By Nakayla McClellandAlbuquerque Journal, N.M.ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bernalillo County has agreed to pay $2 million to settle two lawsuits filed in state district court by the families of three men who died in a 2022 helicopter crash in northern New Mexico. The settlement, reached on June 19, according to court records, came nearly four years after the crash that killed Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office Undersheriff Larry Koren, deputy Michael Levison, Lt. Fred Beers and Bernalillo County Fire Rescue Specialist Capt. Brian Egolf, attorney for the families, said the crash was a serious and tragic accident. In a statement posted on Facebook on the anniversary of the crash, BCSO said July 16 was a date that forever changed the sheriff’s office. In December 2025, Sheriff John Allen removed Bernalillo County Fire and Rescue from the unit due to a policy that allowed firefighters to smoke marijuana while off-duty.