Reporter but she discovered the tea used to treat depression, pain, and drug addiction, and suddenly found a new way out. I feel like i have my life back, and havent felt like this since before i was 14. Reporter but that could change. The dea is expected to ban it saying it could cause hallucinations, psychosis, and even death. Ultimately whats happening is that other medications to help you get off of that, its abused as well. Its extremely frustrating. Reporter not true says jennifer whos been selling it for years. She worried about the 500 to 600 customers she served every day. She say it is true danger is suddenly pulling a drug off the market thats helped so many addicts. These people are fully functioning. Theyre engaged in their story where its been impactful, and theyre just coming in to take it away. Reporter and while the dea is vowing to move forward, shes wondering how far its going to drag her back. If they take the only option i have, i dont know what to do. The dea says the product is linked to 15 deaths, but in 14 of the deaths other substances were also involved. Live in the news room, molly hendrickson, denver 7. Thank you for that molly. Well stay on top of it sure. And tomorrow all pod edibles will look like this, hoping it will keep people and kids from accidentally eating them, and next year the rules get tougher, they cant be shaped like animals or food. And Copper Mountain is preparing for ski season. They tweeted this picture saying warming up for the gun show, and mike nelson has the first alert about a weather change youll see and feel, and soon. Yes, we need the cooler temperature today. Mountains the 60s. In the scattered showers around as a weak diiturbance moving through, but theres a stronger cold front to the west of us coming through early next week. Over the weekend, a nice und ekend, but there could be snow in the high country early next week. I first met mike on a fundraising event to help the hunger in ethiopia. I was an aurora scholar this year. At his birthday party. Mike is a very nice guy. Hes a really nice guy. He can do 62 pushups. Mike is a great friend to the ethiopian community. Mikes not like other politicians. Hes one of us. Mike coffman es uno de nosotros. Mike is one of us. Im mike coffman,. Exclusive tonight, denver 7 is investtgating. A Domestic Abuse victim is speaking out about the mistake police made in her case. And when policeeadmitted they dropped the ball, they offered her two instead. Jennifer kovaleski is breaking the story. Another questionable move regarding Domestic Violence. And i talked to a lot of people about the story. The one word i consistently hear is outrageous. During the past 7 months denver 7 has investigated several Law Enforcement break downs in handling serious calls. Claims of Domestic Violence in some cases ending in murder, and tonight we introduce you to a story that steadman. A story that ended with two movie tickets and no popcorn. Reporter movie projectors project stories, and by all end cases this i a indications this is a story one Metro Police Department would rather you not see. I was faced with a gun held to my head. I woke up with the perpetrator over me with knife. Reporter youre listening to elizabeth steadmans story. I was hit in the head many times that the last one knocked me out. Reporter a story that started when she walked those facts and many more into this Police Department four years ago. I walked in, and i stated im trying to evade a Domestic Violence situation. Im currently n fear of my life. Reporter so westminster Police Department started an investigation, including asking elizabeth to make a call. A chance to collect evidence reports, elizabeth said to her former partner, you had your aunts gun and pointed it at me and said i have the ability to use this against you. And her former partner responded, okay, well, what do you want . The recording also included elizabeth saying did i do something to have my life threatened . And her former partner responded were not together. Its done and over simple as that. You walked into the westminster Police Department hoping to get help. Yes. Reporter did you . No. No help at all. Reporter records obtained by denver 7 show following the phone call and investigation the police proved Domestic Violence charges should be filed against the partners, menacing, assault, and harass. Th, but two and a half but two and a half years after detectives, elizabeth called for a status update and she learned something went wrong, and no charges were ffled. Who dropped the ball here . The westminster Police Department. Reporter why do you say that . That was the. Exact quote. He said i let the case fall through the crack, i dropped the ball. Reporter we learned a series of paperwork mistakes inside the Police Department are e never filed, and steadman learned of the errors after the statute of limitations ran out, meaning charges will never be filed. I have no confidence in them right now. Reporter and denver 7 investigates uncovered this document. An independent review that happened by the state victim rights act subcommittee, referring to three separate and defied policy by not notifying the victim when there was any status change in the case, and . Lamed the sergeant for mistakenly closing the case. Which leads us back to the movie projector and the question. If youre the Police Department how do you apologize to a victim of do messic violence . Domestic violence. As i was walking out in tears he said you deserve a day to yourself, heres movie tenth. Reporter they admit they dropped the ball, and they handed you movie tickets . Yes, two individual tickets to see a movie, and it felt like a slap in the face. Reporter the response is two movie tickets . When somebody could have lost their life. Reporter amy miller is the executive director of the state coalition against Domestic Violence. Police chief explain what happened and why . Well we wanted to ask why the department made a series of paperwork errors preventing justice for elizabeth, and why the department attempted to placate elizabeth with movie tickets. The only thing he answered was . He request for an interview. The they cant own up to what theyre not doing. Theyre not serving the Community Like they say theyre going to and like they should be. Reporter so four years after she walked through the doors of this Police Department, elizabeths attacker remains free and never charged. Elizabeth got two movie tickets, and now a chance to turn on her internal projector. A chance to finally tell her story. When you learned that we were doing this story, what was your reaction . It made