Scale heroin ring in colorado. Law enforcement leaders say the bust netted 11 weapons, 47 pounds of heroin. This was a year long investigation that included several wiretaps and relied on confidential informants. 9wants to know investigator whitney wild brings us the details. This was a big bust. The dea, Denver Police and west Metro Drug Task force say the suspects were importing heroin from mexico and dropping it basically by the pound onto the streets in denver. Now the operation targeted dealers. The 47 pounds of Heroin Police swept off the street is valued a the more than 2 million, at more than 2 million but more importantly likely supplied hundreds, if not thousands of users. One of the big stories has been about heroin use on the cherry creek bike path. The special agent in charge for the dea here in denver says busts like this help, but they dont totally get rid of heroin use. And well continue to push i think that youll see a lull in the bike path, but i dont think awe l see
We are following some breaking news right now. Firefighters in Larimer County are trying to contain a 35acre wildfire. South of carter lake. The berthoud fire crew says there are evacuations off bennett and del rio. We have been looking at a home that the flames are very, very close to. We did have a shot of the home. If we could go back to that, of the fire of drop around the home. That stopped the fire line from spreading to that home. The good news is that home did look to be fine. 35 homes in that area do have voluntary evacuations. There is a Evacuation Center open at the Berthoud Community center. The good news is that its 15 contained. We will continue to follow this fire and give you as much information as possible. By private security guards who hit the streets this afternoon. This follows months of negative news reports that they just dont feel safe at the mall. While Denver Police has the a authority to ticket and make arrests, the private security will patrol the 9 blocks b
Cant forget the Labor Day Weekend is almost upon us with sunshine and more rain. A father admits to police he tried to kill his 2yearold son by crashing his car at 75 Miles Per Hour with the toddler not buckled up. Isaiahs mom told 9wants to know bolton half his body was in a cast. Reporter forget the koala. He must have the polar bear from the gift shop, but probably most of all right now like any 2yearold wants to run and climb. Hes a good climber, mom nancy lopez says. Isaiah wont be able to do any of that for two months because his dad tried to kill him last sunday according to Arapahoe County investigators. On purpose with isaiah unbuckled driving up to 75 miles an hour. According to court documents, Nathan Weitzel told the detectives, the reason he wanted to kill isaiah was because being a father was a big responsibility and he did not think he was man enough to raise a child. Weitzel told police he took isaiah to the park and while the boy played he was thinking of ways to kill
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Everybody there together in the state patrol. Difficult for i everybody in this. Reporter exactly, the entire courtroom was filled with the majority of the family members. The brothers in blue were there victoria, thank you. No doubt. In south carolina, two students and a teacher are recovering after a shooting at an elementary school. Police say the teenager suspect is in custody. Investigators believe he shot and killed his father before heading to the school. It is in a rueful community in the western corner of the state near the georgia border. Injured have nonlife threatening injuries and are expected to be okay. The football coach at Legacy High School is back on the field. Wayne vorhees was on the bus that crashed. The team had just returned from california where they had played a game. The bus driver, carrie chopper was killed. The coaches and players spent several days in the school on friday. It is a warm afternoon across the metro. Boy is it. I stepped outside and was a litt