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NewsApril 22, 2025

New Mexico Sheriff Found Dead at Home

Rio Arriba County deputies found Sheriff Sheriff Billy Merrifield dead at his home Sunday. The death is under investigation by the New Mexico State Police.

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Newsby David GriffithMarch 18, 2024

The Murder of New Mexico State Police Officer Justin Hare

At around 5 a.m. Officer Justin Hare had been dispatched to aid a stranded motorist on Interstate 40 near Tucumcari. There had been reports of a man driving a white BMW who was trying to wave down passing motorists for aid.

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NewsMarch 15, 2024

New Mexico State Police Officer Shot, Killed Near Tucumcari

Local officials say Officer Justin Hare was killed around 5:30 a.m. while conducting a welfare check on a vehicle pulled over onto the shoulder of the interstate.

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NewsMay 15, 2023

NM Active Shooter Kills 3, Injures 2 Officers

The suspect was confronted by law enforcement and shot and killed, Farmington police say. Multiple Farmington officers and New Mexico State Police troopers are on site.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 17, 2022

New Mexico State Police Rescue Boy Scouts Trapped by Flash Flood

The State Police helicopter had no place to land and with the fast-rising river, so they sent crews down and harnessed the kids up hoisting them into the hovering chopper.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 8, 2021

New Mexico Ends Qualified Immunity for All Government Workers, Including Police

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed a bill Wednesday ending qualified immunity for all government workers, including police. New Mexico is the first state to end qualified immunity for all public employees.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 28, 2017

Video: New Mexico Officer Shot at Traffic Stop, Suspect Dead

A New Mexico state police officer was shot in the vest and injured and a suspect fatally shot following a traffic stop Sunday morning in Farmington.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 24, 2016

NM Sheriff's Lieutenant Killed in Motorcycle Crash

New Mexico State Police are investigating a single vehicle motorcycle crash that claimed the life of a Luna County (NM) Sheriff's Office Lieutenant late Saturday evening.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 18, 2016

New Mexico Governor Wants to Restore the Death Penalty

New Mexico's governor is reframing the death penalty debate as the proper response to recent police killings, including one officer killed Friday in her own state.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 18, 2014

Video: New Mexico Officer Cleared in 2013 Standoff Shooting

No charges will be brought against the New Mexico State Police officer who shot and killed an armed suspect during an Albuquerque police standoff in the Northeast Heights in 2013, Second Judicial District Attorney Kari Brandenburg’s office announced Friday.

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