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brought back to colorado to be sentenced. he also faces serious charges in maryland. >> reporter: he was arrested for auto theft, drug possession, then officers in maryland discovered this guy was wanted here in colorado. >> hoping to have a reading done. >> reporter: he claimed to be a psychic. but adam marks clearly couldn't predict he'd eventually be caught again. the 33-year-old convicted thief has been on the run since september, 2014 after skipping his sentencing for stealing nearly $75,000 from francine evers. >> it's like oh, man! how could i be so stupid! but you've got to consider who you're dealing with, and these are basically master con men. >> reporter: she mifrt met him in loveland for a -- first met him in loveland for a reading. >> he said your aura is bad, you're gonna have all kinds of physical health problems if we don't do something about that.

thousands of dollars over several months following his every order to improve her aura, before realizing she'd been scammed. >> $73,400 in cash. >> reporter: a warrant was issued for his arrest when he didn't appear in court. he was 15 into custody wednesday in maryland. back in colorado, evers is still waiting to have her money returned. >> i trusted him, and he swore on the lives of his children that the money would be returned to me. >> reporter: when i spoke to one of the officers who arrested marks in maryland, he said that he typed the name into his computer and found our prior coverage of this case at cbsdenver.com. that's when the officer also said he turned to his partner and gave him a high-five because they helped

the family of a man in fort collins severely injured in a hit and run says he is now breathing on his own. it happened late monday night. >> reporter: four days after the accident, and all george taylor's family knows is that he was found in this busy intersection. but what happened and why someone would leave him for dead is still a mystery. >> come forward. >> reporter: mario florez is speaking out for his brother, george taylor, who had been fighting for his life. >> his left leg was shattered. and the backbone on his right leg, that was broken. >> reporter: fort collins police say monday night, someone hit taylor near the intersection of college and state park drive and drove away. his bike and a bag were neatly on the curb. >> why would he cross the street?

>> reporter: after several days and surgeries later, he is breathing on his own. >> it's gonna take some time. we got us a long haul. >> reporter: he is hopeful his brother will soon be strong enough to shed some light on what happened. he has a message for whoever it was that left his brother behind. >> i know you're scared, you don't want to come forward. just think, it could have been somebody in your family or one of your friends. >> reporter: police are now asking for anyone with information to come forward. police in brighton are looking for a man accused of breaking into an officer's home and stealingly guns. they -- stealing guns. he is 6'0", 175, and likely armed. police believe he might be hiding out with friends or relatives in denver or lakewood. and a group of teenaged carjacking suspects were arrested today. all three were

of crimes including carjacking a chevy. police got a tip they were near the national forest. they surrounded that home and the boys eventually ly surrendered. the couple hit and killed saturday riding their motorcycle has been laid to rest. their motorcycle club honored the memory of brian and jackie with a tribute ride today. the driver accused of hitting that couple is behind bars in douglas county. police say she was high and texting when she swerved into oncoming traffic. questions about colorado's marijuana dui law tonight after a man from lakewood was found not guilty of the crime. a blood test shows he had well over the legal limit but his attorney says he wasn't high at the time. there you see cbs 4's melissa garcia reporting from jefferson county.

verdict very quickly in this one. >> reporter: it took the jury just 30 minute ss to come back with that not guilty verdict. that's because marijuana avkts different people differently, and in this case his client was perfectly capable of driving, the attorney said. >> it's not like alcohol. marijuana is different. the standards are not one size fits all. >> reporter: attorney robert cory says his client was pulled over last year in lakewood for a burned out headlight. after a voluntary roadside test, the officer believed the 27-year-old driver to be under the influence of cannabis. ralph banks was arrested and charged with dui. >> it was a nightmare. worst experience of my life. >> reporter: he submitted to a blood test which is found the level of thc at 7.9 nanograms, well over the legal limit to drive. yet a jury on friday found banks not guilty.

and i'm glad that a jury of his peers in jefferson county agreed that he was being responsible and that he was not impaired. even to the slightest degree. now with this case, it's perfectly legal to get behind the wheel after consuming marijuana, as long as you're not impaired. and that's the key. you can do it if you're not impaired. if you're impaired, do not get behind the wheel of a vehicle. >> reporter: in a statement, jefferson county district attorney pete weir "these are difficult cases to prosecute. our current law is not strong enough to effectively hold people accountable." and a county district attorney's office said many marijuana dui guilty verdict. as for why, she says the answer to that is

lawmakers want to help create more affordable housing in colorado. prices are through the roof, and rent has jumped more than 20% over the past decade. many people are wait listed for years trying to get into affordable housing in denver. three bills at the capitol address the crisis. one would dedicate state funding to build more affordable housing. another includes tax-free savings accounts for first-time buyers. >> we're trying to make sure that more coloradans can be incentivized to save money for a down payment on a home. >> our state's homeless population will keep grow figure no action is taken. the latest now on campaign 2016. ben carson becoming the latest gop contendtory drop out of the race -- contender to drop out of the race. he made it official today. told the crowd

