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Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel.

Police on the scene refused to tell ABC lawyers the charges against the producer, Asa Eslocker, who works with the ABC News investigative unit.

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A cigar-smoking Denver police sergeant, accompanied by a team of five other officers, first put his hands on Eslocker’s neck, then twisted the producer’s arm behind him to put on handcuffs.

A police official later told lawyers for ABC News that Eslocker is being charged with trespass, interference, and failure to follow a lawful order. He also said the arrest followed a signed complaint from the Brown Palace Hotel.

A Woburn woman has admitted she switched Flintstones vitamins with candy in stores, saying she was angry that vitamins she bought had been tampered with.

Denise Shannon told federal investigators she substituted the chewable vitamins with red-hot candy, jelly beans, M&Ms and gumballs eight to 10 times in 2004 and 2005 at various supermarkets in the Woburn area.

According to a plea agreement, the 38-year-old Shannon said she did it because she felt “violated” after she bought Flintstones vitamins that were tampered with in 2004.

Shannon was indicted on federal charges of tainting consumer products with intent to cause serious injury to a business.

Her plea agreement has not yet been accepted by a judge. She faces up to three years in prison.

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