A South Carolina man pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he gunned down a New Mexico state police officer who had stopped to help him, marking a turning point in a case that had been set for trial later this year.

A man accused in connection to the death of New Mexico State Police Officer Justin Hare west of Tucumcari in March 2024 pleaded guilty to charges related to carjacking, kidnapping and fatally

Federal Prosecutors are considering the death penalty in the case against South Carolina man who is accused of killing New Mexico State Police Officer Justin Hare. Jaremy Smith, 33, of Marion, South Carolina,

A South Carolina man pleaded guilty Friday to gunning down a New Mexico State Police officer who had stopped to help him with a flat tire last year.

A South Carolina man changed his plea Friday to guilty in the murder of a New Mexico State Police officer who stopped to help him with what appeared to be a flat tire on Interstate 40. Jaremy Smith was already wanted for the murder of a paramedic in South Carolina when he shot Officer Justin

There are more than 1,700 miles separating Dillon County from New Mexico’s capital city, but officials in both communities have been side-by-side for nearly a year in the wake of a brutal cross-country crime spree that took the lives of first responders in both.

A man pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to charges for shooting and killing New Mexico State Police Officer Justin Hare in March 2024. Jaremy Smith of Marion, South Carolina, was charged with carjacking resulting in death,