nonprofit group dedicated to getting christians to vote. donald trump was not at that event to hear the announcement. he said he wanted to focus on visiting the state's voting tomorrow -- the states voting tomorrow. >> so donald trump is skipping c-pac. [ audience booing ] >> he was told there were conservatives that were gonna be here. >> he doesn't belong at a conservative gathering. >> these stupid people that think they're conservative. >> despite the growing divide between trump and the rest of the party, all the candidates have mreblged to support -- the nomination. a badly abused dog is being that 2-year-old lab mix arrived at death. they're hoping the two

can tell them more about what happened. >> reporter: two people left a pit ball labrador -- pit bull mix at the dumb friends league. it was 14 pounds underweight. >> 20 years of working here, it's the worst case i've seen. >> reporter: despite being so malnourished, the dog now called petunia showed incredible will. >> to be that thin and survive out there, that says a lot about her. >> reporter: she's gained back 3 pounds. but still has a tough road ahead. romero is investigating what happened to her and thinks neglect is probably involved. officers are hoping to identify the two people in the surveillance images. they're likely in their 20s and may have valuable information. >> they're not suspects. i just want to make that clear. we just want to talk to them. see if they have anymore information for us so we can check the neighborhood and see where she came from.

note with her saying "we found this dog, please find her owner." but there's a lot officers know already. >> she was friendly when she came in. wagging her tail. she's really friendly. she's got a good disposition. she was socialized. police reveal news of a knife found on oj simpson's former residence. why there are doubts that knife had anything to do with the murders. a student is charged after rooting through his teacher's phone. what he found that forced her to resign. and scott kelly explaining how he's adjusting after a year in space. and a breakthrough study on peanut allergies. what doctors think will prevent them in some kids. >> our weather pattern is beginning to change. lots of rain pouring into what was once dry california. now this rain is

at the higher elevations, rain in denver. the hour by hour

new developments in the latest twist in the oj simpson murder case. sources tell cbs news a knife just revealed by police does not appear to be the same type of knife used to kill si-noel brown -- nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. but police will check it for evidence. >> within the last month, lapd became aware of an item that was allegedly recovered by a citizen at the rockingham property. possibly during the demolition of the site. >> a worker who helped level simpson's home in 1998 says he turned the knife over to an off-duty l.a.

officer retired a short time later. he says he kept the knife and never mentioned it because he thought the case was closed. but since simpson was officially open. >> he's an lapd officer. he didn't know to turn it in? >> i don't know what his statement is. that's information i have at this time. >> the lapd is now testing the knife for any hair, fingerprints or other dna. >> even after 20 years, the sensational case still fascinates people. a new tv mini-series about it is getting strong ratings. and that has some people skeptical of the knife story. >> you have to question the timing at the time of the all of a sudden they come up with this knife? >> simpson is now serving time in nevada for the kidnapping and robbery of a sports memorabilia dealer. he cannot be charged with the l.a. was found not guilty. a high school student in

stealing nude pictures of his teacher from her cellphone and posting them online. the scandal last month forced teacher lee ann arthur to resign. she says she was out of the classroom when the boy went through her unlocked phone and stole the pictures. other students and parents have started a petition drive calling for arthur to get her job back. plumbing crews in fingerprint michigan have started replacing lead pipes. they are putting in copper pipes. the mayor of flint wants all the pipes replaced and has asked the state of michigan for $55 million to pay for it. nasa astronaut scott kelly spoke for the first time since returning from his year-long stay on the space station. kelly

adjusting. >> my level of muscle soreness and fatigue is a lot higher than it was last time. i think coming back to gravity is harder than leaving gravity. so maybe the aliens got it a lot e than we do. >> he saw 11,000 sunrises and insteads during his mission. and he grew by nearly 2 inches in space because without gravity, his spine expanded. he's already back to his normal height. it could be a big step in preventing peanut allergies in high-risk kids. the important research being done in london. >> reporter: 8-year-old andreas can eat anything he likes. but as a baby, a skin condition put him at high risk of developing a peanut allergy. >> with eczema, he might have lots of allergies. we were worried.

