A couple caught with thousands of credit cards, guns and television sets stolen across Colorado each face 19 felony charges, authorities said Wednesday.
Lakewood police believe those charges are just the beginning, said Steve Davis, Lakewood police spokesman. Michael Robert Chard, 30, and his girlfriend, Brandy P. Dippel, 32, may have committed hundreds of crimes from Grand Junction to Denver, he said.
The couple face charges including theft by receiving, motor vehicle theft, possession of a firearm by a previous offender and identity theft.
Lakewood detectives started investigating the couple Jan. 6 when they received a tip from Greenwood Village police about a suspect using a stolen credit card. They tracked a suspect to a home on West Dartmouth Avenue and started doing surveillance, Davis said.
The pair had thousands of stolen items, including two vehicles, credit cards and guns, he said.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
