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• Hot Air Balloons Fill Sky Above Erie

  20-05-2016 23:15
  
  ERIE, Colo. (CBS4)– Colorful hot air balloons filled the sky above Erie on Friday morning for the annual balloon fest.
  The hot air balloons filled the sky while more than 200 local vendors stayed on the ground.
  PHOTO GALLERY: Balloon Fest In Erie
  The Erie Town Fair & Balloon Festival continues all weekend.
  
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• Seat belt enforcement to launch with remembrance of crash victim

  20-05-2016 23:11
  
  The Colorado Department of Transportation, along with the State Patrol and friends and family of crash victim Mackenzie Forrest will launch a two-week seat belt enforcement campaign.
  
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• Woman killed in Aurora apartment identified as 56-year-old

  20-05-2016 22:57
  
  A woman who was killed in Aurora earlier this week has been identified.The Arapahoe County coroner's office on Friday identified the victim as Kali Sakri, 56.
  
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• Aurora man killed in his apartment identified

  20-05-2016 22:51
  
  A 19-year-old man police found dead in an apartment on Monday has been identified.According to a Friday news release from the Arapahoe County coroner's office, the victim was Andres Antonio
  
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• Congressional Panel Holds Denver Hearing On VA Health Care

  20-05-2016 22:46
  
  DENVER (AP) — A congressional subcommittee is holding a hearing in Denver to take testimony on VA hospitals and on prescription drugs for veterans.
  The House Veterans Affairs subcommittee on oversight and investigations is scheduled to hear from three Colorado-based VA officials at the state Capitol Friday.
  Colorado Republican congressman Mike Coffman is chairman of the subcommittee.
  Coffman and others have been sharply critical of the VA because of massive cost overruns at a veterans medi
  
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• Man gets 20-year sentence for 2014 workplace stabbing

  20-05-2016 22:41
  
  David Baldizan was sentenced to 20 years in prisonTuesday for a2014 stabbing at an oil and gas site, according to a news release from the 19th Judicial District Attorney's Office.
  
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• Candace And Her Chewbacca Mask Spread Joy To The ‘Internet Webs’

  20-05-2016 22:41
  
  ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (CBS4) – The Force is strong with Candace Payne. And she’s using it to spread joy to the “internet webs.”
  “I’d like to say I bought this for my son, but…” She didn’t. The talking Chewbacca mask is hers. It’s a birthday present she bought for herself at Kohl’s.
  “I mean, I’ll let [my kids] play with it, I’m not a bad mom, I’m not a jerk, but in all honesty, at the end of the day, it do
  
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• With Loss To Cinemark, Theater Victims Have Few Options

  20-05-2016 22:36
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Victims’ loss in a civil trial over whether a Colorado movie theater should have done more to prevent a mass shooting leaves them with dwindling options as they seek damages for their suffering.
  Experts say the loss Thursday to Cinemark may also have hurt the chances of other survivors in the few remaining lawsuits stemming from the 2012 rampage.
  It will be hard to find jurors for an upcoming federal case who haven’t heard about the outcome of the Cinem
  
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• Sports Authority Is Shuttering All Stores Amid Bankruptcy

  20-05-2016 22:33
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sports Authority, which filed for bankruptcy protection three months ago, is shuttering all 460 of its stores.
  The sports retailer had only planned to close about 140 stores, but in a court document this week it outlined plans to shutter all of them.
  The company based in Englewood, Colorado, said it will start discounting sneakers, clothing and other goods next week until the end of August.
  Sports Authority told the bankruptcy court that it plans to sell its store leases in
  
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• Ken Salazar To Campaign For Hillary Clinton In New Mexico

  20-05-2016 22:20
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Former Interior Sec. Ken Salazar will visit New Mexico to campaign for Hillary Clinton in an effort to win over Hispanic voters.
  The Clinton campaign announced on Thursday that Salazar will launch the “Hispanics for Hillary” initiative, starting in Bernalillo at Abuelita’s New Mexican Kitchen.
  The former Colorado senator will swing through the state on Saturday, with additional stops in Santa Fe, Espanola and Taos. On the way, he will be accompanied
  
