LAS CRUCES SERGEANT TODD FROATS IS EXPECTED BACK ON THE STAND FRIDAY IN FORMER SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY TAI CHAN’S RETRIAL. CHAN IS ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN AND KILLING FELLOW DEPUTY JEREMY MARTIN IN 2014 AT THE HOTEL ENCANTO IN LAS CRUCES AFTER TRANSPORTING AN INMATE TO AN ARIZONA PRISON.
KOB TV REPORTS FROATS TESTIFIED ON THURSDAY THAT HE FOUND MARTIN BLEEDING AND NOT RESPONSIVE. A SECURITY GUARD TESTIFIED ON THURSDAY THAT HE HEARD CHAN AND MARTIN ARGUING BEFORE SHOTS WERE FIRED.
FRIDAY IS THE 5TH DAY OF CHAN’S RETRIAL IN LAS CRUCES. IT’S EXPECTED TO LAST ANOTHER WEEK.
