Tag: fentanyl
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Divided 10th Circuit orders pretrial release of defendant facing drug charges
The Denver-based federal appeals court overturned a judge’s order keeping a defendant in custody pending trial on Friday, ruling 2-1 that she was entitled to release under the law. Erika Esmeralda Garcia stands accused of two charges related to the possession and distribution of fentanyl, plus a charge for conspiracy to commit money laundering. Previously,…
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EDITORIAL: Let Colorado’s voters fight fentanyl if lawmakers won’t
A state-record-breaking Drug Enforcement Administration fentanyl seizure reported by the Gazette Monday illustrates why more action is needed — including a pending ballot measure — to fight the fatal and far-reaching opioid endemic. The flooding of fentanyl across Colorado remains so rampant, a Douglas County man happened across nearly 2 million fentanyl pills after purchasing…
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Douglas County police, DEA find record-breaking amount of fentanyl in storage unit
A Douglas County man got more than he bargained for when purchasing an abandoned storage unit last week — nearly 2 million fentanyl pills. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, along with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) and Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), seized a record-breaking amount of fake fentanyl pills…
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Douglas County police, DEA find record-breaking amount of fentanyl in storage unit
A Douglas County man got more than he bargained for when purchasing an abandoned storage unit last week — nearly 2 million fentanyl pills. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, along with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) and Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), seized a record-breaking amount of fake fentanyl pills…
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El Paso County sheriff’s deputies seize over 200 fentanyl pills, other drugs during traffic stop
El Paso County sheriff’s deputies arrested two people and seized over 200 fentanyl pills, Xanax pills, crack cocaine, PCP, methamphetamine and heroin during a traffic stop Sunday night in unincorporated El Paso County, the Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday. Deputies removed Juan Gonzales-Gomez, 26, and Keri Shay, 24, from the vehicle after observing burnt residue on…
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Appeals court finds Denver jury convicted man for possessing more fentanyl than evidence showed
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday concluded a Denver jury convicted a defendant of a felony for possessing more than four grams of an illegal substance when the evidence actually showed it was not close to even one gram. At his 2023 trial, a jury convicted Cesar Noel Garcia for misdemeanor possession of methamphetamine and felony…
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Pueblo man arrested for allegedly possessing 55 grams of fentanyl, other drugs
Pueblo sheriff’s deputies arrested a man on Saturday after seeing alchohol and drugs in his car while he was sleeping in it, according to a release from the sheriff’s office. Deputies responding to a suspicious vehicle call found Ross Lopez, 41, of Pueblo, sleeping in his car with an open can of beer and drug…
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4 arrested in tri-agency Colorado Springs motor vehicle theft operation
Several law enforcement agencies arrested four people in Colorado Springs during a Beat Auto Theft Through Law Enforcement (BATTLE) operation on Monday. According to a blotter entry by Colorado Springs police, officers responded to a carjacking of a blue 2006 Jeep Liberty in the 500 block of South Nevada Avenue on Thursday. After locating the…
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El Paso County Coroner warns of drug 100 times stronger than fentanyl
A person who died in August in Colorado Springs is the first known instance in El Paso County of a case involving carfentanil without fentanyl, according to a news release by the county’s coroner. Carfentanil is a powerful synthetic opioid used to sedate large animals like elephants. The drug is 100 times more potent than…
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El Paso County Coroner warns of drug 100 times stronger than fentanyl
A person who died in August in Colorado Springs is the first known instance in El Paso County of a case involving carfentanil without fentanyl, according to a news release by the county’s coroner. Carfentanil is a powerful synthetic opioid used to sedate large animals like elephants. The drug is 100 times more potent than…