Five Suspects Nabbed in Organized Crime Spree Across 25 Jurisdictions

By: Heather Willard, Jacob Factor | KDVR FOX31

DENVER (KDVR) — The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday morning executed nine search warrants after an 18-month investigation of an alleged criminal enterprise that committed crimes in 25 Colorado jurisdictions, resulting in the arrest of five people.

One person remains at large. The 20th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said that the crime ring is responsible for over $828,880 in stolen property and $39,880 in damaged property, impacting more than 55 victims.

County officials said on Wednesday morning that the nine search warrants were part of a “grand jury investigation,” and on Wednesday afternoon, officials said that a crime ring that targeted the Front Range had been brought to a “halt.”

The Boulder County District Attorney’s Office announced the indictment of four adults for violations of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, alongside other charges, and the indictment of two other people for “lesser offenses.”

“Today, a massive crime ring has been brought to a screeching halt,” said District Attorney Michael Dougherty in a press conference held on Wednesday afternoon. “They were responsible for 190 open cases. Twenty-five different jurisdictions were victimized by their actions. Nearly $1 million in loss and damage. This indictment of six individuals — to say this was the culmination of a tremendous amount of work by investigators, but to also say that a crime ring that was harming dozens and dozens of people throughout the metro area, up and down the Front Range, has been brought to a stop is also true.”

Officials: Members stole cars, used them in other burglaries

The 20th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said that the crime ring worked together to steal cars and take them to a chop shop. The stolen cars were re-titled with fraudulent papers and registered to a business, MMZ International LLC., which members of the crime ring ran.

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