LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Las Vegas police say they’ve arrested a New Mexico man and impounded more than $400,000 worth of jewelry designed by a former U.S. senator from Colorado.
Police Sgt. Mike Bechler said 28-year-old Brett Clinton Combs was taken into custody Jan. 8 at a southeast Las Vegas after investigators got a tip he planned an armored car robbery.
Combs remained in custody Thursday at the Clark County jail.
Bechler says police found American Indian-style jewelry designed by former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, about $25,000 worth of smoke shop merchandise, several firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
Investigators believe the Campbell jewelry was stolen in a Nov. 17 armed robbery at a gallery in Durango, Colo.
Campbell served as a Republican in the Senate from 1993 to 2005.
——— Information from: Las Vegas Review-Journal,
