Chad Abraham:
"Federal drug agents used a confidential informant, phone taps and photographic surveillance in their investigation into a former Aspen resident accused of distributing kilos of cocaine.
Montgomery Chitty, 60, of Big Pine Key, Fla., pleaded not guilty on Monday in U.S. District Court in Denver. He is charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
In a pretrial motion filed Monday, Chitty’s attorney Matthew Belcher asked that federal prosecutors provide documents, photographs and other evidence the government plans to use at trial.
“The government states there was a confidential informant who was a participant in or a witness to the crime charged and that the informant may be called as a witness at trial,” the motion says.
Agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration spent a year investigating a Los Angeles-to-Aspen cocaine ring, and a grand jury indicted in April 10 people, six of whom live in the upper Roaring Fork Valley. Charges against one defendant were dropped, and the remaining Aspen-area residents have reached plea deals.
On Dec. 13, what may have been the same grand jury indicted Chitty, who was a friend of the late Hunter S. Thompson and a longtime political pundit in Aspen before he moved to Florida.
His role in the drug-trafficking operation happened from January 2000 until May 2011, though more specific allegations have not yet been released...." (Read more? Click title)
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1 comment:
I say to Schrant. Spend all you want. If you need to put on a tux and hang out with Big Money and Michelle. Go for it. Taxpayers will not care. Need to buy up some ski equipment and hang out? Just do it. Attend a politico fundraiser? More power to you. Need to grab up some of the border patrol guys that can speak Espanol and deck them out for construction for awhile? We'll close our eyes on the job. btw, hit craig's list for used tools and save the folks some dinero in tax dollars. sack? Just chill for awhile up there on the Daily. Bound to be a better story coming down the road if you just let the DEA roll.
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