Should the folks feel outrage at Chief Deputy District Attorney Arnold Mordkin's remarks regarding heroin in the Valley, or should they just feel anger?
For the past few years, as drug and related law enforcement issues have spiked in the area, avatars in commentary have been pushing hard with questions for 9th Judicial prosecutors. Such as, where are the task forces to take on these major crime problems? Why don't court officers such as Richard Nedlin know that Red Door in Aspen is it for rehab and it's on its knees with overcrowding and meager funding?
Let's give Chief Deputy Mordkin a hand with his research regarding heroin in the area. Help him get up to speed so that the next time he quotes for the press he can have some factual information to rely on:
http://sandboxcommentators.blogspot.com/2012/03/sandboxblogs-grand-junction-daily.html
http://sandboxcommentators.blogspot.com/2012/02/sandbox-comments-krex-news-5-heroin-use.html
http://sandboxcommentators.blogspot.com/2012/03/sandboxblogs-steamboat-today-heroin.html
http://sandboxcommentators.blogspot.com/2012/03/sandboxblogs-steamboat-today-charges.html
Chad Abraham:
"In Pitkin County District Court, Judge Erin Fernandez-Ely, filling in for Judge Gail Nichols, advised Lee that he is charged with felony possession of less than 4 grams of a controlled substance and a misdemeanor count of unlawful use of a controlled substance.
As part of his $2,500 bond, Lee will be able to travel to Southern California, where he is originally from. His next court date is June 4.
Arnold Mordkin, chief deputy district attorney, said heroin cases are unusual for the upper valley. The last local case involving the drug was that of an Aspen man who pleaded guilty to attempted distribution of a controlled substance in 2009. He was arrested after police said he provided heroin to a man visiting Aspen who died in 2008 after using that drug and cocaine.
Olson said Tuesday that heroin is not unheard of in Snowmass Village.
“We have it bubble to the surface from time to time,” he said. “Every time it does, people self-destruct pretty quickly.”
Police know the drug is used occasionally, but it’s usually not long before users overdose or are “whisked away” by family members for treatment, Olson said.
“It’s been a self-correcting problem so far but it’s also concerning,” he said. “It’s a brutal drug.” ..."
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2 comments:
Have to wonder if Pitkin prosecutors even care that they don't know. If they did, they wouldn't make all of us look like we're clueless by giving press interviews like this one.
Always wondered how cops in Aspen and Snowmass decide what dope makes the cut on turning a blind eye to. Good to know that heroin joins coke, pot and pills on the acceptables list. Maybe the guy got it through internet mail order or it just wandered its way up to the village.
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