A former New Mexico Department of Public Safety officer says in a lawsuit that he was fired after informing his supervisor that a fellow officer was having sex with prostitutes.
In court papers filed in the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe, Jeremy Romero said he tried a number of times to report that he had seen prostitutes with fellow Special Investigations Division officer Timothy Carlson in 2011.
The lawsuit says Romero was fired a short time after he made the reports.
Carlson was charged in March 2012. The charges were later dropped, but prosecutors say the case is still under review for possible indictments.
Carlson was later fired from the Department of Public Safety.
The lawsuit filed in state district court said Romero seeks damages, back pay and his old position back.
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