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June 28, 2007
You Do the Meth
Police raids bust up drug labs. But they also bust up families.
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May 20, 2004
The Maverick
Telluride lawman Bill Masters is no dope. So what turned him against the war on drugs?
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July 15, 2009
Former Bronco Travis Henry sentenced to three years in prison
Travis Henry during his locker-room days. Back in September, former Denver Broncos running back Travis Henry was arrested in relation to a series of cocaine-related charges -- but because the drugs in question were found in Montana, the trial took place there rather than in Denver. That proceeding ... More >>
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August 4, 2009
Slideshow: Say goodbye to $2.5 million worth of Sugarloaf Mountain marijuana
"Another tough day clearing the weed...."Joel Warner's blog "Colorado's Marijuana Growing Pains Continue" focuses on attempts to regulate the medical-marijuana industry. This item is about weed of another kind -- and a lot of it. Last month, the West Metro Drug Task Force found and eradicate ... More >>
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September 14, 2009
Another marijuana-grow operation is uprooted in Pike National Forest
Assorted agencies took down a marijuana-grow operation on Sugarloaf Mountain in July.As smoke continues to gather over medical-marijuana operations in Colorado, local law-enforcement agencies continue to find weed-growing operations in remote locations -- and Pike National Forest appears to b ... More >>
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October 15, 2009
How good fortune graced the namesake of the "Dan Tang Drug Trafficking Organization"
Assorted agencies took down a marijuana-grow operation on Sugarloaf Mountain in July.As smoke continues to gather over medical-marijuana operations in Colorado, local law-enforcement agencies continue to find weed-growing operations in remote locations -- and Pike National Forest appears to b ... More >>
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October 14, 2009
Deconstructing Colorado's largest indoor pot bust
As described in this week's feature story, "Tales of the Dragon," prominent Thornton restaurateur Dan Tang has agreed to plead guilty to one count of money laundering for his involvement in a massive marijuana ring -- even though authorities believed Tang had much more involvement than just money l ... More >>
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October 23, 2009
Operation Coronado and the La Familia bust: The Western Slope is Breaking Bad
This, my friends, is what three pounds of meth looks like.I'm a proud native of the Western Slope, and when I grew up in Grand Junction, the main substance we had to worry about was uranium. Those were the days. Now, reports about meth busts are the opposite of unusual -- although few can com ... More >>
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November 17, 2009
Dr. Reefer takes on Senator Chris Romer
Dr. Reefer is open for business in Boulder -- but not yet in Denver.In a blog published yesterday, state senator Chris Romer said this while discussing some of his ideas for regulating the medical-marijuana industry: "The medical-marijuana community isn't the only stakeholder here. Lots of su ... More >>
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November 20, 2009
Dan Tang pleads guilty in exchange for reduced sentence
Dan TangThis morning, prominent Thornton restaurant owner Dan Tang pled guilty to one count of money laundering for his role in what investigators labeled the "Dan Tang Drug Trafficking Organization." When authorities took down the drug ring in February 2008, they came away with 24,000 mari ... More >>
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February 16, 2010
Marijuana grower Chris Bartkowicz charged with possession, intent to distribute 224 marijuana plants; read the criminal complaint here
Chris Bartkowicz as seen in a 9News package he likely regrets.Chris Bartkowicz, whose Highlands Ranch marijuana grow was raided by the Drug Enforcement Administration last Friday after he was interviewed by 9News, has instantly become a major figure in the debate over medical marijuana in Col ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
A North Metro Task Force investigation takes another hit
Chris Bartkowicz as seen in a 9News package he likely regrets.Chris Bartkowicz, whose Highlands Ranch marijuana grow was raided by the Drug Enforcement Administration last Friday after he was interviewed by 9News, has instantly become a major figure in the debate over medical marijuana in Col ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
In the hunt for Darrent Williams's killer, the cops went on the offensive early
Chris Bartkowicz as seen in a 9News package he likely regrets.Chris Bartkowicz, whose Highlands Ranch marijuana grow was raided by the Drug Enforcement Administration last Friday after he was interviewed by 9News, has instantly become a major figure in the debate over medical marijuana in Col ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