newborn, he took part in a landmark study in london with about 600 other children. >> i used to eat different things with peanuts. >> reporter: he ate a peanut mixture several times a week for the first five years of his life. findings showed introducing peanuts to infants at high-risk for allergies protected them from a peanut allergy in up to 80% of cases. but researchers wanted to know if children would need to keep eating peanuts to get the same results. >> we took all these children, and we asked them to completely stop eating peanuts for 12 months. >> it was a good break for you, wasn't it? [ laughter ] >> reporter: doctors found children who avoided peanuts for the year were still protected. >> early consims of peen -- consumption gives you long lasting protection against peanut allergies. >> reporter: now that andreas can make his own decisions, there's really only one thing he

that's how i do it. >> good for me too. [ laughter ] we're standing over the pacific and watching the moisture push onshore. the radar picks up here before it begins to read anything. as we take a look, a lot of moisture coming into california. and it's all gonna be heading our way. here's where our weekend is gonna be, nice and dry with high clouds around the area. the only thing we have left in the country right now is a little snow shower activity moving through the chicago land area. some rain around st. louis. a little bit of snow still up in the great lakes region into new england. that is about it. as far as the temperatures go, a little bit cooler in the northeast with that snow. for us, we do have mostly clear to partly cloudy skies all the way through sunday at 6:00 am. just nothing going on. here comes the rain and snow at first by about 3:00 on sunday afternoon for the higher elevations and in the west. then colder air moves in, and look at

by about noon on monday. nothing going on on the eastern plains. but as we roll this forward, here comes the rain into denver at noon. and you can see some rain showers up in the northeast as well. doesn't last very long, then it's gone, and is tuesday back to partly cloudy skies but stay on the cool side. 58 and 60 were the highs today. and the record 76 and 3 below. temperatures for our weather watchers today, nedderland had 52 -- -- 60 in niwot. we're 45 and 38 right now. stoil pretty mild. it -- still pretty mild. it has been 33 at the airport. but the southerly winds have push today back to 38. they're south at 14. 57% humidity. rising barometer. nice shot from ron, sunset from limon. and look at this sunset from westminster. this from michael smith. temperatures for tonight, mostly in the 20s and

country. 20s and 30s out west, everybody mild, and we'll be mild again tomorrow. temperatures in the 50s, 60s, couple of 70s over the eastern plains. 40s and 50s, mild for the mountains. and out west, temperatures in the 50s, 60s to around 70 degrees. here is that denver forecast. starting with tonight, we'll see mostly clear skies, breezy, mild. 36 and 30 the overnight lows. partly cloudy skies, mild again, 70 downtown, 68 officially at the airport. a couple of degrees to that on sunday. 70 officially. 72 downtown. then there's that chance of rain and cooler conditions on monday at 53. 51 as the sunshine returns on tuesday. wednesday we're at 57. and the temperatures still stay in the 60s! a chance for showers

peyton manning doing a little speaking this week, he was in las vegas today. he made no indication that he's getting ready to announce that he's retiring. it's looking sxhoer more like the -- more and more like the broncosville to release him -- broncos will have to release him to avoid the $19 million contract. his contract says it's only if the broncos would have asked him to pass a physical. so another sign that the team, looking to move on. even if manning is still undecided on what he wants to do next.

guys see what they can do down the stretch. they were down 1 in the 4th quarter. give the ball to -- he makes his final teenaged mistake here, dparld foul -- called for a foul. no one boxes out robyn lopes who tips in the game-winner. nuggets lose a tough one to the nets. >> we had chances to win at regulation. you can't foul a jump shooter. the end of overtime. you have to clean up the defensive possession with that game rebound. we didn't either and that's what happens. and we're closing the game with a 19-year-old, a 20-year-old, a 21-year-old. and almost had it. manuel made some big, big plays. huge game tomorrow

avs hosting nashville, a team they trail by 6 points in the standing. roy sticking with pickard at goal. he had an avs record 24 saves in the 3rd period last night as colorado beat the panthers. and the struggling varlamov will keep his seat on the bench. unlike other positions where a struggling star might see a few less shift, roy can only play one goalie. >> i didn't wake up yesterday yeah! i'm not gonna use varly! it's so cool! no, i'm not feeling that way. i'm coming to the rink and i'm not happy because i love varly. varly is our no. 1 goalie. and is he remains our no. 1 goalie. but unfortunately right now pick is playing well and he's not. and that's what i try. but i know varly will be back. what position has the most pressure? 47% say a goalie. quarterback just edged out

hockey hosting omaha final of the season. will butcher, a colorado avalanche prospect, and he just scored a power play goal. the pacific rim line goes to work. that's how they roll! du wins, 3-0. rapids get another national team start. and lots of stars from this high school game last night. buzzer beaters for everybody in minnesota! and a

remember that goal from the 2014 world cup? germane jones is headed to colorado. rapids got him in a trade with new england, giving up their 20171st round pick. what's better than a high school buzzer beater? two! what's better than that? this! from a high school game in minnesota.

3. here's butter beater no. 1. the nice roll. forces overtime. this game, far from over! this is now triple overtime! seeka down 3. default from 70 feet, why not! a fourth overtime! what do you say? of course, they finished at the buzzer. there's the game-winner. goodnight.

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