heroine being used on our streets and the alleys of denver. they have busted a major drug careen. i'm karen lee, jim has the night off. rick sawneder joins us live from the bike path where you have been years there now. >> car rent, the attorney general and other agencies will announce the culmination of a major heroine investigation and even today there is plenty of evidence this drug taking its toll. this is ground zero for heroine, this man says he has just given it up. >> i'm going through the cleaning process.

enough for me. to go without a day is a miracle for me. >> this bike path has held an uneasy relationship between bicyclists, joggerers and those struck out on heroine. michael is pleased to see the law enforcement action. >> it's changed a ton in the last few weeks. >> just the last two weeks. >> yep. denver pd has done a great job. >> reporter: were they arresting people. >> h >> reporter: using a disguise, we found out how they work on the corners hand in hand. >> this guy tells me you may have black tar. >> the man came to me with heroine concealed in his mouth. >> this is black tar. >> reporter: how much? >> oh, 30, 50

>> but even with stories and police actions, heroine never seems to completely go away. >> i gave it to god. i can't do it myself. i'm not able to do it. >> reporter: the denver coroner's office telling us so far this year four people have died from herb ring, at least up until this point. live at cherry creek along the bike path 2 cbs4 news. thank you. now to while serving an egg conviction notice. the family has filed paperwork that will allow them to sue for a million dollars in damages against the county government. another deputy hurt in the eviction is asking 2 million dollars, he was killed in a shootout and park county sheriff

deputies serve that warrant. 27-year-old christopher derby pled guilty in may. the victim ended up needing stitches. the attack happened last year on broadway. jennifer, live in denver where all this started. the judge handed out a pretty stiff sentence? >> reporter: it certain was, karen. christopher derby told the judge he was sorry, but the judge says these types of crimes will not be tolat sentence that was possible. now, this is some pictures of the victim. this is days after the 23-year-old woman got attacked. she showed cbs4 the aftermath. jaclyn and friends waited for a uber when without warn ago stranger hit her in the face. fitzpatrick said two men approached her and not only attacked her physically, but

motivated crime. the judge gave him four years in prison, the maximum allowed by the plea deal. he says he was drunk. but the district attorney's office says that is not excuse, especially given his history. >> i was worried he would use alcohol as an excuse for his behavior. it seemed to me after his first felony offense of menacing he chose to do probation. itn' he got probation. it didn't work. >> reporter: and derby was also given two yeefrs mandatory pro -- years mandatory probation in order to pay restitution. right now two teenagers are believed to burglarized a school with $10,000 worth of damage. at the montessori school.

than 20 classroom windows and glass doors. the boys were between 13 and 15-year-old. school starts next week. a sinkhole opens up in a neighborhood in colorado springs and it's all because of a water main break. it was big enough to swallow an entire car. luckily no one was hurt. crews worked overnight and people in that area say this isn't the first time that water >> this is the third time this has happened this year and water flowed down the street like a river. >> reporter: they say while they don't know the cause of the break just yet, it is likely because of aging pipes. new at 6, voters in vail ask if it should raise the lift tax. voters in breckenridge passed a

input on this proposal. now, matt live. the city says it really needs more parking. >> reporter: yeah, it's on or about just the city -- not just the city. anyone who came up to vail on a busy ski weekend, found this, not many parking spots. some people on the board think they may have a solution and it involves raising taxes on the lift tickets you buy. >> definitely a challenge. >> on a monday during the summer. you will be hard pressed. >> a lot of people scramble around. >> now a saturday in december, and even more impossible task. >> find parking, a lot of people end up parking on our frontage roads. >> as the mayor knows, lift ticket taxes is not exactly popular with everyone. >> we have been dealing with

those go to the general fund. if passed by voters, this new tax could double that starting next year. >> it could greatly affect the consumers and that's guests and locals alike. it's across the board. >> those costs passed on to those buying the lift tickets is a big concern. >> it would be foolish to assume they wouldn't pass that on to we certain don't want to do that. >> asking the resort to chip in more to cover the costs. >> vail resort send ago statement, we feel a cooperative process needs to be put in place before we rush into doubling the lift ticket tax on skiers and snow borders. that meeting is here in vail

new bike lane open. while cyclists love it, some business owners aren't sure. >> plus colorado hotel, who needs to check their credit card statements. and few thunderstorms, fairly weak, we will talk about the chances in denver. and broncos host the 49ers,

right now a new two-way bike lane is on south wayn parking lane to make room for the cyclists. they say they love the new lanes, but business owners say they are still worried about safety. >> it's actually pretty dangerous. i was making a turn right here and this guy was using the bike lane going the other way. i didn't see him until the last minute. >> i love it. broadway is a hassle, but there is a lot to do.

