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,

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,