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• You could be living in a former meth lab and not even know it Play Video

  May 22, 2013 1:17 PM

  You could be living in a former meth lab right now and not even know it. A News 5 investigation recently uncovered a Colorado Springs family who unknowingly rented out a former meth lab that was never cleaned up. News 5's Jacqui Heinrich stayed on top of that story and... more »

• More child sex crimes out of Springs; police say watch your kids online Play Video

  December 12, 2012 12:41 AM

  22-year-old Zachary Siegel is the Colorado Springs man just arrested in Breckenridge, accused of having sex with a 12-year-old girl he met on Facebook. According to police, it all started when Siegel asked her for nude pictures; the girl told police they eventually had sex at his home. This... more »

• Man witnesses major prostitution bust in Colorado Springs Play Video

  September 2, 2012 12:37 AM

  Colorado Springs Police Department's Metro Vice, Narcotics, & Intel Division conducted a major prostitution bust Friday night in Colorado Springs. Eight people were arrested at the intersection of Bijou St. and Bonfoy Ave., allegedly for involvement in prostitution. The police report says an investigation was launched after receiving numerous... more »

• Over 20 involved in meth bust

  May 31, 2012 3:50 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Twenty-two people have been indicted on drug and money laundering charges following a more than year-long investigation by federal and local authorities in Denver. The U.S. Attorney's Office and authorities in a news conference Thursday say the drug ring led by a Northglenn resident transported meth to... more »

• Police bust sophisticated drug ring

  January 3, 2012 11:21 PM

  A Colorado Springs couple is behind bars tonight. This after investigators found what basically amounts to an illegal drug store inside their apartment. Peter Mattaroo and Kristine Bauer are the two investigators believe ran the drug business inside their apartment on Lionstone Drive near Platte and Murray. Through various tips... more »

• Traffic stop leads to big cocaine bust

  October 2, 2011 11:57 AM

  A routine traffic stop in Colorado Springs turned into a major cocaine bust. Springs police stopped a Honda mini-van on I-25 near the North Academy exit Saturday. They became suspicious and searched the vehicle and found just over two and a half pounds of the drug. Luis Perez, 57,... more »

• Drug bust in Colorado Springs

  September 8, 2011 4:41 PM

  DEA, along with several Colorado Springs and Pueblo law enforcement agencies, as well as the K9 unit, confiscated between three and four pounds of methamphetamines and a large amount of cash from an apartment complex on the 800 block of Circle Drive around 1pm this afternoon. A DEA agent... more »

• Mexican drug ring busted

  April 21, 2011 12:15 AM

  A major drug ring operating in Southern Colorado has been taken down. On Wednesday Federal investigators gave details into the large scale drug bust named "Operation Closing Time". "We arrested totally throughout the 14 month investigation, 36 individuals." explains Matt Barden with the DEA's office in Colorado Springs. Investigators... more »

• Local drug bust nets drugs, weapons and cash

  April 17, 2011 11:10 AM

  Colorado Springs Police Department, Metro Vice and Narcotics Unit spokespersons have released a statement detailing a month long investigation. On Friday April 15th, VNI detectives concluded their investigation with a drug buy sting and search warrants that led to the arrest of three suspects involved in distribution of Crack Cocaine... more »

• Colo-New Mexico drug ring busted

  January 7, 2011 2:49 PM

  Colorado Attorney General John Suthers provided a press release statement today that his office, working in conjunction with the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force, has made a major bust of a marijuana-distribution ring. The drug ring used state-issued medical marijuana records in an attempt to conceal its distribution of large... more »

• Feds pull off huge Medicare fraud bust

  July 16, 2010 9:58 AM

  Federal authorities are conducting the largest Medicare fraud bust ever, with raids in five states leading to the arrests of dozens of suspects. Several doctors and nurses were among those authorities hoped to arrest Friday in Miami, New York City, Detroit, Houston and Baton Rouge, La. Authorities said 36... more »

• Rodeo tickets on sale now

  June 1, 2010 12:50 PM

  Tickets are now on sale for the 70th annual Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo at the Norris Penrose Events Center Arena in Colorado Springs, which happens next month. Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Days Ticket Information: Price: Adult - $25, $15, $10 Child (ages 2-12) - $7.50-$10; Saturday Matinee... more »

• Picasso painting sells for record $106.5 million

  May 5, 2010 10:50 AM

  A 1932 Pablo Picasso painting of his mistress has sold for $106.5 million, a world record price for any work of art at auction. "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust," which had a pre-sale estimate of between $70 million and $90 million, was sold at Christie's auction house on Tuesday... more »

• I.C.E. makes "largest" bust in Arizona

  April 15, 2010 5:17 PM

  Federal agents targeted about 50 shuttle van operators and smugglers who are accused of using the vans to transport thousands of illegal immigrants from spots near the Mexican border to Phoenix. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement billed the bust as the largest human smuggling case in the agency's seven-year... more »

• 'Double bubble' means more building trouble

  October 22, 2009 12:49 PM

  That big whoosh you're hearing is the air rushing out of a commercial real estate bubble. More than two years into the worst housing crisis in decades, commercial real estate is shaping up as the second half of what some are calling a "double bubble." Owners of shopping malls,... more »

• Cops caught playing video game during raid

  September 23, 2009 10:59 AM

  A Florida sheriff says he is embarrassed that investigators from a narcotics task force were caught on camera playing a video game while searching a convicted drug dealer's house. Video obtained by WFLA-TV in Tampa shows several officers enthusiastically playing a Nintendo Wii bowling game after the task force entered... more »

• Meth lab busted in Pueblo

  September 9, 2009 11:35 PM

  Pueblo police have discovered a meth lab on the north side of town. It was found at a home on East 40th, near the Northside Wal-Mart. Investigators say the homeowners are the ones who actually found the meth lab. The house was vacant, and the homeowners were there to... more »