and come sneak back up on the sidewalk. >> . and developing now, hei says approximately 20 properties may have been hacked. that includes in the high country, malware may have collected names at the westin snow mass report. it was from december 26, 2015 through april it is the only colorado hotel affected. you should look at your credit card statement. this was caused by two teenagers playing with fireworks, happened this morning at the i 76 interchange, crews treated them for minor injuries right there at the scene. and take a look look at

happens when rising heat and turbulent winds combine and create a twister. >> it has burned more than 36 acres, right now 44% contained. they don't believe to have it fully contained until october. and an injury at the broncos training camp may give a rookie the chance he wants. and cargo still believes the

over a million ears of corn are picked a day here in olathe, colorado. and i'm glad we have a senator who uses his ears to listen to what's most important to colorado farmers. michael bennet asked what he could do to help, and then worked with republicans to make a farm bill

we don't always agree, but he values our input. and i do trust michael bennet to look out for us.

meteorologist lauren whitney with us. i think we are all thinking if those showers would land on my house. >> so many people are saying their rain gauges are dry and they need the water for their flouters. taking a look out there, there is a little bit, so something to work with. high country all the way down to the mountains and little built northwest as well. as we head to the eastern

has lost momentum, last chance area around byers, little storms and pockets of rain. there has been some very light rain in denver, but overall not much activity for us and there probably won't be. for the post part fairly light, and nicer rainfall at the moment, and taking a wider look of what's happening, an area of high pressure to the west and it's also keeping us on the warm side for the you will knows our temperatures are staying a bit warm. we just showed you the eastern storms. and in bennett she says set she can see it. let's time out the rest. you have a few showers roll on through. by 10:00, high country most of the storms will be done and a couple stores out on the eastern plains if there is anything left at all.

fairly mild, maybe a few more on the western slope. and tomorrow lunchtime get a little more activity in the high country, down into the southwest and some head over to denver area. that doesn't mean you won't get a couple pockets of rain and hail and lightning, but showers toward the evening hours and to the eastern plains as we head toward the evening hours. 81 in right now. and 82 in avon and 90 over in grand junction. with these storms moving through, winds are a little bit gusty, so eagle. your winds are 20 to 30 miles per hour. our official high 92 degrees out at dia, 90 here for the downtown area, we are not too far away from that at 98.

dia. our highs for today, looking at 92 denver, 85 fort collins and eastern plains to the 90s. tomorrow fairly mild, 54 in fort collins, a lot of 40s in the mountains. for your forecast tomorrow, tomorrow is tuesday, when you work the morning shift it looks a little different. but 90 degrees tomorrow, 89 on wednesday to 70s. -- to the 70s. usually that first day is today. let's get down to sports. unfortunately in practice you get some injuries. >> yeah, karen, that's exactly right. it was early in practice today. in fact, the very first play on 9 on 7 drill. vance walker went down. he was in obvious pain. we saw him leave the practice

torn his ac l, so he will likely miss the rest of the season. it was certain a tough blow from someone that they were expecting big things from this season. >> he came in and since we reported back, he had a different approach because he knew he had big shoes. and he was doing a great job, a great camp and you hate to see things like and add dam gotsis will fill in. so that leads us to your century link question, you can go to the sports page on denver.com. home stand against the two best teams in the major leagues, colorado has lost 9 of its last 11 and will host the cubs. two very important series that could tip the rocky's fortunes

week. >> we justen went in the best stretch. things are shaky a little bit. whether we weren't doing what we were supposed to be doing but i know we will bounce back and win some games. >> of course we will have highlights coming up at 10:00. dave logan is in the house, he will be our guest coming 6:30. 6:30. >>,, 6:30. >>,, with prism on the go from centurylink, you can get your favorite shows right on your devices pretty much everywhere you go. um, paul, that was great. i like how you can walk around and watch your shows. and your delivery really evokes "the frozen north". meets "un giorno nella vita." or early film noir. like "whispering city." but the french version.

hmm, it's a bit derivative. mom: and your suggestion? "the pottery maker"? son: no. "the summer of my despondency."

the disastrous flooding in baton rouge is being called a act of god. at least six people died while tens of thousands scrambled for safety and two teens of the mile high red cross are there the help. forecasters say the almost off the charts intensity resulted in everybody being caught off guard. the u.s. coast guard rescued 20,000 people over the weekend. 11,000 had to be evacuated, not knowing whenning they will be a -- when they will be allowed back in their homes. a woman and her dog nearly drowned without volunteer rescuers. >> i felt something furry and

luckily he was still conscious. >> volunteers face new risk of low hanging power lines, snakes in the trees and vehicles stuck there under the water. and fueling the clayton fire in northern california. firefighterers have managed to control it 5% right now. it destroyed hundreds of buildings and thousands of acres about 90 miles south of n said he was amazed of the disrust by a black man shot by a black officer. it was like sparking a powder keg. police arrested more than a dozen protesters over the weekend. the governor implemented a curfew for teenagers over the weekend. authorities say criminals are getting gift card numbers

they drain the card and leave it em the i handed at the cash register. >> we would like the stores to remove the cards from public access. >> the best place is to buy the cards from that retailer. they have cards behind the counter rather than these on the end cap or public display. and rise in the price oil, grew 59 points and s&p also up 6 points. the town will spray for west nile virus, sprayed last week in fort collins. they saw an up tick of the west nile in boulder county. city says people just keep your windows and doors closed for about an hour after they spray. part of an apartment building collapses in colorado

people out of their homes. we will let you know who is in to step up to help there. and live from the view house centennial. guest, play by play, dave logan.

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