Federal agents have arrested a man in connection with the smash-and-grab burglary of dozens of guns from the Dragonman gun store and shooting range in Colorado Springs.
Camron Specht, 18, has been charged with second-degree burglary in El Paso County District Court, said Lisa Meiman, spokeswoman for the Denver office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
An investigation is continuing and could lead to federal criminal charges being filed in U.S. District Court in Denver, Meiman said.
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In this July 20, 2014 photo, with guns displayed for sale behind him, gun dealer Mel Bernstein gives a man his change while working the register at his store, Dragonman's, east of Colorado Springs, Colo. When Colorado lawmakers expanded background checks on firearms last year, they were expecting a huge increase. But the actual number the first 12 months of the law is far lower than projected, according to an analysis of state data by The Associated Press.
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In this July 20, 2014 photo, gun dealer Mel Bernstein carries box for a rifle while making a sale at his store, Dragonman's, east of Colorado Springs, Colo. When Colorado lawmakers expanded background checks on firearms last year, they were expecting a huge increase. But the actual number the first 12 months of the law is far lower than projected, according to an analysis of state data by The Associated Press.
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In this July 20, 2014 file photo, with guns displayed for sale behind her, a gun store employee helps a customer at Dragonman's, east of Colorado Springs, Colo. When Colorado lawmakers expanded background checks on firearms last year, they were expecting a huge increase. But the actual number the first 12 months of the law is far lower than projected, according to an analysis of state data by The Associated Press.
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Gun dealer Mel Bernstein fires his AK-47 assault rifle on full automatic at his own Dragonman's shooting range and gun store, east of Colorado Springs, on Feb. 5, 2013.
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In this July 20, 2014 photo, with guns displayed for sale behind him, gun dealer Mel Bernstein gives a man his change while working the register at his store, Dragonman's, east of Colorado Springs, Colo. When Colorado lawmakers expanded background checks on firearms last year, they were expecting a huge increase. But the actual number the first 12 months of the law is far lower than projected, according to an analysis of state data by The Associated Press.
Most of the weapons have already been recovered, she said.
said he was able to identify a suspect after recognizing the man’s car. He added that if he hadn’t been away at dinner when the burglary happened he would have shot the four suspects in the head.
Bernstein said video from at least some of his 35 surveillance cameras captured the suspects driving a stolen Jeep through a fence and the entrance of his facility east of Colorado Springs.
Four young, masked burglars racing through the store grabbed as many guns as they could in six minutes, he said.
The smash-and-grab burglary of Dragonman was just the latest in a rash of burglaries across the state the past year in which multiple masked burglars have stolen trucks, SUVs or cars and used them to gain entry.
