Thomas Arlen Richmond

On July 13, 1988, Sergeant Thomas Arlen Richmond of the Mesilla Marshal's Office was tragically shot and killed during a routine traffic stop on Snow Road, just outside the town limits of Mesilla, New Mexico. At the time of the stop, Sergeant Richmond was unaware that the individuals in the vehicle he had pulled over were suspects in an armed robbery that had occurred earlier in Las Cruces.

The incident unfolded when Sergeant Richmond, a veteran of both the National Guard and law enforcem ...

Mesilla Marshal's Office - Sergeant Thomas Arlen Richmond

Reflections for Sergeant Thomas Arlen Richmond, Mesilla Marshal's ...