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• U.S. Fish And Wildlife To Review Tribe’s Eagle Permit Request

  20-05-2016 21:37
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has received an application but has not yet made a decision about granting permit to a Wyoming Indian tribe that wants to kill bald eagles for religious purposes, a spokesman says.
  The agency is considering the application after dropping its appeal of a ruling by a federal judge who previously said the agency couldn’t block the Northern Arapaho Tribe from taking eagles on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
  Fish and Wildlife Ser
  
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• Denver's Wellshire Golf Course moving away from High Line Canal water

  20-05-2016 21:17
  
  Golfers at Wellshire Golf Course could see some construction late this season as Denver Parks and Recreation and Denver Water move the course off water from the High Line Canal.
  
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• Bike MS Team Pedals To Honor Mom

  20-05-2016 21:03
  
  By Mark Ackerman
  DENVER (CBS4) – For the past decade, a group of friends and family members known as Patty’s Pack has been a fixture at Bike MS, the annual cycling fundraiser that benefits the National MS Society.
  Members of Patty’s Pack ride to honor Patty Metzler, a mother of five from Colorado’s Eastern Plains who courageously fought multiple sclerosis for 27 years. At just 28 years old, Patty was diagnosed with MS.
  Patty Metzler (credit: CBS)
  “She went from a ca
  
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• Georgetown man pleads guilty to spontaneous neck stabbing, DA says

  20-05-2016 20:59
  
  A 51-year-old man pleaded guilty this week to spontaneously and inexplicably stabbing a Georgetown bar patron in the neck last year.
  
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• White Fence Farm launches carryout locations in Denver and Arvada

  20-05-2016 20:52
  
  White Fence Farm, the iconic Lakewood restaurant, will soon expand its business with a network of carry-out eateries, including places that will soon open in the Capitol Hill neigborhood and on the 16th Street Mall.
  
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• C.J. not offended by Booker's claim

  20-05-2016 20:51
  
  As part of my talk to the Denver Broncos rookies during a media training forum nine days ago, I brought up a few examples of how players get themselves in trouble.       
  
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• Deal Reached Between Homeowners, Rocky Flats Operators

  20-05-2016 20:47
  
  DENVER (AP) — Thousands of homeowners have reached a $375 million settlement over their claims that plutonium releases from a nuclear weapons plant in Colorado damaged their health and devalued their property, officials said Thursday.
  A federal judge must approve the agreement before it officially ends the 26-year legal battle between the residents and two corporations that ran the Rocky Flats plant for the federal government.
  Perched on a wind-swept mesa west of Denver, Rocky Flats manufa
  
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• Chart: Denver tops U.S. city population gain rate in 2015

  20-05-2016 20:45
  
  Denver's growing faster than any of the other 50 most-populous cities in the U.S. and is now the 19th-largest city, according to population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
  
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• Family Of Pueblo Teen Worried She May Have Been Kidnapped

  20-05-2016 20:02
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4) – Relatives of a Pueblo teenager says their loved one may have been kidnapped and is being held hostage.
  Pueblo police are searching for 15 year-old Gema Arias. The family reported to police that she never returned home from school on May 13 and ran away.
  Gema Arias (credit: Colorado Bureau of Investigation)
  The family said on Thursday they received messages through social media that she had been kidnapped and was begin held hostage.
  The 15-year-old has relatives in th
  
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• Semi Strikes, Kills Cyclist On Rural Weld County Road

  20-05-2016 19:41
  
  FORT LUPTON, Colo. (CBS4) – A 59-year-old cyclist was killed on Friday morning when he collided with an oncoming semi truck.
  The crash happened northwest of Fort Lupton on County Road 18, just west of Highway 85.
  (credit: CBS)
  Police in Fort Lupton said it appears the bicycle crossed the center line and the semi ran the man over and killed him instantly.
  (credit: CBS)
  An investigation is underway, but it isn’t expected the driver will face charges in the accident.
  County Road 18 was
  
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• Erie Town Fair & Balloon Festival

  20-05-2016 19:39
  
  Get more information about the Erie Town Fair & Balloon Festival taking place this weekend at eriechamber.org.
  
