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Family sues police over dog's shooting death

Family sues police over dog's shooting death

COMMERCE CITY - A family has filed suit against the Commerce City Police officer who shot and killed their dog while checking out a 911 hang-up call.

Criminals to be weeded out of medical marijuana centers

Criminals to be weeded out of medical marijuana centers

DENVER - More than half of the medical marijuana center owners in Colorado have criminal arrest or conviction records for crimes like dealing drugs, sexual assaults, burglaries and weapons, according to statistics by the Drug Enforcement Administration obtained by 9Wants to Know, but that will all change on Sunday.
- Broomfield bans marijuana centers [ more... ]

Body pulled from Wash. lake could be Denver murder suspect

Body pulled from Wash. lake could be Denver murder suspect

LEWIS COUNTY, Wash. - 9Wants to Know has learned the body of a man accused of murdering a Denver woman was believed to be found in Washington state on Wednesday. [ more... ]

Illegal trash pile cleared, criminal charges considered

Illegal trash pile cleared, criminal charges considered

WELD COUNTY - Criminal charges are expected to be recommended to prosecutors in the case of a disposal company that dumped trash in its own backyard rather than a landfill. [ more... ]

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Investigators take aim at Parker hunting guides

Investigators take aim at Parker hunting guides

PARKER - Investigators with the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the Internal Revenue Service served search warrants and seized documents out of the home of two hunting guides in Parker Wednesday for their business, "Apache Park Ranches."

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Feds bust suspected Colorado drug smuggler

Feds bust suspected Colorado drug smuggler

DENVER - 9Wants to Know has learned a suspected marijuana trafficker is in jail after Drug Enforcement Administration agents say they caught him trying to hire a confidential informant to drive drugs from Colorado to North Carolina. [ more... ]

Doctor's alleged stabbing victim suffers, waits for justice

Doctor's alleged stabbing victim suffers, waits for justice

CASTLE ROCK - A nurse at Sky Ridge Medical Center who says she was stabbed by a patient, who is also a family doctor, says she suffers from depression, anxiety and nightmares from her attack in February. Still, Brenda Tate says she will be at every court hearing for Dr. Grady Holder to make sure her voice is heard. [ more... ]

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Animal activist arrested for arson in Sheepskin Factory fire

Animal activist arrested for arson in Sheepskin Factory fire

GLENDALE - A drifter previously convicted of setting a house on fire has been arrested for fire-bombing the Sheepskin Factory in Glendale in April. [ more... ]

More money to fight medical marijuana backlog

More money to fight medical marijuana backlog

DENVER - 9Wants to Know has learned lawmakers have approved an extra $2 million for the state to hire 56 temporary workers to process a backlog of 63,000 medical marijuana applications that grows by the day, according to budget records. [ more... ]

Health department says garbage hauler has to move trash pile

Health department says garbage hauler has to move trash pile

ERIE - The Weld County Environmental Health Services is ordering a garbage company to clean up or it will ask county commissioners to force a clean-up and send the garbage company the bill. [ more... ]

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Inmates worked at prison employees' homes

Inmates worked at prison employees' homes

STERLING - A 9Wants to Know investigation and a citizen's complaint prompted a Colorado prison warden to stop a program that allowed prison employees to hire inmates for jobs at the homes of employees. [ more... ]

Thousands spent on unused census swag

Thousands spent on unused census swag

DENVER - The U.S. Census Bureau spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on promotional items used to convince more people to mail back their census forms, but a 9Wants to Know investigation found thousands of the items were dropped off, unused, at a local high school.
- Colorado's Census participation below average [ more... ]

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