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

Executive orders from the governor’s office show New Mexico has so far authorized over $2 million to be spent on the emergency deployment of National Guard troops to the state’s largest city, even ...

The death of Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield last month was caused by a drug overdose involving alcohol as well as the synthetic opioid fentanyl, according to reports released Thursday ...

Rio Arriba Sheriff Billy Merrifield died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl and alcohol, according to autopsy and ...

RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) — New Mexico State Labs have released the toxicology report for former Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield, who died in late April. According to the report ...

Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield, 50, was found dead inside his patrol vehicle outside his Abiquiu home on Easter morning following a minor crash. The death of the popular sheriff ...

It was one month on Tuesday since Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield was found dead in his patrol unit at his Abiquiú home.

TAOS — After the call went out on Easter Sunday that Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield had been found unresponsive in his patrol unit outside his Abiquiú Reservoir home, more than a ...

May 15—Former Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield died last month due to the toxic effects of fentanyl and ethanol, according to an autopsy report released by the New Mexico Office of the ...