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• Major drug bust reveals heroin addiction in local kids Play Video

  August 24, 2012 12:53 AM

  A major drug bust announced by the Colorado Springs Police Department on Thursday took more than $5.65 million dollars worth of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana off the streets of southern Colorado. Fourteen people are behind bars, accused of drug trafficking across seven states and Mexico; seven of the people... more »

• Man dies in train station with $180,000 in briefcase

  May 3, 2012 7:54 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Federal prosecutors want to hold on to $180,000 in cash that was discovered in the luggage of a Boston man who died of a heart attack after getting off an Amtrak train in New York. William Coyman died in August after collapsing at New York's Pennsylvania... more »

• "Bath Salts" could become illegal in CO

  February 21, 2012 6:41 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Selling or manufacturing synthetic drugs known as "bath salts" would be illegal in Colorado under a bill in consideration at the state Legislature. Lawmakers will hear a proposal Tuesday that would make it a felony with a civil penalty of up to $500,000 for distributing or... more »

• Brooke Mueller arrested in Aspen on cocaine charge

  December 3, 2011 12:17 PM

  ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Police in Aspen say Charlie Sheen's ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, has been arrested in Aspen on suspicion of third-degree assault and cocaine possession with intent to distribute. In a statement, police say officers arrested Mueller early Saturday at a nightclub after a woman reported being assault... more »

• Nursing home man jailed for cocaine use

  October 8, 2011 10:28 AM

  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - A 50-year-old nursing home resident is in jail after staff members found a canister of cocaine hidden in an air vent in his room. The Pueblo Chieftain reports Marlin Hosey Rollins was arrested Tuesday at Trinity Life Gardens Assisted Living. Police had gone to... 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 »

• 100 kilos of cocaine seized in Pueblo

  September 12, 2011 2:58 PM

  Pueblo police seized 100 kilos of cocaine Sunday morning during a traffic stop. It happened on I-25 north of the city. The driver of the car was stopped for a lane change violation. The officer noticed the vehicle was a rental car from California and the driver had a... more »

• Seven people arrested in San Luis Valley drug bust

  September 1, 2011 6:58 PM

  Seven people are behind bars for their suspected involvement in the distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine in the San Luis Valley. The Colorado State Patrol worked with the Alamosa Police Department and the Department of Corrections on an eight-month investigation into a local drug trafficking organization. On Wednesday,... more »

• CEO of Czar Entertainment pleads not guilty to federal charges

  July 7, 2011 8:10 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Hip hop mogul James Rosemond has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he ran a cocaine trafficking ring between Los Angeles and New York. The CEO of New York-based Czar Entertainment was arraigned Wednesday in Brooklyn. Attorney Jeffrey Lichtman says his client is being... 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 »

• Man arrested with hundreds in fake cash and cocaine

  March 5, 2011 6:56 PM

  A man is in custody after trying to use counterfeit money at a Colorado Springs bar. Police say they were called out around 1:30 Saturday morning to Copperhead Road on North Academy Blvd., near Rebecca Lane. Security guards detained a man they thought was using counterfeit money. They held... more »

• Forger arrested at Springs nightclub

  March 5, 2011 8:19 AM

  Colorado Springs police arrested a man they say was trying pass phony $20 bills at the Copperhead Road nightclub. It happened at around 1:30 a.m. Saturday. The club's bouncers caught the man and called police The suspect, Robert Wade, 38, was arrested on forgery and drug charges after officers found... more »

• Walsenburg confession thrown out by State Supreme Court

  November 15, 2010 6:30 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A divided Colorado Supreme Court ruled that confessions and cocaine found on a suspect after police broke bones in the man's face, pushed him to the ground and beat him with a baton cannot be used at trial. A 4-3 opinion handed down by the state... more »

• Postal workers busted in drug trafficking ring

  September 29, 2010 11:10 AM

  Seven U.S. Postal Service workers in Puerto Rico have been indicted on charges they shipped thousands of parcels of heroin, cocaine and marijuana through the mail. The Drug Enforcement Administration says they took advantage of their jobs to ship drugs between Puerto Rico, Texas, California and Arizona. Once... more »

• Colorado DA plans to appeal ruling on police text search

  September 28, 2010 1:40 PM

  A judge's ruling that a police search of text messages on a lost iPhone was illegal could be challenged. Pitkin County Chief Deputy District Attorney Arnold Mordkin is preparing a challenge to the ruling that threw out most of the evidence in an alleged cocaine dealing case. The Aspen... more »

• Illegal drug use on rise

  September 16, 2010 8:53 AM

  Illegal drug use is at the highest level in nearly a decade. The high rate last year was fueled by a sharp increase in marijuana use and a surge in ecstasy and methamphetamine abuse. The government report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found marijuana... more »

• Man pleads not guilty in Colorado to smuggling drugs

  March 9, 2010 5:29 PM

  A man charged with helping smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine from Mexico to the United States has pleaded not guilty in Denver federal court. Oscar Arriola Marquez appeared in court Tuesday on charges of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, attempted conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance... more »

• Man severely beaten after tricking crack dealer with Monopoly money

  March 8, 2010 11:19 AM

  Police in Wichita, Kansas are investigating an odd crime that involves drugs, assault and Monopoly money. It started as a routine traffic stop in a Wichita neighborhood Thursday evening. When police pulled over the car they found a 33-year-old man bleeding from the head and telling an unusual story.... more »

• Suspected cocaine kingpin in Denver court

  March 8, 2010 9:19 AM

  A suspected drug kingpin blamed for smuggling millions of dollars worth of cocaine is due in a federal court in Denver. Oscar Arriola Marquez was extradited from Mexico to Colorado last week. He faces drug trafficking charges on accusations that he used a remote Colorado ranch house as a holding... more »

• NASA launches probe after cocaine found in Space Shuttle hangar

  January 18, 2010 12:29 PM

  Cocaine was found on the floor near a bathroom in a restricted area of the Kennedy Space Center Thursday morning, according to NASA officials. "It's unacceptable," NASA spokesman Allard Beutel said. The cocaine was found in a plastic bag on the floor near a restroom inside the Orbiter... more »

• Raids net cocaine, 5 arrests

  October 4, 2009 8:05 AM

  Police have seized more than 15 pounds of cocaine and arrested five men in Telluride after a month-long investigation. Durango police and the Southwest Drug Task Force executed search warrants this week at two homes and two businesses. The San Miguel County Sheriff's Office says the cocaine had an estimated... more »

• Mackenzie Phillips says she had sex with her father

  September 23, 2009 11:52 AM

  Mackenzie Phillips says she had a sexual relationship with her father, John Phillips, a member of the '60s Mamas and the Papas band. People magazine says Phillips writes in her new book, "High on Arrival," that she had sex with her father on the night before she was to get... more »