Tag: narcotics
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Stolen SUV, narcotics recovered in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs police recovered “felony amounts” of narcotics from a stolen SUV found on the city’s southeast side. Detectives from the Colorado Springs Police Department found the stolen 2013 Acura RDX Friday evening in the 3600 block of Airport Road, according to an online blotter entry. Police attempted a traffic stop, but a man in…
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Colorado justices, 5-2, say police money used for drug deals not subject to crime victim restitution
The Colorado Supreme Court, by 5-2, ruled on Monday that the state’s crime victim restitution law does not obligate defendants to repay law enforcement agencies for unrecovered money they use to buy drugs undercover. The government maintained the restitution law authorized the repayment of “buy money” because it was either “money advanced by law enforcement…
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Police seize 645 grams of cocaine during search of Colorado Springs apartment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Detectives searched two apartments of people they believe to be involved in narcotics dealing and seized drugs, money and a weapon on Thursday, according to a Colorado Springs Police Department blotter entry. During the investigation, police had conducted surveillance to find the apartment. According to…
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63-year-old arrested over illegal narcotics in Pueblo
Kevin Johnson, a 63-year-old resident of Pueblo, was arrested Sunday for the alleged possession and unlawful distribution of 97.7 grams of illegal narcotics. Johnson was pulled over during a traffic stop when the arresting deputy saw drug paraphernalia in his vehicle, according to the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office. The deputy recovered 70.6 grams of methamphetamines,…
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Nearly 3 pounds of narcotics seized after being identified by USPS
Colorado Springs police arrested a man in connection with nearly 3 pounds of illegal narcotics that was shipped through the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday. Employees at a local USPS suspected a package contained narcotics. When the Colorado Springs Police Department and a Fountain K-9 unit arrived on the scene, it was confirmed that the…
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Federal judge dismisses man’s claims against Jeffco SWAT officers for home raid
A federal judge last month dismissed a man’s claims that Jefferson County SWAT team members violated his constitutional rights by forcefully entering his home with little warning, damaging the apartment and removing him half-naked while they executed a search warrant. Lance P. Schendorf is serving a 20-year prison sentence after a jury convicted him in…
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Colorado Supreme Court ponders constitutionality of delayed vehicle search
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court suggested on Wednesday that Denver police could have moved more rapidly to obtain a search warrant for a man’s vehicle, but at the same time they doubted the delay amounted to a constitutional violation. A trial judge previously barred prosecutors from using evidence of narcotics found in Arthur Mills’…
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El Paso County Sheriff’s Office celebrates K-9 officer’s ’42nd birthday’
El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is spending their Wednesday celebrating the birthday of one of their K-9 officers, Jack, who is the Labrador retriever with the unit. In a social media post, the department said, “You are ‘bad to the bone’, Jack, in the ‘goodest boy’ kind of way.” Jack was added to the department…
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El Paso County Sheriff’s Office make arrest in year-long mail theft operation
A Colorado Springs man has been arrested and charged on dozens of charges related to mail theft. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division and Colorado Springs police arrested 40-year-old Adam Christopher Turner on Tuesday. Turner is accused of multiple felonies related to the year-long mail theft operation. He was booked into the county jail on…
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Federal judge bars government from using seized narcotics in drug trafficking case
A federal judge last month barred the government from using more than two dozen pounds of narcotics seized from a vehicle as evidence against the defendants because a Colorado state trooper violated the prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures. When Trooper Joshua St. Onge pulled over Ezequiel Pita-Chavolla and Manuel Pacheco for a traffic infraction,…