Dan Tang and Operation Fortune Cookie: A primer on Colorado's largest -- and most unusual -- indoor weed bust
Big-time restaurateur Dan Tang is believed to be a the center of Colorado's largest -- and strangest -- indoor weed bustWith the sentencing of prominent restaurant owner Dan Tang this coming Wednesday, March 31, it seemed like the long, strange tale of Operation Fortune Cookie would finally b ... More >>
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March 30, 2010
Dan Tang-Operation Fortune Cookie exclusive at Channel 31 not all that exclusive
Dan Tang's sentencing is tomorrow: Exclusive!Update, 12:34 p.m.: Channel 31 reporter Julie Hayden has responded to an interview request on this subject. Look below the original item to read what she has to say. In an age of shrinking newsroom resources, media organizations are borrowing from ... More >>
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March 31, 2010
Dan Tang, Operation Fortune Cookie prime suspect, sentenced to eighteen months
Dan Tang is facing 18 months in prison.This afternoon, Chief U.S. District Judge Wiley Y. Daniel sentenced prominent Thornton restaurant owner Dan Tang to eighteen months in prison for his part in the largest marijuana bust in state history -- more than the probation requested by his lawyers, ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
Toddler joins daddy at cocaine deal gone wrong
A Flickr photoThat ain't baby laxative.So... you and your pals are slinging marijuana and cocaine, and you're scheduled to make an exchange with a buyer. What do you bring with you? The product? Check. A gun? Check. Anything else? Oh yeah: A fourteen-month-old girl. That's the allegation ma ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
Operation Fortune Cookie: With Dan Tang off to prison, what happens to his restaurant, Heaven Dragon?
Dan Tang's off to prison -- so what happens to George W. Bush's favorite Chinese joint?Operation Fortune Cookie, the colorfully named drug investigation that led to the largest weed bust in Colorado history and then imploded in allegations of crooked cops, paid-off politicians and bureaucrati ... More >>
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April 2, 2010
Medical marijuana caregiver on probation, Erick Schmuckal, goes to jail over weed
Erick Schmuckal is currently in the Broomfield County Jail.On Wednesday, Erick Schmuckal was taken directly from a court hearing to jail. He's been ordered to serve 120 days for violating his probation. What did he do to earn this sentence? According to his attorney, Sean McAllister, he acte ... More >>
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April 5, 2010
Dan Tang sentencing in Operation Fortune Cookie makes "absolutely no sense," says Tom Gorman, drug task force head
The drama continues around Operation Fortune Cookie, the largest weed bust in state history, which imploded amid accusations of snitching cops, paid-off politicians and bureaucratic retribution. Last week, the drug investigation's main suspect, politically connected restaurateur Dan Tang, re ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
Cocaine, nitrous oxide bonus finds after yet another marijuana-grow raid
Daniel Lehman allegedly had pot -- and a lot more.Last week in Commerce City, cops investigating a home invasion found a marijuana grow and prepackaged weed ready for sale at dispensaries, along with cocaine and heroin. "There's an increase in drug dealers trying to legitimize their trade by ... More >>
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May 5, 2010
Chris Bartkowicz indicted: Faces up to 40 year sentence for Highlands Ranch marijuana grow
Chris Bartkowicz is taking a big risk.In February, HIghlands Ranch's Chris Bartkowicz showed off his home medical marijuana grow to Channel 9, after which he was promptly busted by the DEA -- an arrest that earned criticism from MMJ advocate Rob Corry and even Representative Jared Polis. Des ... More >>
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May 7, 2010
Medical marijuana dispensary busted in Thornton, where they're banned
Donald Faltermeier Jr. allegedly picked the wrong town.According to attorney Jessica Corry, one aspect of HB 1284, the medical marijuana regulatory bill on the verge of becoming law, that's most deserving of being challenged in court involves communities' ability to ban MMJ dispensaries. Tha ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border
Donald Faltermeier Jr. allegedly picked the wrong town.According to attorney Jessica Corry, one aspect of HB 1284, the medical marijuana regulatory bill on the verge of becoming law, that's most deserving of being challenged in court involves communities' ability to ban MMJ dispensaries. Tha ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Cowboy Down: Rob Krentz's Family Talks About the Life and Death of the Murdered Arizona Rancher
Donald Faltermeier Jr. allegedly picked the wrong town.According to attorney Jessica Corry, one aspect of HB 1284, the medical marijuana regulatory bill on the verge of becoming law, that's most deserving of being challenged in court involves communities' ability to ban MMJ dispensaries. Tha ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Drug ring in Boulder County: 17 indicted for meth, cocaine, to Stan Garnett's delight
