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NEWS IN BRIEF
DENVER (AP) — More than 50 people were
rested in Colorado and California on Wednesday
officials ser w ^ at f e d era l drug agents said were some of the
it money and biggest Ecstas y rin g s -
s El Paso h'-:di rL1 S Enforcement Agency Administrator
ly after a ^A> Asa Hutchinson said the defendants flood-
Qn 1 communities in Colorado with Ecstasy and
, , ther so-called club drugs, as well as LSD,
. iethaphetamine and marijuana.
of those indicted are blamed in the death
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i prison if convicted, authorities said.
' muin ^ ^Brittney Chambers died in January after taking
)ects arrestee CS f as y f, er f r i en< j s bought for her 16th birthday
possessj n suburban Denver. She went into a coma
( ocaine anc ft er taking the pill and died a few days later.
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)6: Edgar f ,cstasy is an agony,” Hutchinson said,
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HeFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -
Gov. Bob Holden announced an
additional $114 million in state
% /AT11 bud g et cuts Thursda y affecting
i SllJ everything from prisons to his
own office budget.
, , As a result of the cuts, hun
dreds of positions will remain
aid policeg unfilled and some workers will
not receive new computers, job
rs said thei training or be allowed to travel
about 13 tos conferences. No employees
t 11 will be laid off.
Altogether, Holden has with
held $358 million from the
$19 billion budget that went
rching fbr|n|o effect two months ago. He
-husband,w has blamed the budget woes
i’s stepfatk on the slowing economy and
$753 million in tax cuts enact-
ed since 1995.
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The investigation was named Operation Green
Clover, for an Ecstasy pill in the shape of a clover.
Fifty-five people were arrested in Colorado and
California on Wednesday on state and federal
charges. Eleven others were being sought.
The charges include distribution of Ecstasy,
conspiracy and distribution resulting in death.
Officers in California and Colorado seized
85,000 Ecstasy tablets, 2.5 kilograms of cocaine,
320 pounds of marijuana, five pounds of
methaphetamine, 40,000 doses of LSD, $1.36 mil
lion in cash, 13 vehicles and 36 weapons, said Bob
Castillo, head of the DEA office in Denver.
The investigation began after a Colorado state
trooper made an arrest last August outside
Colorado Springs and found Ecstasy pills. That
resulted in the arrests of cadets at the Air Force
Academy and airmen at various Colorado bases.
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Health Departments were
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Employee charged
in bomb explosion
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A
Sprint employee has been
charged in connection with a
small bomb explosion at his
office.
Christopher S. McMillan,
37, was arrested Wednesday as
he was discharged from a hos
pital where he was treated for
shrapnel wounds sustained dur
ing the blast.
He was charged with one
count of possessing an unreg
istered explosive device,
which has a maximum sen
tence of 10 years in prison and
a $250,000 fine.
A criminal complaint said
materials found at McMillan’s
home linked him to three explo
sive devices, two found at a
Sprint administrative office
Tuesday and one detonated by
bomb experts Monday at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Some 400 Sprint employees
were evacuated Tuesday after a
bomb being carried by
McMillan exploded in his
hand, authorities said. A bomb
squad found a second device,
described as a pipe bomb,
under his desk and detonated it
outside, authorities said.
A similar, cylindrical device
was detonated by authorities
after being found on the univer
sity campus Monday. There
were no injuries.
McMillan graduated from the
university in 1986 and worked
as a computer support techni
cian for Sprint.
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