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Colorado ‘un santuario’ for drug activity, DEA chief says
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Colorado’s “sanctuary” laws, notably its prohibition against cooperating with federal authorities, are having a “chilling effect” on law enforcement’s ability to go after drug cartels operating in the state, an official of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency said. That situation sits atop Colorado’s “pervasive drug culture stemming back to the marijuana initiation,” said David Olesky,…
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A year of developments in the CBI forensic lab scandal
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As the scandal at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic lab moved through its second year, a series of startling developments and revelations emerged with no clear end in sight and the full toll still unknown. At the heart of a scandal unlike any before in state history, is the state agency’s once most revered and prolific DNA scientist: Yvonne Woods. In January, after…
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‘Our downtown, our way’: Aurora residents, business owners share hopes, fears for new Colfax authority
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When Heather Adams and her partner bought their Colfax Avenue location for Vanishing West Ciders, the area immediately felt right, she said. “As we started to walk through the neighborhood, we started loving and feeling opportunities here,” she said about the Colfax corridor in Aurora. “You can feel it. It was something bubbling out of…
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Deadly Aurora Christmas Eve shooting was ‘targeted’
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A Christmas Eve shooting in Aurora that has left two individuals dead and three wounded was “targeted,” according to an Aurora Police Department spokesperson. “This was not a random shooting,” Gabby Easterwood told The Denver Gazette. “The people knew each other.” Aurora Police said officers responded around 9:30 p.m. to a reported shooting at an…
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Judge accepts new plea agreements for Return to Nature owners
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Jon and Carie Hallford will not see 2026 trials after all, as an El Paso County judge ruled to accept the most recent plea agreements for the pair Monday, despite heavy opposition from families who used their funeral services. The Hallfords came under a multi-agency investigation in October 2023 after an inquiry into their Penrose Return to…
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Man accused of assaulting, attempting to kidnap Colorado Springs woman sentenced to probation
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The man arrested after reportedly threatening to stab and kidnap a woman at a spa in Colorado Springs earlier this year avoided any jail time during his sentencing on Monday. Thomas McCarley, 54, was arrested on Jan. 28 after Colorado Springs police responded to a call of a disturbance involving a man with a knife…
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Boulder police share latest developments in JonBenét Ramsey investigation
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The Boulder Police Department provided its annual update in the murder that has captured curiosity for nearly 30 years. Investigators have “followed up on every lead” in the 1996 death of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey — including more than 21,000 tips, and trips to 19 different states to interview over 1,000 individuals with connections to the…
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Two Denver sheriff’s deputies arrested on suspicion of assaulting at-risk adult
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Two Denver sheriff’s deputies were arrested Thursday on suspicion of felony assault of an at-risk adult. Sgt. Carla Gentempo and Deputy Jason Gentempo were arrested by Denver police on suspicion of third-degree assault, a class six felony, according to a Thursday news release from the Denver Sheriff’s Department. The charges appear to stem from an…
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DEA squashes cartel-tied drug dealing, seizes over 1,000 pounds of meth
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Federal agents announced Wednesday that they had seized more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine in a string of drug busts spanning over 11 months, including a record 733 pounds in one operation in April. The sting targeted a criminal organization that spanned from Colorado to Mexico, and involved undercover agents, wiretaps and other covert operations,…
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Douglas County police, DEA find record-breaking amount of fentanyl in storage unit
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A Douglas County man got more than he bargained for when purchasing an abandoned storage unit last week — nearly 2 million fentanyl pills. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, along with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) and Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), seized a record-breaking amount of fake fentanyl pills…
