Tag: Fentanyl
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Appeals court finds Denver jury convicted man for possessing more fentanyl than evidence showed
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday concluded a Denver jury convicted a defendant of a felony for possessing more than four grams of an illegal substance when the evidence actually showed it was not close to even one gram. At his 2023 trial, a jury convicted Cesar Noel Garcia for misdemeanor possession of methamphetamine and felony…
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Douglas County woman convicted in 2022 fentanyl death of toddler
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story incorrectly listed Birkbeck as Gilmour’s current boyfriend. The two were not in a relationship at the time of Layton’s death. The Denver Gazette regrets the error. A jury found a Douglas County woman guilty Friday in the 2022 death of her son from a fentanyl overdose. Hanna…
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Man faces up to 190 years in prison for fentanyl distribution in Boulder County
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man faces up to 190 years in prison for fentanyl distribution leading to the death of at least one other person in Boulder County. Carlos Centeno-Izaguirre pleaded guilty to several counts, including distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death as well as distributing…
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Douglas County awards grants to opioid recovery organizations
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Douglas County officials said addressing opioid addiction is a priority, lamenting the issue as a crisis while awarding grant dollars to local recovery organizations last week. Douglas County commissioners approved $670,000 in funding for two local recovery and rehabilitation organizations. The grants were recommended by…
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Drug use flyer reignites ‘harm reduction’ debate in Denver
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Inhale slow and exhale fast — holding your breath won’t get you higher, but it will damage your lungs.” That’s just some of the advice found on a small flyer distributed by Access Point Denver to individuals who may use a glass bubble pipe to…
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Denver man sentenced to 48 years in prison after 100,000 fentanyl pills were seized
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A Denver man will spend the next several decades in prison for his part in a major Northern Colorado drug trafficking ring. Colorado State Troopers pulled over Miguel Gutierrez-Heredia, in Fruita, Colorado on March 26th, 2024, for driving 98 mph in a 75 mph speed zone, according to a news release from the 19th Judicial…
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The Everywhere War comes to Boulder | Vince Bzdek
Two headlines in The Wall Street Journal last week brought home how small the world has become. “The Intifada comes to Boulder,” read one. “Ukraine’s drone strike is a warning — for the U.S.,” read the other. The first referred to how the Palestinian uprising against Israel suddenly landed in our backyard last Sunday when…
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Denver man sentenced to over 145 years for fentanyl production
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Denver District Court judge sentenced a 33-year-old man to over 100 years in prison for producing millions of fentanyl pills in the metro Denver area. Judge Karen Brody sentenced Tashon Roberts to 145.5 years in prison on Friday on four charges related to the…
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Denver police arrest two brothers in connection with Monday LoDo shooting
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver police arrested a pair of brothers in connection with a shooting in LoDo Monday evening. Joseph Valdez, 18, and Randall Valdez, 22, were taken into custody hours after the incident on suspicion of several charges, including attempted first degree murder and felony menacing, according…
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3 people previously deported to Honduras arrested in Aurora drug bust
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The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office arrested four suspects last week during a narcotics operation in Aurora, three of which had been previously deported to Honduras. The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit and the Aurora Police Department SWAT Team served a search warrant for narcotics at a house in the 200 block of South…