Hitchhiker With Fugitives Faces Drug Charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A hitchhiker who authorities say jumped into a car with two Ohio fugitives before one of them fatally shot a New Mexico police officer has been arraigned on drug charges. Tony Jones made his first appearance Monday in a Las Cruces court, where his bond was set at $75,000. Jones was taken into custody Friday after the shooting death of Officer Jose Chavez in Hatch. Jones, who is 44, has not been implicated in the shooting. Authorities say one of the fugitives reached through a window and shot Chavez, who was standing on the passenger's side of the car. A Dona Ana County sheriff's spokeswoman says the drug charges were filed against Jones after officers obtained a search warrant over the weekend and found a large amount of methamphetamine in a suitcase that Jones had with him Friday.