New Mexico man sentenced to 10-year term in kidnapping case

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A 31-year-old southwestern New Mexico man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on federal convictions stemming from a 2014 abduction in Arkansas. Jessie A. Hopper Jr. of Deming was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Las Cruces. He previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy, kidnapping and firearms charges. Authorities say […]