Tag: Drug
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9 cartel members indicted on charges of bringing drugs into Adams County, other parts of Colorado
An Adams County grand jury indicted nine members of a Mexican cartel — the Sanudo-Rivera drug trafficking organization — that allegedly brought “large quantities” of drugs into Adams County and other parts of Colorado. The members have been charged on allegations of bringing fentanyl, methamphetamines and cocaine into Adams County as well as Oregon, Nevada and Arizona, according…
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Colorado appeals court issues rulings on drug money, Pueblo councilman’s vandalism
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday decided a pair of cases involving financial restitution to crime victims, finding defendants are not obligated to repay police departments for money used in drug purchases and also upholding a Pueblo council member’s duty to pay $3,800 for his vandalism. Under Colorado law, most convictions require judges to consider whether…
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Traffic stop in Wheat Ridge leads to seizure of 3,500 fentanyl pills
A routine traffic stop ended with the Wheat Ridge Police Department finding thousands of fentanyl pills, authorities said in a Facebook post. Officers pulled over a driver for failure to come to a stop and an expired temporary tag on Wednesday morning, the police said. A search of the vehicle led to the seizing of approximately…
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New trial, further review ordered after Adams County judge’s errors, appeals court rules
An Adams County judge gave jurors an instruction that misrepresented Colorado’s drug possession law, prompting the state’s Court of Appeals last week to reverse the felony conviction of Ashley Morgan. Moreover, a three-judge panel of the appellate court decided District Court Judge Priscilla J. Loew performed an incomplete analysis of whether an Adams County sheriff’s…
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Colorado House committee advances bill that lowers felony threshold for fentanyl possession
A panel of Colorado legislators advanced a bill Wednesday that increases criminal penalties for possessing small amounts of fentanyl, a middle-of-the-road approach between factions who want harsher penalties and those who decry going back to the tough-on-crime strategy of the past. The House Judiciary Committee advanced House Bill 1326, the legislature’s sweeping attempt to address…
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Law enforcement groups, harm reduction advocates clash over fentanyl possession
A coalition of law enforcement organizations on Thursday criticized a sweeping approach to the fentanyl crisis in Colorado, saying it doesn’t do enough to crack down on those who possess the deadly drug. But harm reduction and addiction experts have taken the opposite position, warning that proposed changes to the state’s drug code would have…