According to online court records, Merkey is jailed on nearly a dozen counts of felony dissemination of child sex acts. He is being housed at the Bedford County Jail on $500,000 bail.

NEW BEDFORD – The Bristol County Sheriff’s Office says an Ash Street Jail inmate’s girlfriend has been arrested in connection with tossing drugs over the perimeter wall to be recovered inside.

(WPRI) — A woman is facing several drug-related charges after she was stopped outside a New Bedford jail while trying to sneak in drugs for her boyfriend, according to the Bristol County Sheriff ...

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Highway Patrol reported the deaths of both drivers involved in a head-on crash on Saturday afternoon in Bedford County. THP reported the crash occurred on ...

A woman is facing charges after she tossed drugs that were intended for her boyfriend over the wall of a jail in New Bedford ... according to the Bristol County Sheriff's Office.