Denver risking tax dollars by “ineffectively” auditing marijuana businesses,...
Denver’s process for auditing marijuana businesses is inadequate and has potentially cost the city countless tax dollars allocated for public service programs, the city auditor alleged Thursday. In a...
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El Paso County breaks up three illegal marijuana grows
Three illegal marijuana growing operations were uncovered and raided in El Paso County on Wednesday, with more than 700 plants, worth an estimated $700,000, seized. Investigators also seized $28,000...
View ArticleDespite legalization, people of color still disproportionately targeted for...
Marijuana legalization has been touted as one way to unravel the consequences of the war on drugs, but two new studies suggest that the communities most harmed by the nearly 50-year crusade — namely...
View ArticleColorado lawmakers let governor mass-pardon marijuana possession convictions
The governor would be able to mass-pardon marijuana convictions for possession of 2 ounces or less if he signs a bill that gives him that authority. It was the last amendment to the last bill...
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Marijuana raids ongoing in Mesa, Teller, El Paso and Las Animas counties
Two large marijuana busts are occurring in Colorado but authorities say they are not connected. In Teller County, the sheriff’s office reported raids in Colorado Springs, Divide and Trinidad where...
View ArticleBusinessman sentenced to prison for involvement in black market marijuana...
A California businessman described as the mastermind behind an illegal marijuana trafficking organization was sentenced to 12 years in prison for conning people out of money and shipping drugs out of...
View ArticleCommerce City man sentenced to federal prison for illegal marijuana grow
A Commerce City man has been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for illegal cultivation of marijuana in a residence. Zhiming Wang, 26, a Chinese national and a lawful permanent resident of the...
View ArticleSeven indicted for allegedly running prostitution ring out of Denver massage...
Seven people in metro Denver used massage parlors to run a sophisticated prostitution operation that netted millions of dollars to finance illegal marijuana grows, according to an indictment released...
View ArticleIllegal marijuana grow uncovered in Pueblo West home
An illegal marijuana grow, with 76 plants worth about $76,000, was seized Thursday in Pueblo West, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies responded to a report that tenants had altered the...
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Man ordered to pay $2.5 million restitution to four victims in marijuana fraud
A former Aspen businessman sentenced to 12 years in prison has been ordered to pay nearly $2.5 million in restitution to four victims swindled in a black-market marijuana scheme. Scott Pack was...
View ArticleLetters: Not very neighborly, Wyoming (4/15/21)
Not very neighborly Re: “Wyoming aims to protect coal,” April 14 news story The hypocrisy of Republicans never ceases to amaze me. For decades the Republicans in states have decried use of the federal...
View Article21 indicted in Colorado in connection with international black market...
Federal and local law enforcement on Thursday announced the takedown of a black market marijuana and money laundering scheme in Colorado — an operation comprising 21 individuals growing millions of...
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Black market marijuana grows are popping up faster than law enforcement can...
As he awaited sentencing in 2010, Fayin Deng sounded a contemplative, philosophic note. “I have learned now that once you become obsessed with money, no matter how great your original need was,” Deng...
View ArticleCastle Rock man who shot, killed partner in black-market marijuana scheme...
Dominique Wogan, a Castle Rock man who shot and killed his partner in a black-market marijuana scheme, was sentenced to 36 years in prison, according to an 18th Judicial District news release issued...
View ArticleMarijuana arrests are way down — but Black Coloradans are still twice as...
Seven years after the first recreational pot shops opened for business in Colorado, youth aren’t smoking more weed, older adults are blazing more and marijuana-related arrests are way down — but Black...
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Oklahoma is the new “Wild West of weed”— and Colorado marijuana entrepreneurs...
RJ Sangosti, The Denver PostCrews head back to work after a lunch break in the fields at Tribe Collective in Okemah, Oklahoma, on July 27, 2021. OKEMAH, Okla. — Chip Baker surveyed a vast field on the...
View ArticleColorado couple at center of state’s largest-ever black market marijuana ring...
A Colorado couple at the center of the state’s largest-ever black market marijuana ring has reached a plea agreement with federal authorities, court records show. Fayin Deng and Kelly Chuong were set...
View ArticleOpinion: Here’s a plan for Hancock’s last year in office — do no more harm
Mayor Michael Hancock was all about the future as in “our children’s future….save our future….a future full of possibilities….our bright future” in his final State of the City address. If Denver’s...
View ArticleBurglaries at over 40 Denver-area marijuana dispensaries lead to charges for...
Denver District Attorney Beth McCann on Friday announced her office will charge 23 members of two organized crime groups with carjacking and burglarizing more than 40 marijuana dispensaries. The...
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“Marijuana recession” threatens Denver’s fledgling cannabis delivery businesses
The day before Thanksgiving, Michael Diaz-Rivera was delivering goods to customers in the snow and cold, more focused on “Green Wednesday” than Black Friday. Diaz-Rivera, who contracts with Denver...
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