AN ACCUSED COP KILLER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES THAT INCLUDE CARJACKING AND BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. THIRTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD JESSE HANES ALSO FACES A STATE MURDER CHARGE IN THE DEATH OF HATCH POLICE OFFICER JOSE CHAVEZ ON AUGUST 12TH, BUT HASN’T ENTERED A PLEA IN THAT CASE.
HANES ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND KILLED OFFICER CHAVEZ DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN HATCH. IF FOUND GUILTY, HANES COULD SPEND DECADES IN PRISON ON THE FEDERAL CHARGES ALONE.
A FEDERAL MAGISTRATE IN LAS CRUCES WEDNESDAY DETERMINED THAT HANES IS A FLIGHT RISK AND ORDERED THAT HE REMAIN IN CUSTODY.
