Firefighters tackling Carson Midway Fire stumble across illegal marijuana grow
Firefighters tackling the 3,300-acre Carson Midway Fire stumbled across more than 100 marijuana plants Saturday at an illegal grow house. At 6 p.m. that night, Metro Vice, Narcotics and Intelligence...
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Third person pleads guilty to charges in 2015 Weld County weed-smuggling...
FileTwo people are now facing murder charges – six months after two bodies were found inside a burned-out truck in Weld County. An Oklahoma man charged in connection in the 2015 deaths of two men whose...
View ArticleHere’s how much marijuana you’d need to be eligible for the death penalty...
Last week Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo encouraging federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for certain drug trafficking offenses. Federal law allows for capital punishment in drug...
View ArticleFountain man arrested for link to large marijuana grow
Fountain vice and narcotics detectives arrested a 59-year-old man Thursday in connection to an illegal marijuana operation after a search uncovered a crop of marijuana plants. Martin R. Navas was...
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Former Denver high school teacher accused of smoking marijuana with students
Rachel L. Farley was the consummate “cool” teacher at East High School. In August, she allegedly invited students over to her house, where they smoked weed together. Denver Police Department,...
View ArticleIllegal El Paso County marijuana grow bust nets more than 110 pounds seized,...
More than 110 pounds of marijuana was seized and two people were arrested following the bust of an illegal marijuana grow operation in El Paso County on Wednesday. Members of the El Paso County...
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Former East High School teacher charged with 4 counts of marijuana...
Denver Police Department, suppliedRachel Leigh Farley A former East High School math teacher who allegedly gave marijuana to students at a house party has been formally charged with four counts each of...
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Marijuana mogul’s homes in Snowmass, Denver can’t be sold during fraud...
A house in Snowmass Village and a condo in Denver can’t be sold while a securities-fraud case proceeds against a man accused of defrauding investors in a pump-and-dump marijuana stock scheme. The Aspen...
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More than 200 grams of drugs — including mushrooms, meth and heroin — seized...
A short police chase near Mead resulted in the arrest of two people and the seizure of more than 200 grams of drugs ranging from mushrooms to LSD to methamphetamines. Weld County SheriffDakota Austin...
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3 arrested after Boulder cannabis oil explosion, police say
Paul Aiken, Daily CameraBoulder police and firefighters investigate a house explosion on the 4600 block of Macky Way in Boulder on March 15.Boulder County SheriffHenry William FrostBoulder County...
View ArticleTwo doctors invested $1.1 million in a Colorado hemp-oil company. Their money...
Two Florida physicians have sued the owner of Full Spectrum Nutrition in Colorado Springs, claiming their $1.1 million investment in the marketer of cannabinoid-rich hemp extracts and products went...
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El Paso deputies confiscate $13M worth of marijuana, guns in first three...
More than 110 pounds of marijuana and approximately 75 plants that were ready for harvest were seized April 4, 2018, from a home in the 16500 block of Stage Stop Road in Peyton, Colo. Photo provided by...
View ArticleBreckenridge marijuana shops nabbed at least 178 fake IDs since January 2017
Breckenridge pot shops are a bad place to try your luck with a fake ID, but plenty of underage tourists still haven’t gotten the memo. There have been 178 fake ID cases originating from Breckenridge...
View ArticleSen. Chuck Schumer backs decriminalizing marijuana at the federal level
WASHINGTON — The push to decriminalize marijuana has picked up another high-profile backer — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer — just a week after President Donald Trump endorsed letting states...
View ArticleArvada driver arrested after Nebraska troopers seize more than 1,850 lbs of...
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — The Nebraska State Patrol says troopers have seized more than 1,850 pounds of marijuana and other drugs in a traffic stop in southeastern Nebraska. The patrol says the seizure...
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Four Coloradans federally indicted in methamphetamine, firearms sale...
Larimer County Sheriff's OfficeTravis Malana Harre, Angela Lynn Perez, Julio Cesar Quintero, Kymber Morgan Tiernan, Anthony Jamal Walters A four month-long investigation into an alleged drug and...
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Four get lengthy prison sentences in botched marijuana robbery that led to...
Denver District Attorney's Office, suppliedJoshua BinnsDenver District Attorney's Office, suppliedSeth BinnsDenver District Attorney's OfficeRyan ArellanoDenver District Attorney's Office,...
View ArticlePueblo West couple arrested on suspicion of illegal marijuana grow in residence
A husband and wife were arrested in Pueblo County after a “citizen’s tip” led to an illegal marijuana grow, according to the sheriff’s office. Acting on the tip, deputies on Tuesday morning went to a...
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National drug ring disguised as Greeley medical pot grow traded in...
A national drug syndicate disguising itself as a small Greeley medical marijuana grow traded in cryptocurrency and had drug pipelines to eight states, federal documents in Denver U.S. District Court...
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Investigators seize 500 plants in suspected illegal pot grow in El Paso County
El Paso County SheriffThirteen pounds of processed marijuana and more than 500 marijuana plants were seized Friday when authorities served a search warrant at a suspected illegal grow in El Paso...
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