Riding lawn mowers are an expensive investment. Maybe too expensive for one man who decided to drive a riding lawn mower right off the Wal-Mart lot, without paying for it. Security footage showed the man entering the Wal-Mart store and filling up the lawn mover with gas. He then cut a chain link fence near where the mower was kept Continue Reading
Category: Theft
A Very Poorly Planned Robbery | Resisting Arrest in Fort Collins
When a drunk man got into a taxi and asked the driver to take him to a bank, I’m pretty sure this cab driver had no idea what he was getting himself into. When they pulled up to the bank, the man told the cab driver he would take care of the $25.50 bill when he was done in the Continue Reading
Driving the Stolen Car Right to the Police Station | Aggravated Motor Vehicle Theft in Larimer County
When driving a stolen car, the last place you would probably go is the police station. However, one man did exactly that, winning the award for easiest auto theft arrest ever. Apparently, the man was driving around in the stolen car, when another driver noticed the vehicle, which had been reported as stolen and posted all over Facebook. The witness Continue Reading
An Ineffective Disguise | Theft in Fort Collins
When police are chasing a person, and that person knows they have done something wrong, panic is not an uncommon response. A suspected car thief must have been in panic mode when he spray painted his own face black in order to try and hide from the police officers who were chasing him. After being caught with a stolen vehicle, Continue Reading
Fake Cop Uses His ‘Credentials’ to Commit a Theft | Impersonating a Police Officer
When a man approached a gas station clerk working the cash register and identified himself as an undercover police officer, his claim was not initially believed. However, when he removed his jacket to reveal a bulletproof vest and provided the clerk an Aurora Police Department business card, the clerk was convinced. That is when this fake police officer made his Continue Reading
Vanilla Ice Not So Smooth | Accessory in Fort Collins
Rapper Vanilla Ice (real name Rob Van Winkle) is out on a $6,000 bond after being arrested for playing a role in a Burglary and Theft. The rapper claims it is all a misunderstanding and that the situation is being blown out of proportion. The police reports claim that Van Winkle was working next door to a million dollar house, Continue Reading
Planned Check Fraud Turns into Theft | Fort Collins Lawyer
When a man pulled up to the bank drive-thru, he had the plan to pass a fraudulent check for $1,900. Imagine his surprise when he opened the carrier tube and found $500 in cash the previous customer had left behind. Probably feeling pretty lucky, he took the $500 and left the bank. Unfortunately for him, everything was caught on camera Continue Reading
The Selfie Craze Takes Down iPad Thieves | Theft in Fort Collins
Technology is making it harder and harder to get away with things these days. Just ask the two men who used a stolen iPad to take a selfie, which automatically uploaded to the cloud and allowed the iPad’s owner to view it and pass it on to the police. The iPad’s owner had left the iPad, money, a laptop, along Continue Reading
A 2,000 Mile Test Drive Leads to 30 Years in Prison | Fraud and Theft in Fort Collins
Ever wonder what it would be like to drive an expensive Porsche? Well, I wouldn’t take a page from this man’s book, because his strategy landed him with 30 years in prison in another state. He allegedly wrote a fraudulent check for a $109,000 after 6:00 p.m., so the dealership did not know the check was bad until the next Continue Reading
$55,000 Carpet Cleaning? Crimes Against At-Risk Adults in Fort Collins
A Westminster man was recently arrested for charging an elderly woman $55,000 for carpet cleaning services, which he allegedly never even started. The woman is legally blind and is diagnosed with multiple other ailments. The man, who owns a carpet cleaning business, made repeat trips to the woman’s house to collect checks for services that were never offered or completed. Continue Reading