Tag: Mitch Morrissey
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House judiciary panel tackles sweeping legislative response to fentanyl crisis
Editor’s note: The House Judiciary Committee this afternoon heard testimony on a sweeping legislation aimed at confronting Colorado’s fentanyl crisis. This story has been updated multiple times. Here’s the latest. Herod can’t attend fentanyl hearing as Joint Budget Committee meets at the same time Rep. Leslie Herod, who was temporarily appointed to the House…
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Advocates for stricter penalties for fentanyl press their case
A coalition of business leaders and law enforcement officials made the case Monday for making simple possession of fentanyl a felony, one day ahead of a House panel hearing a sweeping bill that seeks to confront Colorado’s opioid crisis. JJ Ament, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, thanked Speaker of the…
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Homicides in Denver: Nearly half of all recent arrests tied to person under supervision
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The last words Christopher Rhodes remembers his ex-girlfriend telling him as she gasped her dying breath echo deep in his soul months after her killing. He found Taryn Meyer, the cellphone in her hand, the 911 dispatcher still on the line. Meyer was slouched behind a…
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Accused gunman’s writings previewed 2 killings in Denver metro shooting spree
The man accused of killing five people in the metro area Monday had published a trilogy of books detailing similar slayings as part of an extensive, pseudonymous online presence. Police say Lyndon J. McLeod killed five people and injured two more in a shooting rampage across Denver and Lakewood on Monday night. At least two…