ATF Prepares For Next Gun Store Smash & Grab
By Andrea Flores JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is preparing for the next gun store break in before it even happens. “We fear they already know...
View Article$10,000 Reward Offered In Gun Store Burglaries
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4)– The owner of DCF Guns in Castle Rock says this is the second time in less than two weeks that his shop has been targeted by thieves. Now the ATF is offering a $10,000 reward...
View ArticleThieves Target Another Gun Store, Take Off With 20 Rifles
By Tom Mustin LITTLETON, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Littleton and the Denver metro area, along with ATF agents, are looking for several brazen criminals who broke into a Littleton gun store early...
View ArticleExact Causes Of 3 Southwest Colorado Fires Remain Undetermined
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — Firefighters say they have not determined the official causes of three fires that started earlier this year in Durango. The Durango Herald reported Wednesday Durango Fire...
View ArticleResidents ‘Heart-Broken’ After Fire Destroys Iconic Mill
By Melissa Garcia WINDSOR, Colo. (CBS4) – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating a raging fire that destroyed an iconic building in downtown Windsor. The flour mill, a...
View ArticleATF To Investigate Fire At Historic Mill
WINDSOR, Colo. (CBS4) – A federal team will investigate how a beloved historic mill caught fire. The Windsor Severance Fire Department says smoke is still coming from the building Monday after it went...
View ArticleFederal Agents Help With Mill Fire Investigation
By Kelly Werthmann WINDSOR, Colo. (CBS4)– Two days after fire destroyed the Windsor Mill, the scorched remnants are still smoldering. The $9.3 million renovation project went up in flames early Sunday...
View ArticleReward Upped To $40,000 To Find Good Samaritan’s Killer
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, C0lo. (CBS4) – Investigators are looking for leads in an unsolved murder of a Good Samaritan. Someone killed 29-year-old Kelly Acosta six months ago in Aurora. He was trying to stop a...
View ArticleCabela’s Is Latest Target In String Of Gun Store Robberies
By Jeff Todd LONE TREE, Colo. (CBS4)– After a slower month in July, bandits are once again making gun shops their target. Thursday morning criminals drove a stolen car into the Cabela’s store in Lone...
View ArticleATF: Windsor Mill Fire Was Arson
WINDSOR, Colo. (CBS4) – A week after a 118-year-old feed and flour mill in the middle a developer’s renovation burned to the ground here, federal investigators announced at a press conference Sunday...
View Article$10,000 Reward Offered In Windsor Mill Arson Case
By Melissa Garcia DENVER (CBS4) – The fire that destroyed a historic mill in Windsor was set on purpose, investigators said on Sunday. Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and...
View ArticleCabela’s Once Again Targeted By Smash & Grab Burglars
THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4)– Thieves have once again targeted a Cabela’s store, this time in Thornton. This is the second such smash-and-grab break-in in less than two weeks. Burglars targeted the Cabela’s...
View ArticleSelfies Help Investigators Track Down Suspected Gun Thief
BRIGHTON, Colo. (CBS4) – Investigators say a series of selfies helped track down a suspected Denver metro area gun thief. Jay Martinez, known as Viet Trin, is allegedly connected to some of the smash...
View ArticleState Lawmaker Considers Bill To Crack Down On Gun Store Smash & Grabs
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– State Sen. Rhonda Fields is considering legislation to increase security after a series of smash-and-grabs in the Denver metro area where dozens of guns have been stolen. Since...
View ArticleTwo Men Accused Of Stealing Guns After Pot Purchase Fails
DENVER, Colo. (CBS4) – Two 23-year-old men are being held without bond on federal charges in Denver following their indictment in a gun store burglary. Calvin Terrell Stafford and Napoleon Williams...
View ArticleFeds Arrest 16 People For Gun Store Thefts
DENVER (AP) — Federal authorities say 16 people have been charged with stealing from gun stores around Colorado. Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and ATF Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Debora...
View ArticleFeds To Gun Store Thieves: ‘You’re Going To Get Caught’
By Karen Morfitt THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4) – Federal authorities say 16 people have been charged with stealing from gun stores around Colorado. Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and ATF Denver Division...
View Article$5,000 Reward Offered In Colorado Gun Store Burglary
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads them to people who burglarized a Colorado pawn shop and took about 10 long guns. The Bureau of...
View ArticleNew Mexico School Shooter Left Note Plotting Attack, Suicide
AZTEC, N.M. (AP) — A 21-year-old gunman who disguised himself as a student to get into a New Mexico high school where he killed two students had caught the attention of U.S. investigators more than a...
View ArticleReward Grows To $40,000 As Murder Remains Unsolved 1 Year Later
By Melissa Garcia AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Exactly one year has passed since the murder of a Good Samaritan in Aurora who was shot to death while rescuing a woman from being beaten. Kelly Acosta was 29...
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