RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, N.M. — Newly-released 911 audio is shedding light on the moments when Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield was found dead in his patrol vehicle on Easter morning.

The state's reasoning for withholding police reports from a sheriff's death investigation could conflict with court rulings.

Nearly two months after the death of Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield, New Mexico State Police continue to investigate.

The first batch of reports indicate state police did not recover drugs or paraphernalia from the scene of Billy Merrifield's ...

Deputies seized: Approximately 120 grams of fentanyl (potentially lethal to as many as 60,000 people, according to the Butler County Sheriff's Office) Over 90 grams of cocaine $5,400 in cash 2017 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A fentanyl trafficker was sentenced to more than seven years in prison in a federal court following the overdose death of a Washington County man, authorities said.

As stated on the Wayne County, Indiana Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, multiple ounces of fentanyl and cocaine were seized from the residence. Accumulating over 160 grams of fentanyl and 93 ...

A North Texas man on Wednesday became the first person in Tarrant County to be tried and convicted of murder under Texas' new law targeting fatal fentanyl distribution. "This sends a message to ...

A Tarrant County jury sentenced Jacob Lindsay to life in prison for the 2023 fentanyl overdose death of Brandon Harrison. This is the first murder conviction in Tarrant County under a new Texas ...

Jacob Lindsay was sentenced to life in a Texas prison after a Tarrant County jury found him guilty of murder in the September 2023 fentanyl overdose death of 26-year-old Brandon Harrison.

Davidson County Superior Court authorities say that Parker has since been given a minimum incarceration sentencing of 273 months in the North Carolina Department of Corrections. This ruling dates back ...

Dewayne Mahone was the first man charged with dealing resulting in death in Marion County after police said he delivered drugs laced with fentanyl that killed a man. Mahone told IndyStar during ...