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Officers with the Grand Forks Narcotics Task Force took part in a probation search Wednesday at an apartment at 111 Cottonwood St., the home of Jacob Zefferino Gomez , according to court documents . Officers said the apartment appeared to be a "flop house" where people come to buy and use drugs. Inside Gomez's bedroom, law enforcement said they found a black case containing a bag with 0.6 grams of heroin and a small amount of marijuana. Officers also said they located a digital scale, commonly used to weigh drugs, in Gomez's closet. Task Force officers said 0.6 grams of heroin is an amount not commonly possessed for personal use. That and the digital scale led to a Class B felony charge for possession with heroin with intent to sell. Gomez, 34, also was charged with child endangerment, a Class C felony, because his two-year-old child was in the residence. Officers said they found syringes on the ground in the apartment, including an uncapped syringe on the bathroo...

jail booking photo (Images: Oregon State Police )" title="Sergey Fesik surveillance image and jail booking photo (Images: Oregon State Police )" width="180" style="border: 0px;" /> Sergey Fesik surveillance image and jail booking photo (Images: Oregon State Police ) PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) - A Portland mechanic was sentenced to 30 days in jail for using an emissions simulator to pass DEQ tests .   The investigation began in August 2015 after Oregon State Police troopers received information from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality about an auto dealer suspected of using a device to pass cars that would otherwise fail DEQ testing . In December 2015, search warrants were served at Drive Credit and Global Auto Motors in Portland. Investigators interviewed employees from both businesses and learned 39-year-old Sergey Fesik was responsible for installing the simulator in the vehicles. Surveillance was also obtained from the businesses a...

Yesterday, August 22, a U.S. District Court judge sentenced Highlands Ranch resident Caroline Zarate Boyle after she pleaded guilty to ripping off her former employer, the U.S. Postal Service , by pretending to have cancer. This admission and the punishment she'll receive as a result, outlined below, have earned her a place in the Colorado Cancer Faker Hall of Fame, which has inducted seven members in the past eight years. Continue to meet the six other inductees via excerpts and links from our previous coverage, followed by new details about Boyle's case. Tausha Marsh, left. File photo If Tausha Marsh Did Fake Cancer, Here's Hoping She Invested Her Profits With the Mormon Madoff THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009, AT 11 A.M. Attention, Denver! Please keep your wallet in your front pocket at all times, shred all documents, and ask your girlfriend for two forms of ID before you let her in your apartment. Because apparently it's Really Brazen But Not All That Clever Scam Week . ...