A man already serving a 20-year prison sentence for murder in El Paso was found guilty by a New Mexico jury of tampering with evidence after hiding the body in a vehicle.
An Otero County jury convicted Jevare Stephawn Freeman-Handy on March 16 on one count of tampering with evidence in connection with the death of 37-year-old Rodolfo Fuentes on Nov. 17, 2021, New Mexico’s 12th Judicial District Attorney Ryan Suggs announced in a news release.
Judge Angie Schneider presided over the trial, which was held in Alamogordo, New Mexico. A sentencing date has not been set. He is facing up to three years in prison, plus an additional four years as a “habitual offender based on prior felony convictions,” the news release states…