It's been about a month since Lorenzo Aguilar became the sheriff of Rio Arriba County. It's a place about 40,000 people call h0me. "It's where I grew up. It's where my family is. It's where as a kid, ...

After the call went out on Easter Sunday that Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield had been found unresponsive in his ...

UNDER INVESTIGATION. ALSO BREAKING IN THE LAST HOUR, THE RIO ARRIBA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS ITS SHERIFF, BILLY MERRIFIELD, HAS PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING. THEY SAY HE UNEXPECTEDLY DIED AT HIS ...

An autopsy and toxicology report reveals the sheriff had drugs and alcohol in his system at the time of death.

RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, N.M. – Rio Arriba County already has a new sheriff from within its rank after the sudden death of Sheriff Billy Merrifield over the weekend. Rio Arriba County commissioners ...

ESPAÑOLA, N.M. — As of Monday night, Rio Arriba County officially has a new sheriff. Commissioners appointed Major Billy Merrifield to the position during a special meeting, and he was sworn in ...

Apr. 23—Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield had been in a crash in his patrol vehicle hours before he was found unresponsive inside the vehicle at his home Sunday morning.

we are hearing the distraught 911 call from a friend of the Rio Arriba County sheriff, to report the sheriff’s death, shedding light on what led up to his body being found in his work vehicle.

A panicked 911 call from a close friend of Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield on the day of Merrifield’s death paints a picture, albeit an incomplete one, of the apparent circumstances ...

The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office haven’t released any details regarding a search of the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office, but the county manager says the investigation may be linked ...

Merrifield was found dead in his patrol vehicle outside his house near Abiquiú Lake on Easter Sunday after a night out with ...