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Dan Tang faces 20 years in prison after federal authorities charged the owner of the popular Heaven Dragon restaurants in Arvada, Thornton and Broomfield with a felony count of money laundering.

Share + Jul 3, 2009 5:30 am US/Mountain Written by Brooke Wagner Reporting Brooke Wagner THORNTON, Colo.

A local personal injury lawyer is opening up his wallet to keep drunk drivers off the road this holiday weekend.

More than 500 youths representing parishes across Denver and Colorado Springs took part in the 16th annual Guppy Fest at St.

A multimillion-dollar weed ring goes down -- and threatens to take a prominent restaurant owner with it. The bust was almost blown after an internal leak, and Dan Tang -- his Heaven Dragon Chinese food beloved local politicians -- was implicated.

Change is of course the one constant in Denver's weather but come July, things actually get pretty consistent. The standard formula for a day in July is a sunning morning, clouds developing in the late morning and early afternoon. Come mid-afternoon, thunderstorms are rolling off of the foothills and into the metro area and the eastern plains. These storms do occasionally reach severe status containing hail, gusty winds and heavy downpours of rain.

Follow the links for a complete look at what to expect in Thornton for weather in July.

People who use fireworks within the Thornton city limits may be issued a ticket and will have to appear in court.

Police arrested a father on Friday night after two toddlers were found walking by themselves on the street.

Check out a map of the Operation Fortune Cookie raids and a followup on one of the former drug homes at blogs.westword.com/ latestword.

Restaurateur Dan Tang withdrew $400,000 in cash from a safe-deposit box and asked the former mayor of Thornton to hold it for him as agents investigating a marijuana-cultivation ring began closing in on the operation, according to Adams County court records.

A registered sex offender living in Thornton faces decades in prison for possessing child pornography.

The owner of a Chinese restaurant in Thornton faces a federal charge of laundering money from growing and distributing marijuana.

The owner of a popular Chinese restaurant in Thornton was charged today in federal court with a felony count of money laundering.

News Release [print friendly page] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2009 Contact: Mike Turner Number: 303-705-7446 Thornton Restauranteur Dan Tang Charged with Money Laundering of Illegal Marijuana Proceeds JUN 19 -- DENVER Dan Khau Tang, age 46, of Thornton, Colorado, was charged today by Information with one count of money laundering, and one count ...

No matter whether it is a blizzard in the winter or tornadoes and hail in the summer, it is important that everyone knows where to turn for information about developing weather conditions. Keeping an eye on the sky is fine but oftentimes there is dangerous weather brewing that you may not see.

How dangerous is the weather? Consider this: In 2008, 566 people across the United States were killed by weather-related causes and 2,899 were injured – and that was a below average year. Of those, 12 were Coloradoans that were killed with 100 Coloradoans injured. Over $29 billion was paid out in property and crop losses across the nation, $166 million in Colorado alone.

Joe Zabinski, who served 15 months in Iraq, enjoys the Chatfield outing with his wife, Tiffany, and son River, 5. That only half the expected number of Wounded Warriors turned up for Saturday's fishing gala at Chatfield Reservoir could be traced to another of those heart-rending ceremonies reminding us that the tragic effects of the Middle East War ...

More than a year after a CBS4 investigation reported that Dan Tang was the target of a federal drug investigation, CBS4 has learned that federal authorities are charging the well-known restaurant owner with money laundering.

A permit for construction of an addition to Thornton Industries was issued May 19 by Morris Building and Zoning Officer Bill Cheshareck.

Nine straight days of severe weather across the Front Range came with a price tag today when an insurance industry association announced a price tag of $161.5 million in insured losses. That makes the recent streak of storms the fifth costliest on record for the state.

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