Tag: fentanyl
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Colorado Springs police K-9 Milo helps take down wanted parolee; guns, drugs seized in arrest
K-9 Milo has done it again. On Friday, the Colorado Springs police dog was instrumental in an arrest that yielded several rifles, pistols and illegal narcotics, including hundreds of fentanyl pills. At about 11:30 a.m. Friday, a Colorado Department of Corrections officer saw a wanted parolee enter a business in the 500 block of East…
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Large amounts of firearms, narcotics and cash found at Colorado Springs residence
A man was arrested after an “extraordinary amount,” of cash, narcotics and firearms were discovered inside a Colorado Springs residence, according to police. Police said on Friday, a collaborative effort between the Police Department’s Tactical Enforcement Unit, Violent Fugitive Task Force and Metro Narcotics Unit uncovered information regarding a violent fugitive — identified as 41-year-old…
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Laurie Norlander, mother of fentanyl overdose victim, talks following dealer conviction
Laurie Norlander, mother of fentanyl overdose victim, talks following dealer conviction
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Denver Gazette 2022 in Video
Our talented visual journalists have covered the stories impacting Coloradans across the state in 2022—here are some of the most important ones.
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Faces of Fentanyl: A Special Report by The Denver Gazette
Over 450 Coloradans died of fentanyl poisoning or overdoses just through August of this year, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. That number could be on the low end though, as toxicology testing and investigations sometimes take months, CDPHE statistician, Kirk Bol, says
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Faces of Fentanyl: A Special Report by The Denver Gazette
Over 450 Coloradoans died of fentanyl poisoning or overdoses just through August of this year, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. That number could be on the low end though, as toxicology testing and investigations sometimes take months, CDPHE statistician, Kirk Bol, says
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Gov. Polis on Fentanyl
Gov. Polis addresses criticisms and questions regarding his office’s stance on fentanyl.
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Fentanyl Family: Inside Colorado’s deadly overdose siege
Starting in late 2016, Bruce Holder and his wife began smuggling thousands of fentanyl-laced pills over the border, through a quiet border station in Lukeville, Arizona. In the coming years, the family-turned-drug network would dominate the early fentanyl trade in western Colorado. Fentanyl has killed more than 1,600 Coloradans and tens of thousands of Americans…
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Gov. Polis signs fentanyl bill into law
Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday signed into law a sweeping measure to address the state’s runaway fentanyl crisis. Parts of the bill immediately became law upon the governor’s signature; other parts take effect as late as Jan. 1, 2023. (Video: Tim Hurst/Denver Gazette)