Tag: Department Of Justice
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Golden man sentenced to prison for defrauding consumers of more than $19 million
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A man who defrauded tens of thousands of victims through a nationwide telemarketing scheme related to magazine subscriptions will spend five years in prison. According to court documents, for more than a decade, 54-year-old Henry Aragon of Golden ran the scheme. During that time, he and his co-defendants defrauded more than 150,000 victims across the…
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Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua used border chaos to infiltrate U.S.
Tren de Aragua, a criminal gang from Venezuela that is said to be as serious a threat as the Salvadoran gang MS-13, is quietly operating in unsuspected neighborhoods and communities across the country. The Gazette has confirmed the presence of Tren de Aragua, or TDA, in Colorado, and reported that the gang has given “the…
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Denver mayoral candidate Trinidad Rodriguez announces public safety plan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the shadow of the Denver Police Department headquarters at 1331 Cherokee St., mayoral candidate Trinidad Rodriguez — just like several of his counterparts in previous weeks —announced his public safety plan Thursday. Rodriguez is one of 17 candidates running for Denver Mayor in the…
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Colorado Springs woman pleads guilty in fentanyl death of high school student
A Colorado Springs woman has pleaded guilty to selling a fentanyl pill that caused a Mitchell High School student to fatally overdose, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado. In a change-of-plea hearing on Wednesday, Alexis Wilkins, 27, submitted to a charge of “distribution of fentanyl, resulting…
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Federal complaints filed against three Colorado U.S. senate candidates
Three Coloradans running for the Republican U.S. Senate primary have failed to file required personal financial disclosures with the Secretary of the U.S. Senate*. Jarrod Munger, chair of the Stonewall Democrats Initiative and a recent vice chair of the Denver Democratic Party, on Monday filed complaints with the Department of Justice over those missing disclosures.…
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U.S. attorney: White supremacist sentenced for plotting to blow up Pueblo synagogue
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A self-described neo-Nazi and white supremacist was sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison Friday for plotting to blow up a Pueblo synagogue, according to a release from the Justice Department. Richard Holzer, 28,…