Stan Garnett.Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett, who's challenging John Suthers for the job of Colorado Attorney General, was able to burnish his law-and-order credentials today via the actions of a grand jury, which just handed down a 127-count, seventeen-person indictment aimed at a Lon ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican cartel soldier and East L.A. executioner
Stan Garnett.Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett, who's challenging John Suthers for the job of Colorado Attorney General, was able to burnish his law-and-order credentials today via the actions of a grand jury, which just handed down a 127-count, seventeen-person indictment aimed at a Lon ... More >>
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June 25, 2010
Operation Cripsland lands Rock, Lil Walt, Ken Dog and more on weapons, drug charges
A Flickr photoYesterday, the U.S. Attorneys Office announced the latest busts in its Operation Cripsland campaign -- eight arrests on weapon and drug charges to supplement a roundup of nine others last year. As a bonus, the feds include the nicknames of the men snagged, including Rock, Lil Wa ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Inside America's kidnapping capital of Phoenix, Arizona
A Flickr photoYesterday, the U.S. Attorneys Office announced the latest busts in its Operation Cripsland campaign -- eight arrests on weapon and drug charges to supplement a roundup of nine others last year. As a bonus, the feds include the nicknames of the men snagged, including Rock, Lil Wa ... More >>
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August 18, 2010
Heaven Dragon loses its liquor license (for now), while owner Dan Tang sits behind bars in drug bust fallout
Dan TangWhen you stop in at Heaven Dragon, the popular Thornton eatery that served President George W. Bush on three separate occasions, you'll likely notice two things missing. One is Dan Tang, the restaurant's workaholic owner, since on Monday he went to prison to start an eighteen-month se ... More >>
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August 31, 2010
Marijuana grow bust in Boulder County: 3,000 plants worth estimated $500,000 seized
2009 Sugarloaf Mountain bust.Breaking news: Boulder is recognized the world over as a marijuana-friendly town. But apparently the weed smoked by thousands of attendees at the annual 4/20 orgasm of cannabis consumption at CU is largely grown elsewhere. As evidence, note that this week's bust ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
Asylum Denied: Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum
2009 Sugarloaf Mountain bust.Breaking news: Boulder is recognized the world over as a marijuana-friendly town. But apparently the weed smoked by thousands of attendees at the annual 4/20 orgasm of cannabis consumption at CU is largely grown elsewhere. As evidence, note that this week's bust ... More >>
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September 1, 2010
Marijuana grow bust in Boulder County 2.0: Now 7,500 plants seized worth $1 million
A 2009 Ralston Creek haul.An update about yesterday's Boulder County marijuana grow seizure of 3,000 plants. After a closer count, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office thinks the plant total was closer to 3,500 -- and after more inspection of the nearby area, law-enforcement types located a se ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
Pinalcchio
Renowned forensics experts say a Pinal County, Arizona deputy's high-profile tale about getting shot after encountering drug smugglers doesn't add up
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September 27, 2010
Ramon Chavez, Gabriel Farias-Chavez accused in 50 lb. per month meth ring using car batteries
Ramon Chavez.Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has announced the bust of an alleged nine-member drug ring, in which suspects such as Ramon Chavez and Gabriel Farias-Chavez are said to have transported up to fifty pounds of meth per month from Mexico into Colorado. Their storage container ... More >>
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November 9, 2010
Ron Rocha, Regis coach, part of 20-kilos-a-week cocaine-ring bust: See mug shots & drug photos
Large photos below.Last month, Ron Rocha, a volunteer baseball coach for Regis University, was on the losing end of an intra-squad matchup dubbed the Fall World Series. But he suffered an even greater defeat yesterday, when he was among 35 people named by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the bus ... More >>
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November 12, 2010
Colorado Border School conference in Aurora to discuss border security, gangs, drug trafficking
Colorado Border School sounds like an illegal immigration forum. But founder Pam Faraone, a chaplain with the Southwest Border Sheriffs Coalition in Texas, insists that's not the case. "Border School really isn't about immigration," she says. "It is the rest of the story about the issues of b ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Ever Eleazar Murrieta-Nieblas: 276 pounds of marijuana in car = 8 to 48 year sentence
