Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield’s unexpected death from a drug overdose on Easter Sunday has left those closest to him struggling to make sense of how he died and overwhelmed by the ...

Takeaways. Billy Merrifield — the late sheriff of Rio Arriba County who died of a drug overdose on Easter Sunday at the age of 50 — apparently did not leave a will.

Sheriffs in the Triad’s two largest counties are pushing back on claims by U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis they that are imperiling their communities by freeing violent undocumented immigrants from their ...

TAVARES, Fla. — Lake County Judge Emily Curington set the bond at $1 million for Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez on Friday morning as he sat in an orange jumpsuit while facing federal ...

A man who was reported as armed and suicidal was fatally shot by a McKenzie County Sheriff's Office deputy at a home early Monday, authorities said.