San Isabel National Forest raid nets thousands of marijuana plants, 4 arrests
Agents and deputies from several federal and county agencies arrested four immigrants who are living in the U.S. illegally, seized 4,213 marijuana plants and dismantled an elaborate grow operation...
View ArticleMen arrested in Rifle with 120 pounds of marijuana from “nearby” grow site
The regional drug task force arrested four men found with about 120 pounds of marijuana last week in Rifle. A couple of the men said they were working at a grow site somewhere in the mountains. A Rifle...
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Retired teacher accused of using teen girls to distribute drugs in Elbert County
A 59-year-old retired teacher is accused of recruiting teenage girls to help him sell and distribute drugs. Deputies who executed a search warrant at John Metty’s home near Parker on Aug. 2, found...
View ArticleAmazon primo shipment: Florida couple receives surprise 65 lbs of marijuana...
Amazon customers in Orlando, Florida, were surprised to find 65 pounds of marijuana inside of four storage totes they had ordered. The 27-gallon totes should have been empty, the couple who ordered...
View ArticleGPS tracker on stolen cash led Denver police to four alleged pot shop robbers
Denver police arrested two men suspected of terrorizing a Denver marijuana dispensary’s customers and employees during a July armed robbery before the pair allegedly joined two other suspects and...
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Keenesburg woman accused of running immense marijuana grow with husband...
Greeley TribuneGary GoodwinGreeley TribuneSteven HansonShow Caption of Expand A woman accused of running a massive marijuana grow with her husband in Keenesburg and laundering money to help pay for it...
View ArticleSecond judge rules Denver can’t ban drug users from parks without hearing
A second judge ruled this week that the Denver Parks and Recreation’s temporary ban of drug users from parks violates the right to due process. District Court Judge William D. Robbins ruled that...
View ArticleFort Collins man pays $200,000 to resolve allegations he worked while...
A Fort Collins man who allegedly continued to collect Social Security disability income while operating a marijuana retail business has paid $200,000 to settle the case, according to the U.S....
View ArticleColorado budget proposal calls for new task force to target illegal marijuana...
Colorado aims to establish a state law enforcement unit dedicated to investigating and, ideally, eradicating illegal marijuana grow operations that have cropped up throughout the state. Colorado Gov....
View ArticleTwo men shot, killed at illegal marijuana grow in Elbert County
Two men were fatally shot at an Elbert County illegal marijuana grow site, the sheriff’s office said. At about 8 a.m. Thursday, deputies responded to a report of a suspicious death at a home on the...
View ArticleDenver Crime Blotter: Police bust two men selling nearly 100 pounds of marijuana
Pounds of pot. Officers used a confidential informant to purchase marijuana from two men Nov. 9, according to a police report. The informant allegedly met the men on the 600 block of North Federal...
View ArticleMarijuana syndicate grew pot in gated Greenwood Village home and sold it...
Twenty-four members of an elaborate marijuana syndicate face racketeering charges for allegedly transporting marijuana across the country from illegal grows in eight posh metro Denver houses, including...
View ArticleSpike in felony crimes has Colorado prosecutors pushing back against...
Felony criminal filings across Colorado increased by nearly 50 percent in the past five years, prompting concerns that recent criminal justice reforms are letting dangerous individuals roam the...
View ArticleThornton man nabbed with 77 pounds of marijuana in Iowa traffic stop
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Northwest Iowa authorities say they arrested a Colorado man with 77 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle. Court records say 34-year-old Darrel Wait, of Thornton, is charged with two...
View ArticleWhy some California communities are pushing back hard against marijuana farms
COPPEROPOLIS, Calif. — The four young men had just started their marijuana harvest in rural Northern California when a dozen sheriff’s deputies swooped in with guns drawn, arrested them and spent the...
View ArticleHash-oil operation caused explosion in northwest Denver garage, fire...
An explosion in a detached garage in northwest Denver on Tuesday afternoon is being investigated as a hash-oil incident. The Denver Fire Department reported the incident at 3:06 p.m. at 4855 Hooker St....
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Former Colorado bus driver blames DUI arrest on pot cookie
Pitkin County Sheriff's OfficeJeffory “Mudflap” Estes A former RFTA driver who was taken off his bus last winter after supervisors suspected he was inebriated said Tuesday in court he did not consume...
View ArticleA drug cartel put a bounty on his head. He escaped from a car trunk at the...
As the white sedan rolled through the border, officially passing from the United States into Mexico at the Naco Port of Entry in Arizona, the car’s trunk thumped open and a man struggled out....
View ArticleWashington raids net $80 million worth of illegal marijuana
CENTRALIA, Wash. — Authorities say investigators have raided suspected marijuana grow operations involving Chinese nationals in Western Washington, resulting in the confiscation of an estimated $80...
View ArticleSWAT-style marijuana search prompted by hydroponic garden supplies and tea...
WICHITA, Kan. — A federal trial that begins Monday will focus on whether police lied about the results of tests on discarded tea leaves found in a Kansas couple’s trash to get a search warrant ahead of...
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