Tag: Methamphetamine
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Fatal fentanyl overdoses in Denver up nearly 25% in 2025, health department says
Fatal fentanyl overdoses in Denver rose by nearly 25% in 2025 to the second-highest total in the past half decade, according to preliminary data from the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment. Within the city, 346 people died last year from fatal fentanyl doses, up from 277 the year before, which is second to…
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DEA squashes cartel-tied drug dealing, seizes over 1,000 pounds of meth
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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Adams County officials seize 70 pounds of methamphetamine, 5 guns during traffic stop
Adams County officials, in collaboration with several other law enforcement agencies, seized a swath of drugs and firearms during a traffic stop and search warrant execution last week. Collected during the operation were 70 pounds of methamphetamine, 1.29 kilograms of cocaine, five guns — four handguns and a rifle — and several thousand dollars, according…
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Greeley police officer found justified in May fatal shooting Friday
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke on Friday found a Greeley police officer justified in the May shooting of a man wielding a knife. Charges will not be filed against Patrol Officer Steven Weichel, who fired four shots at Sean Ybarra at around 2 p.m.…
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Commerce City man charged after allegedly pointing laser at aircraft
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A Commerce City man now faces felony charges after allegedly pointing a laser at an aircraft. The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office officially charged 41-year-old Jose Alonzo Duarte-Campos with one felony count of unlawfully aiming a laser device at an aircraft, one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, one driving under the influence charge…
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State patrol arrests Commerce City man for pointing laser at aircraft
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Colorado State Patrol troopers arrested a man for allegedly pointing a laser at overhead aircraft in Commerce City Thursday night. Jose Alonzo Duarte-Campos, 41, faces multiple charges including a felony of unlawfully aiming a laser device at an aircraft, driving under the influence of drugs and possession of methamphetamine, according to a news release from…
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Downstairs meth lab case has Colorado justices evaluating duty to preserve evidence
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When an Arapahoe County judge awarded a woman and her daughter $10.5 million for their injuries, finding their landlord had not reasonably responded to allegations of toxic exposure from a downstairs meth lab, he also concluded the landlord willfully failed to preserve evidence. Last week,…
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Man who drove truck at people in Boulder park charged
A man who had been living out of his truck drove the vehicle through Boulder’s Central Park at sun-up Tuesday, sending people running to get out of the way. Boulder police arrested 44-year-old Bruce Alvey and recommended four charges of attempted murder. “We had people jumping out of the way of the truck and more…
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10th Circuit agrees Colorado trooper committed constitutional violation in I-70 vehicle search
Appellate courts have found multiple problems with state troopers’ investigations of suspected drug traffickers in Mesa County
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16 members of JeffCo drug ring indicted after $5 million worth of narcotics seized
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Sixteen suspects were indicted on 116 felony charges after a nine-month-long investigation by the West Metro Drug Task Force. The investigation began as a drug distribution case involving methamphetamine and counterfeit oxycodone pills with fentanyl, according to a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) news release Thursday. Further investigation led the task force to information about…