A NOW-FORMER SANTA FE COUNTY DEPUTY, CHARGED WITH GUNNING DOWN ANOTHER DEPUTY, BONDS OUT OF JAIL AFTER ENTERING A NOT GUILTY PLEA IN STATE DISTRICT COURT MONDAY MORNING IN LAS CRUCES. THE PLEA FOR TAI CHAN WAS ENTERED THROUGH HIS SANTA FE BASED ATTORNEY, JOHN DAY. CHAN DID NOT MAKE AN APPEARANCE IN COURT.
THE PLEA WAS IN RESPONSE TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES BEING FILED AGAINST HIM. POLICE SAY CHAN SHOT AND KILLED DEPUTY JEREMY MARTIN AS THE RESULT OF AN ALCOHOL-FUELED ARGUMENT THE TWO MEN HAD WHILE IN LAS CRUCES. THEY WERE STAYING THERE AFTER DROPPING OFF A PRISONER IN ARIZONA.
