The National Prescription Drug Take Back initiative addresses a public safety and public health issue.
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Local law enforcement agencies will be participating in the 20th annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. Law enforcement personnel will be on-site and hosting collection sites from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the following locations :
Vail Police Department: Vail Municipal Bldg, at 75 S. Frontage Road, Vail CO 81657
Avon Police Department: Walmart, 171 Yoder Ave., Avon, CO 81620
Eagle County Sheriff’s Office: City Market Eagle, 103 Market Street, Eagle, CO 81631
Carbondale Police Department: Police Station, 511 Colorado Ave #911, Carbondale, CO 81623
This is an opportunity to clean out medicine cabinets of all unwanted, expired or unused medications and have them disposed of safely. The service is free and anonymous with no questions asked.
Aspiri is charged with criminal extortion a class 4 felony and misdemeanor ethnic intimidation harassment and theft.
Aspiri said he had yet to retain an attorney, prompting prosecutors to reschedule his next court appearance to June 8 at his request.
Aspiri was arrested by Glenwood Springs police for allegedly attempting to leverage a Latino man’s immigration status as a reason to pay him $1,200, according to a news release.
Aspiri also allegedly expressed to the victim that he had the ability to end the careers of local police officers if they became involved.
Aspiri was a 2014 Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Colorado for a brief time before being defeated at the GOP Assembly by Cory Gardner, the eventual winner of the seat.
A former El Jebel resident who allegedly took a 3-year-old girl from her mother’s car 13 years ago and molested her in a nearby yard was extradited back to Aspen to face charges this week, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Miguel Franco-Hernandez, 54, was ordered held in lieu of a $50,000 cash-only bond during an advisement Monday, said Deputy District Attorney Don Nottingham. Franco-Hernandez faces charges of second-degree kidnapping with intent to commit a sexual offense, sexual assault on a child and second-degree criminal trespassing, according to Nottingham and court documents.
Franco-Hernandez, also known as “Martin Fuentes,” was arrested in Texas on the Pitkin County warrant and extradited to Aspen. The allegations in the case are “very disturbing,” Nottingham said Tuesday.
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The Glenwood Springs Police Department has acquired a “BolaWrap” device, a less-than-lethal device that will be used as a de-escalation tool, according to a news release.