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• Hoax Case Ends With Guilty Plea By Cop Who Shot Himself

  20-05-2016 19:24
  
  BRIGHTON, Colo. (CBS4) – A former Commerce City police officer whose false reporting of a shooting led to a multi-day manhunt will avoid jail time as part of a plea agreement.
  Kevin Lord (credit: Adams County)
  Kevin Lord was on duty early in November 2015 when he reported that he was shot by a suspect who he stopped in his cruiser and who then got away.
  During the manhunt that followed, police released a description of the suspect’s getaway car and the possible license plate number o
  
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• Pot company wants stadium naming rights

  20-05-2016 18:51
  
  Another pot-related company said it wants to buy the naming rights for the Denver Broncos' home field.       
  
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• Determined Runner Finishes Race After Tearing Achilles

  20-05-2016 18:27
  
  GREELEY, Colo. (CBS4) – A track runner from Idaho State University finished a race after suffering an injury that would have most down for the count.
  Shelby Erdahl was running in the 400 meter finals of the Big Sky Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley last weekend. As soon as the starting gun fired, she came off the blocks and ruptured her Achilles tendon.
  Instead of calling for a medic, though, Erdahl got up and limped the rest of th
  
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• Vail Council Considers Electric Bikes On Recreational Paths

  20-05-2016 17:58
  
  VAIL, Colo. (AP) — Vail’s Town Council has asked staff to write regulations for a trial of electric bikes on paved recreation paths.
  The Vail Daily reports that at a council meeting this week, officials and community members discussed pros such as making it easier for older people to navigate steep hills on bikes. They also discussed whether it would be safe for pedestrians and fast-moving electric bikes to share paths.
  The Colorado Department of Transportation limits the use of elec
  
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• Is LeBron James The NBA’s Greatest Current Player?

  20-05-2016 17:17
  
  By Jason Keidel
  It’s obvious LeBron James doesn’t mind pressure. His career choices have glued the athletic, cultural and corporate bullseye to his broad back for years. Indeed, you could argue that there’s more pressure on him to win now that he’s come back home than if he’d never left in the first place.
  Leaving Cleveland, with the sparks flying from bonfires made out of his jersey, made a championship essential. That would be the only way to justify his
  
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• Light Rail Maintenance Work Causes Train, Road Closures

  20-05-2016 17:12
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – There are some road closures and light rail closures that will disrupt some Denverites on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
  Construction work is taking place on five RTD light rail lines in the spots where they pass through the downtown area. RTD is making bus shuttles available.
  The C, D, E, F and H lines will be closed through downtown Denver Sunday night. On Friday bus shuttles were set up at the Auraria West and Downing stations. On Saturday the shuttles will run between the
  
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• Top 5 Wildest Sports Callers Of The Week: May 16th-May 20th

  20-05-2016 17:02
  
  The Top 5 Sports Callers of the week is a weekly installment from CBS Local Sports that will bring you the wildest callers from across the nation.
  Number 5: In this week’s episode, we start with Cody from Lewisville, Texas who called in to Shan and RJ on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas to tell the guys that he’s done with Shawn Tolleson as the Texas Rangers closer.
  Number 4: Checking in at four Nicole from Hampton, GA who hopped on with Dukes and Bell on 92.9 The Gam
  
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• Welcome Back: Rockies’ Descalso Gets Ovation In St. Louis

  20-05-2016 16:04
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) – Daniel Descalso could not believe his ears.
  The Colorado infielder received a standing ovation from the St. Louis fans on his first trip to the plate during Thursday’s 13-7 loss.
  Descalso spent his first five seasons in St. Louis from to 2010-14 before he signed with Colorado as a free agent on Dec. 2, 2014.
  “It was real nice,” Descalso said. “I wasn’t really expecting it.”
  Daniel Descalso of the Colorado Rockies follows through on a two
  
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• Hemp helping Jake Plummer

  20-05-2016 15:22
  
  Former Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer says he is taking CBD, also known as cannabidoil, and it is easing the daily pain he suffered from a decade playing in the NFL.          
  
