was gold gold a new
repo repo episode one that's when you're
not working for New Mexico protective
for us and they ended up cutting hay and
stuff I wasn't able to take regards
exactly so
how you doing now
doing okay yeah I used to I was just
ubering and stuff and I had this rentals
and are you supposed to work today
do you work a pretty normal shift or
twelves twelves yeah so what days do you
know two two
in the morning or in the afternoon
afternoon to morning it's a two to two
and what day is normally
usually uh once they do Saturday
which
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Taco Bell or Jack-in-the-Box right yeah
which one is that the one over there in
um
of U.S
3 28
5 Bernalillo
thing is
25
it's like us three or something yeah
yeah okay if you take Alameda all the
way up going towards Burnham
before you get to the 550 yeah okay so
that that's the uh
yeah it's a 528 528 yeah
so that's right there by uh the plaza
area all right so I think it's across
from a Walmart okay
what do you do there
a little bit of everything
um the window cashier
stocking
foreign
when you purchase this at Kauffman's
what phone number did you use
yours before
okay you use your normal idea you know
that when you brought your gun at uh
it'd be cute
while wearing this uniform
had flagged down by anybody and asked
that we're asking you for help with
something or anything like that
how many times have you gone out and
about mood
probably just once
tell me about that
gas station
a gas station
I think it's a Phillips 66 where's it at
so
verse 528
what's next to it
Walmart
another gas station
now you've got other little stores is
that the one by your work yeah
okay so it's all right so it's over
there by uh by the Defined Fitness and
stuff right
okay and other than today
that's one of the
youth in the car with the picture of you
in the car
you saw those pictures
in the car that was from my security
okay because that picture didn't have
patches on it which
I think
we want to say because we don't want to
put words in your mouth make something
like so we're going to be totally
upfront with you me too I understand so
look I said the end of the day we gotta
make sure I I understand
I'm thinking
um
you understand the concern right I
understand you know not just the fact
that you don't want to do that but the
safety is right the risk you put
yourself back and this one yeah so
that's what I was working for New Mexico
is this uh security patch okay I use
from Amazon oh okay you got that patch
off Amazon right it says security
enforcement okay do you still have that
patch no
that's why you know we want to make sure
because at once you said you that was
the only shirt you have than that and
it's hard for us to tell what that badge
is saying because
so we don't want to make any trouble for
you though yeah
because it's enough concerning seeing
you in that today
what went through your mind when the uh
detectives jumped out and grabbed a
surprise
so I didn't know what was going on no no
at all
did you ever consider what would happen
if an actual Deputy saw you like that no
no never why not
I don't know this guy never took it at
like
me
impersonating
so I didn't expect
like all that and we'll put yourself in
our shoes right so would you think that
if you saw somebody you don't recognize
in our uniform not even wearing it right
right
that we don't know
and you've got a gun on all right how
bad do you think that could have gotten
like describe worst case
shot
all right so now you see my concern like
the average person would not do that
that's why I have to figure out
what's going on
all right
like I said I'm not bullshitting you
when I say I'm worried about your safety
yes
right
when did you say that you got everything
from Kaufman
a few months ago
really right now if they knew this was
going on
oh yeah what's wrong with me like what
are you doing
they give you a little hillbilly
probably yeah
are you from here South Carolina South
Carolina when did you move here in 2012.
00
my mom she was Air Force
is she still air forced no she retired
in 2017. okay does she still live here
in Arkansas
what did she do in the Air Force she was
in uh she worked for the inspection
agency so she would go to other big
bases and stuff and make sure everybody
was doing their job
like Virginia Hawaii you should have
been to the Pentagon
all the big machine listed or
commissioned she wasn't listed
when she left uh
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E7
no she was at e80 last time the senior
master started yet
did she make a career of it yeah she did
uh 22 years
very tired here and moved back to
Arkansas and built the house okay and
you decided to stay I don't know why'd
you decide to stay
it's almost real
and then in this picture here what's
this right here that's the uh the
eclipse
quick poster okay
like pepper spray I wasn't sure
then pepper sprayed once um
or twice once when I twice it wasn't bad
enough but twice once when I got into it
with that uh security officer and then
once had IPS during the training okay so
you worked for IPs I did the week
training got my certification okay
how long ago was that
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one I want to say
so you got it certified or IPS it was
that to work for who
foreign
okay
what'd you think of that pepper spray
incident
it was all right it wasn't too bad and
then went away and then on my way home I
blinked along and I had to pull over I
couldn't see but it wasn't too bad they
said a security guard schedule where is
it at the at the Arbors off of
Candelaria things called something else
now but at the time it was the Harvard's
Apartments
and you said the U.S Marshals grabbed
you once
so that happened and then they gave me a
substance to appear and I missed it and
so the US Marshals came and picked me up
what was that charge
enough salt charge
the sultan who of the security guard
disappointed yeah
thank you I just need to
that was one of those things we know the
answer yeah so thank you for being
honest with me on everyone thank you
thank you
anymore at the moment so just just to
run some things down
he used to work at New Mexico protective
forces we worked at desert wolf
um we rented the car about three weeks
ago
right and you're the only one that's
been in it drive a lot that kind of
stuff nothing in it we need to be
concerned about maybe your needle and
your insulin right my insulin is at home
so probably just a needle that's it okay
but everything else in there is mine
okay
all right you bought the gun from at ABQ
guns the receipt should be in the car
it's in the car
it's on the to in the middle and the
passenger side okay let's see
did you have the rent no you didn't have
the rental car at the time you bought
the gun and went out and practiced it
right
you work a Jack In The Box and then 528
and you just refreshed me because once
again you I already told you I can't
hear worth it crap and I'm old
um you paid cash for all that
