AltWeeklies Wire
Homegrown Salesmen Grab a Piece of the Heroin Tradenew
Most whites who sell heroin in downtown Denver fall in the category of gutter punk. They are homeless, semi-homeless or formerly homeless American youths in their teens and early twenties. They act as middlemen to support their own habit.
Westword |
David Holthouse |
10-13-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Immigrant Dealers Feed Americans' Hunger for Heroinnew
Most of the heroin dealers in downtown Denver are young Mexican and Central American men. Many of them are selling heroin to pay off thousands of dollars in debt to smugglers who spirited their families into the country.
Westword |
David Holthouse |
10-13-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Mexico, cocaine, Afghanistan, methamphetamine, drug, black-tar heroin, Colorado Department of Human Services' Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, drug dealers, Enforcement Administration, HIV infection rates, Honduras, intravenous drug users, Nicaragua or El Salvador, Opium, treatment centers, undercover narcs, crime & justice
Anatomy of a Cover-up: What Officials Knew About Columbine Killersnew
Families who lost children in the attack on Columbine High School had their worst suspicions confirmed by a grand jury's findings: Top Jefferson County leaders knew something awful about prior police investigations of killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
10-04-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Catch and Release: A Plan to Reduce Racial Profilingnew
A Colorado law designed to combat racial profiling requires police to offer a business card if they detain someone in a traffic stop but don't cite or arrest them. A group called One Nation Enlightened is educating youth about their rights to obtain those elusive cards.
Westword |
Jared Jacang Maher |
09-20-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Colorado's Lax Drunk-Driving Laws Sentenced Woman to Deathnew
It wasn't the first time the pickup driver involved in the accident that killed 19-year-old Sonja DeVries was arrested for driving under the influence. It was the eighth.
Westword |
David Holthouse |
09-10-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Fingered Prince: You Can't Keep a Good Con Man Downnew
Four years ago, man claiming to be the billionaire nephew of the late Shah of Iran lived high at others' expense, costing a Denver man his inn. The con man is now out of the lockup and looking to buy a penthouse.
Westword |
Patricia Calhoun |
09-10-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Underwear Underscored in Recent Colorado Casesnew
Both the JonBenet and Kobe Bryant cases look in the laundry for truth, focusing on mystery DNA in panties.
Westword |
Patricia Calhoun |
09-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
FBI Agent Sounds Off About Raid on Nuclear Weapons Plantnew
Jon Lipsky, the FBI agent who led a 1989 raid on Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapon Plant, is now concerned about contamination of the site, which is supposed to be turned into national wildlife refuge. He spoke to the editor of Westword but had to cancel a press conference after he got a call from the FBI telling him he's not allowed to discuss the case.
Westword |
Patricia Calhoun |
08-19-2004 |
Crime & Justice