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• Surveillance Video Released In Deadly Stabbing Of Woman

  20-05-2016 14:22
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – New surveillance video has been released from the night a young woman was stabbed multiple times in the parking lot of a Burlington Coat Factory in Aurora.
  Officers found 21-year-old Chelsea Yasser outside the store at 1200 South Abilene Street at approximately 10 p.m. Sunday. She was taken to the hospital where she later died from her injuries.
  Chelsea Yasser (credit: Facebook)
  Police have yet to release any suspect information in her death.
  The secur
  
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• TSA: Passengers A ‘Contributing Factor’ In Long Lines

  20-05-2016 07:00
  
  By Kelly Werthmann
  DENVER (CBS4)– Long lines at security checkpoints at airports across the nation seem to be getting worse and the Transportation Safety Administration is putting some of the responsibility on passengers.
  “We are not here today to blame passengers, but it is one contributing factor to long lines at the airports,” Mark Howell, TSA Regional Spokesperson, said Thursday.
  Security lines at DIA (credit: CBS)
  Security lines have caused headaches and delays for passeng
  
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• Woman stabbed near East Colfax

  20-05-2016 06:33
  
  A woman is in critical condition after a stabbing that happened near the intersection of East Colfax Avenue and Olive Street Thursday night.        
  
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• Saturday marks 40th Amache pilgrimage

  20-05-2016 06:33
  
  A bus will leave Denver Saturday to make a four-hour drive to a place called Amache. It’s where some 7,000 people lived, worked and called home during much of World War II.       
  
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• CO commissioner to resign after 4 months

  20-05-2016 06:22
  
  After just more than four months on the job, Colorado Education Commissioner Richard Crandall offers his resignation at the State School Board Meeting Thursday.       
  
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• Tell Denver what you'd change

  20-05-2016 06:19
  
  City leaders have a plan about how to make Denver better: asking residents.        
  
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• Denver fastest growing city in US

  20-05-2016 06:11
  
  We’re about to tell you something you probably already could have guessed: Denver is the fastest-growing city in the country, according to census data.       
  
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• Stabbing Victim Rushed To Hospital, No Suspect Information Available

  20-05-2016 06:06
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A female victim was stabbed in the 1500 block of Olive Street on Thursday night.Police in Denver tweeted out an update.
  #Alert: DPD investigating stabbing in 1500 block Olive St. Female victim hospitalized in critical cond. No suspect info to share right now.
  — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) May 20, 2016The female was rushed to the hospital with critical injuries.Police have not released a suspect description in the attack or what may have led up to the attack.
  
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• This is not a sight you see every day

  20-05-2016 06:05
  
  This isn't something you see every day. 9NEWS viewer Megan Taylor snapped this pic at around noon Thursday of two people riding their horses through a Taco Bell drive thru in Arvada.       
  
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• Young Drivers Fail CBS4’s Distracted Driving Test

  20-05-2016 06:01
  
  By Britt Moreno
  The idea for this story stemmed from an email I received from a Denver father. He told me his son was hit by a vehicle and the person behind that wheel was using his phone. While I cannot prove this particular fact, the accident encouraged us to consider the roads in a different way.
  In addition to this note, Snapchat recently made headlines when a teenage girl snapped a photo of herself cruising at 107 mph in a 45 mph zone. She crashed into another SUV and then snapped a photo o
  
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• Rockies Fall To Cardinals In St. Louis

  20-05-2016 05:44
  
  ST. LOUIS (The Sports Xchange) – Matt Carpenter drove in a career-high six runs with two doubles and a three-run homer, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 13-7 win Thursday night over the Colorado Rockies.
  Carpenter’s second double knocked in two during a six-run fourth inning, the most runs the Cardinals have scored in an inning this season. He capped the big night with his team-leading ninth homer of the year in the eighth.
  Carpenter became the first leadoff hitter to drive in si
  
