ONE OF THE MEN SUSPECTED OF KILLING HATCH POLICE OFFICER JOSE CHAVEZ NOW FACES FEDERAL CHARGES. JESSE HANES HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FEDERAL FIREARMS AND CARJACKING OFFENSES. BOTH CHARGES AROSE FROM THE AUGUST 12TH TRAFFIC STOP IN HATCH DURING WHICH CHAVEZ WAS SHOT AND MORTALLY WOUNDED. HANES, 38, IS CHARGED WITH BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, CARJACKING AND DISCHARGING A GUN DURING A CRIME OF VIOLENCE. THE FBI ARRESTED HIM TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT A HOSPITAL IN EL PASO, TEXAS. HIS INITIAL APPEARANCE IN FEDERAL COURT IN LAS CRUCES HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED. HANES ALREADY FACES STATE CHARGES OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE KILLING OF OFFICER CHAVEZ.