yes yeah
how much did it cost you
collection
all right less than 100. okay
how'd you know to get that
the whole the shirt and all that kind of
stuff that's just the one I picked out
for the because I wanted to do the
promotions so
I've been on that
okay
okay
if you need anything all right
so when you went shooting with your new
gun did you have this rental car
yes you did yes
and how long ago was that
you went shooting
all right uh
a week after right because there's we're
just comparing our notes and there was
some confusion like I thought you said
that you bought it shortly after you got
the gun before the rental car but like I
said I'm old in debt so
I got the gun before no no I thought you
went you said I I thought you said you
went and went shooting before you got
the rental car right
yes or no yes
you did right
and have you only shot the gun one time
on the Mason and it wasn't in the rental
car
no what car did you go shooting in
I was I don't know it was a friend's car
what kind of car was it
like a Chevy
what
I like the Silverado who was it truck
yes
so you're talking about the hard shell
casings the what our shell casings
no
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by saying once
like the boys can't fell out in the
rental
okay after so I'm sorry
you said I'm saying you went shooting
before you had the rental car yeah so
you didn't have the car rented at the
time no you wouldn't shoot it
and you put them in your pants right in
the car yeah and how did they get in the
car like from when we went shooting but
I had the bullet the casings in my pants
that's why I'm confused you said you
went shooting before you had the rental
car
well now you're saying that you went
shooting with him then when I got the
rental car
that's why I thought you guys were
asking oh
yeah we've had to collected bullets and
stuff oh okay yeah so you picked up the
boas after shooting in your friend's
Chevy Silverado or pickup truck how long
after you went shooting did you go get
the rental car
a week later you got the rental
um
and then how did the shell casings get
into that car and collected them and
they probably just fell out
so you were wearing the same
pants when you got the rental car yeah
and you hadn't washed the pants yet no
they're like blacked out
it's regular platformer cargos okay so
you wore black cargo pants shooting a
week later you get the rental car and
wear the same pants right that you
haven't washed with the casings in it
and the casings fell out in the car
right
you see how that sounds a little weird
sounds
um have you ever sent any other pictures
of you in this uniform or
of somebody else in the uniform
pretending to be them
yes and you know no
can you tell me about this picture
where you circled that person is this is
the one I thought you guys were talking
about earlier with the best as you guys
said with black
okay that's what threw me out
and that's the picture I said I use from
the internet okay so this is the one
from the internet that
wasn't of you okay
and so then when I asked you about the
one with your son in it that's why you
got confused when you thought it was
this one okay
um tell me about sending this one
I just um
you posted it where to uh Facebook okay
um and you said that that was you that
you circled right
where'd you get that picture
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who did you Google to find that
CSO
okay so you were specifically looking
for pcso
all right
what was the point of circling it saying
it was you
sorry
I have a picture there's a circle around
that person
that
um
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and say that was you and send it to
anybody no and I'm not going to find any
record of that
were you sending that picture to
somebody claiming it was you
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here's the thing
remember we said we asking you stuff
giving you a chance
be honest be upfront be honest
maybe you want one person another person
besides close to you tell me about that
person
I don't remember who I sent it to
was it a male or a female
where'd you meet them
like in general like when I first met
the remarks where'd you first start
chatting with them or talking to them
did you meet them in person did you meet
them on a dating profile I want to talk
to many people right but the one you
sent this picture
have you taken any other pictures off of
Google or social media of actual
deputies and posted them to any of your
social media
this is the only one
why'd you pick that picture
just because it can mean a lot of things
why did you pick that picture
none no
because just odd
so why do you know it's hot
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uh
attend there with the pictures
that picture I have on Facebook
nothing else you think I need to know or
that I'm gonna find you when I go
through your phone or anything like that
okay
thanks for talking with us but there's
some concerns I have for you
all right what do you think some of
those are
you that um I'm trying to be a police
officer okay what else endangering
myself
I could yeah you know with this this
might go in front of a judge you know
that
and the judge is going to ask us if
you're being upfront and honest with us
all right
what do you think we can tell them right
now
I've answered all you guys questions
no said the ones I absolutely didn't
know okay so it's not like you're trying
to lie to us all right
because it's in the pictures
I'm not kind of harp on this it's just
that picture is pretty coincidentally
with you picking that picture and all
that and it kind of falls back into you
saying you're something you're not
online with girls you're posting that
picture
for whatever reason
right it can we're both men I'm not a
dummy
we know why you picked that picture
right
why did you pick it
see that why couldn't you tell me that
right off man
huh
foreign
I had to spend this last five minutes
no and I could say what to people
that you were up front with me you were
a man
played it straight right this whole time
okay
all right just when we ask you questions
just be straight with us don't make us
pull teeth or anything like that because
at the end of the day we're trying to
help you we really are because what
happens if you get charged with this and
you get found guilty
what happens
huh all right what do you mean by time
is it worth that
so just be honest with us all right when
we ask you questions if we have any more
just be straight up with us all right so
we can say at the end of the day do
whatever we got to talk to your attorney
the judge that you were honest with us
and you were knew you made the mistake
and we were able to help you out instead
of we had to pull the information out of
you does that make sense think about
your kid if your kid's hiding something
you want him to be like that you have to
pull it out of them
that makes sense sure all right
questions right now
doing okay
easily okay
thank you thank you