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• Gray Roughed Up As Rockies Fall To Cardinals In St. Louis

  20-05-2016 05:44
  
  ST. LOUIS (The Sports Xchange) – Matt Carpenter drove in a career-high six runs with two doubles and a three-run homer, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 13-7 win Thursday night over the Colorado Rockies.
  Carpenter’s second double knocked in two during a six-run fourth inning, the most runs the Cardinals have scored in an inning this season. He capped the big night with his team-leading ninth homer of the year in the eighth.
  Carpenter became the first leadoff hitter to drive in si
  
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• Alleged Car Thief Arrested After Stolen SUV Crash

  20-05-2016 05:41
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– An alleged car thief was arrested early Thursday morning after a crash that destroyed the stolen SUV.The crash happened at 70th and Pecos. Police in Denver had been following the driver with its helicopter. (credit: CBS)
  The silver Jeep flipped when it ran over spike strips put out by Adams County deputies.
  
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• TSA Blames Airport Passengers For Long Lines

  20-05-2016 05:29
  
  By Kelly WerthmannDENVER (CBS4)– Long lines at security checkpoints at airports across the nation seem to be getting worse and the Transportation Safety Administration is putting some of the responsibility on passengers.
  “We are not here today to blame passengers, but it is one contributing factor to long lines at the airports,” Mark Howell, TSA Regional Spokesperson, said Thursday.Security lines at DIA(credit: CBS)
  Security lines have caused headaches and delays for passengers
  
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• CO company expanding Panama Canal

  20-05-2016 05:00
  
  t the narrowest section of the Americas, a herculean process is underway to connect two of the world’s oceans -- again.       
  
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• US Foods Strikes Continue With Sympathy From Denver Workers

  20-05-2016 04:48
  
  By Jeff Todd
  DENVER (CBS4)– The second largest food distributor in the country is having worker issues and on Thursday a sympathy strike started for union workers at US Foods facility in Englewood.
  “The effect will start tomorrow. We deliver to hospitals, schools, restaurants, anywhere the general public can go out and have a meal,” said Mark Madsen, an employee at US Foods and member of the local Teamsters.
  A strike started near Baltimore about a month ago when the company ask
  
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• New Law Will Help Teen Moms Stay In School

  20-05-2016 04:08
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law on Thursday that will help teen moms stay in school by waiving previously required legal action for child support.Jazelle Aldridge came to Florence Crittenton High School when she was 14 years old and four months pregnant.“It is here that I have constantly heard people say they believe in me,” said Alddge. “Even when I didn’t believe in myself.”(credit: CBS)
  It was at the school that she was able to
  
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• Johnstown Physician Investigated For Surgical Mistakes

  20-05-2016 03:44
  
  JOHNSTOWN, Colo. (CBS4)– A physician in Johnstown is under investigation for failing to report mistakes made during surgeries.The state medical board claims spinal surgeon, Dr. Kenneth Pettine, made mistakes with spine implants. (credit: CBS)
  The mistakes happened three times. Pettine took notes admitting the mistakes and correcting them but then never reported them to the board.Pettine stopped practicing. Investigators conducted a search at his office on Thursday.
  
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• Denver Fastest Growing City In The Nation

  20-05-2016 03:35
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The U.S. Census Bureau shows that Denver is the fastest growing city in the nation among the 50 biggest cities in the U.S.Denver has a population of 682,545 which puts it as the country’s 19th largest city.
  
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• 7 Arrested In Illegal Marijuana Grow Operations

  20-05-2016 03:28
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4)– Deputies from the Pueblo Sheriff’s Office arrested seven people in connection with illegal marijuana grow operations.
  Five illegal grow operations were busted on Tuesday. Authorities say the marijuana is worth $1.3 million. (credit: Pueblo Sheriff)
  The bust began with a search of a home at Saint Charles Estates and what deputies found led them to four other homes.
  
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