Former Valley Cop Sentenced To Five Years In Prison

Five years in prison for a former Valley police officer who helped smuggle high-powered rifles into Mexico. That's the punishment for Armando Duenez, a former cop in Rio Hondo who federal prosecutors said was part of an illegal gun-buying scheme. The 31-year-old Duenez eventually admitted to purchasing more than a dozen semi-automatic rifles with the intent to sell them for profit to weapons smugglers. Duenez was arrested back in 2008, was released on bond, and then fled to Mexico where he lived until late last year, when he turned himself in to officers at the B-and-M International Bridge.