me feel like i wasnt so crazy the whole time feeling this was absolutely wrong. So you might be wondering if elizabeth ever used the movie tickets, and she said no, she said she cried and threw them in a drawer. And elizabeth still has questions for the police chief, and we plan to meet him in the coming weeks in a public place to ask the questions. Oh, we know youll follow up. Thank you tony. And you can rewatch denver 7 investigates driving for change right now on www. Thedenverchannel. Com, and you can call the tip line number if you have stories you want investigated. Its been awhile since we had some moisture in the state, and today was a minor weather disturbance moving across colorado. Heres the camera at loveland ski area. Just a few showers, and along the front range in denver, a pretty sunset to finish up the month of september. . F moisture heading into october over the next couple of days, but lets shift gears a little to one of the biggest weather stories in the Atlantic Ocean in almost a decade, and thats Hurricane Matthew thats gone from a Tropical Storm to a category 5, 160 Miles Per Hour maximum sustained winds hurricane in a matter of about a day and a half. The storm will make a track taking it just off the coast of jamaica by early monday, over cuba, and then now theres incredibly warm water out here. Temperatures close to 90 degrees in the caribbean, and that storm will feed on that. Its the strongest storm in the Atlantic Basin since 2007. Well keep a close watch on that. Now back here its a few showers, just to the south of denver. Theyll be moving away from us overnight tonight, but to the west theres a cold front interesting heee next week bringing us windy, cooler mountains. Denver right now its 59, and at dia 62 percent humidity, and winds out of the southhat 7 Miles Per Hour. Ttnight not much to see. The scattered showers ending, and low temperatures mild. 50 for denver, 47 at greeley, 42 at leadville. Tomorrow a few showers possibly during the day, but nottmuch. Its just whats left of this might your disturbance, so 20 percent highs getting up to 77 in denver, 75 in the springs. 80 in greeley. Expect readings in the 60s to the west. Winter park and 77 at dia,and the metro area mainly upper 70s with 60s to the west. Still good color mainly south of i70. Nice weekend to get out and check the fall foliage. Shower, but nothing to really worry about. Looking ahead, sunday is the bright spot at 78. Monday windy and warm ahead of the next cold front and 80, and the alert day is tuesday and wednesday. Not a major storm for lower elevations, just showers, but northern elevations might see snow above 10,000 feet. Wow, what a perfect weekend. Thank you mike. This is something you dont see every day in colorado. Where police said see alligator to this guy. All new tonight, you can help a denver bar win the award for the friendliest dog bar in the United States. The watering bowl in denver has been nominated for a usa today contest. Hello [ laughter ] to find the best dog bar. Right now theyre sitting in . Ixth place. The owner sa hissbar apart. Half the people on the patio are new, the other half i know their first names, what they drinks, their dog, their wife, their kids. We are a wonderful family. Voting continues until columbus day, and to vote head over to the www. Thedenverchannel. Com [ laughter ] oh my gosh, thats so funny. Wild life sightings around colorado are not uncommon. But the Thornton Police got a call thats one to remember. No word on where the gator came from exactly, but its being interviewed by an investigator [ laughterr] nice one there. Coming up next on 7 sports washington is broken. A blatant case of special interests buying influence in washington. A draft bill by scott tipton was largely written by tiptons Biggest Campaign contributor. Even worse, tiptons plans threaten thousands of recreation industry jobs. Gail schwartz will protect colorados public lands, jobs, and our rural way of life. Gail schwartz get you going with some pre season hockey. Two future musicians on hand. The avalanche hosting the kings. First period. Still unbeaten, they win it 3 1. Welcome to 7 sports xtra. Broncos at the buccaneers in two days, and looking to improve to 40 for the ninth time in franchise history. Machine. Check the numbers. Broncos running 182 pass, good for ten touchdowns, more than a thousand yards of offense, so what can ground do for you the broncos say they have the flexibility to do both. We can run either way. Run, pass, we can win. At the end of the day well find a way to put the ball in the box, and that was the point this week. All that comes though with preparation on the field. Executing at a high level, and maximizing our potential, and i think our potential is the after a win in eugene, theyre looking to start 20 in league play for the first time in two years. Cu is hoping to build, and not regress. The goal is to be pac12 championship i dont knows, and now were champions, and now were trying to focus on oregon state and keep the train running. Cam are ram won the paper scissors battle against cowboy joe. 3 and csu wyoming for the bronze boot. The rams won the last two meetings. The kickoff is 8 15 in fort collins. Christian mccaffery is the fan because hes the focal point at stanford, 60 percent of the teams offensive touches. No other player in division 1 football is above 50 percent. Stat. Theyre at washington, and he bottled him up. This is one of the few highlights. Got skinny and picked up 57 yards. 446 the final. Brewers and rockies, opening of the final series of the year. Just two more games left, so arenado did this. Snap, crackle, pops off the bat. Thats the baseball this one still going [ laughter ] rockies win 41. Hes unbelievable. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. Hope you have a ump and will support trump for president. Theyve spread falsehoods about president obama. Trump oh, no. Coffman i dont know whether barack obama was born in the United States or not. Coffman and trump are too dangerous for colorado. Dccc is responsible for the content of this advertising. Imagine if the things you bought every day earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. With the united mileageplus explorer card, youll get a free checked bag, 2 united club passes. Priority boarding. And 30,000 bonus miles. Everything you need for an unforgettable vacation. The united mileageplus explorer card. Dicky from hollywood its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight denzel washington, from speechless minnie driver. And music from usher. 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