Large pic below.Don't know if Arizona's Ever Eleazar Murrieta-Nieblas tried to convince authorities that the marijuana in his possession was for medical purposes -- but it would have been a tough argument, since there was 276 pounds of it. The sheer heft likely helped convince a jury to convi ... More >>
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January 7, 2011
Marijuana bust: Richard Caleel among group accused of using MMJ as cover for illicit pot ring
Big pics below.North Metro Drug Task Force Commander Jerry Peters has long argued that criminals are abusing Colorado's medical marijuana system -- and now he's got more evidence go back up his contention. The Colorado Attorney General's Office, working with the NMDTF, has just announced a ma ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
Medical marijuana: Ann Marie Miller sues North Metro Drug Task Force, sheriff over MMJ raid
Last year, we told you about the case of medical marijuana caregiver Ann Marie Miller, who faced a felony cultivation charge for what she claimed was a legal number of plants. A new law subsequently lowered the offense to a misdemeanor, but the felony accusation against her remains. The lates ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Operation Fortune Cookie: Internal complaints filed against police chiefs, Dante Carbone
Dan TangTurmoil continues in Operation Fortune Cookie, the state's largest drug bust that collapsed amid alleged cop snitches and paid-off politicians. Last week, we reported that a suit filed by two local cops suggests Thornton Commander Dante Carbone was the prime suspect in the leak that s ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Michael McCullar, 11 others, sentenced in violent Adams County meth ring (PHOTOS)
Big pics below.How many addicts does it take to make a meth ring profitable? Fewer than you might think. According to the Seventeenth Judicial District DA's office, a group of a dozen just-sentenced dealers and compatriots, led by Michael McCullar, are thought to have regularly serviced betwe ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
Operation Fortune Cookie: Judge tosses cop lawsuit alleging internal leaks and retaliation
Dan Tang.Operation Fortune Cookie, a 2008 raid netting 24,000 marijuana plants, was the largest weed bust in state history -- but it imploded among claims of police snitches, paid-off politicians and a secret DEA investigation. Last March, two Fortune Cookie investigators, Daniel Joyce and Ro ... More >>
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August 19, 2011
Drug enforcement checkpoint on I-25: Five tickets, two arrests out of 32 stops
Update:On August 9, the Westminster Police Department manned a "DRUG ENFORCEMENT CHECKPOINT" on I-25. Last week, WPD Investigator Trevor Materasso confirmed the operation, but didn't have many details. Now, however, he's able to provide the specifics. Officers issued tickets or made arrests i ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Drug Task Force goes after art school students for Slang Gang posters
Saul Gud turns into a Buzz Kill for RMCAD students
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November 10, 2011
Anthony Harvey, home decor expert -- and drug-ring leader, claims indictment (VIDEOS)
Big pic below.Decorative Concrete Finishes' Anthony Harvey is the star and narrator of videos on his YouTube channel in which he and his crew reveal how an average backyard can be transformed into a showplace; see examples below. However, his current spotlight time doesn't focus on his skills ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
Dmitry Genzer, Joseph Alejo busted in Cannabis & Co. sting, 175 pounds of pot seized
Big pics below.Update: Just heard from Jefferson County Sheriff's Office spokesman Mark Techmeyer about the arrests last week of Cannabis & Co. owner Dmitry Genzer and associate Joseph Alejo, and the seizure of around 175 pounds of weed. In the process, we discovered some misinformation. Tech ... More >>
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January 3, 2012
Ten infamous 2011 crimes with Colorado connections
Big pics below.And you thought you had a crazy year. Getting jiggy with a student at a Baptist school, driving a scooter without a license in Miami, possessing four grams of cocaine in Aspen, threatening to shoot out a Best Buy in Aurora over a video game and literally getting shit on in Boul ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Marijuana: Title board signs off on Relief for the Possession of Cannabis Act, latest pot measure
Michelle LaMay.Cannabis University founder Michell LaMay recieved title approval from the state board yesterday for her Relief for the Possession of Cannabis Act. She calls the bill an "elegantly simple solution" to marijuana laws in Colorado.
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February 2, 2012
Carl Gruber, busted at Boulder airport with 55 pounds of marijuana, is renowned pilot
Big photos below.This weekend, Carl Gruber, 45, was busted at Boulder Municipal Airport with 55 pounds worth of marijuana. But while media reports on the arrest characterize Gruber as a suspected smuggler, he was been best known prior to this point as a pilot -- an award-winning one.
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