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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 ...
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. New Mexico ...
That friend of Sheriff Billy Merrifield called 911, describing some of the events that unfolded before he found his friend’s body. It started when the friend got a call about the sheriff getting ...
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.
Fentanyl found in deceased sheriff’s system. May 22, 2025; News; Billy Merrifield . Wheeler Cowperthwaite Rio Grande Sun ESPANOLA — Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield died from an overdose of ...
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Merrifield began his career with the Sheriff's Office in 1994 when he was hired as a deputy. In 1999 he was selected as a street crimes investigator. In 2002, ...