Five Colorado men arrested for targeting teen girls in sex-for-drugs schemes – CBS News

Local News By Logan Smith December 9, 2023 / 4:17 PM MST / CBS Colorado Five men in their 20’s have been jailed on allegations they dealt drugs to juvenile girls as young as 12 years old, often exchanging sex acts for the contraband.  Both sets of the young men used Snapchat accounts to advertise illicit drugs to middle school- and high school-aged girls. They often established contact with the girls at the beginning of the school year, according to case documents. One of the main players is, in fact, charged with selling drugs on or near school grounds. School resource officers were often notified of the activity by friends of the victims, according to the case documents.The documents did not identify specific schools where the officers worked, or where the drugs were distributed. In press releases announcing the arrests, the 20th Judicial District Attorney’s Office stated the investigations were conducted by the Longmont Police Department and the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office. A spokesman for the Boulder Valley School District told CBS News Colorado that it the arrestees’ activity was not believed to have occurred at BVVSD schools or involve any of its students. Messages for comment to the St. Vrain
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