A grand jury has indicted 11 people on 52 counts related to motor vehicle thefts at airports across the Front Range during a seven-month period, Attorney General Phil Weiser and Denver District Attorney John Walsh announced Monday.
The people indicted were members of a “widespread motor vehicle theft ring” accused of stealing vehicles from small airport parking lots, nearby hotels and other locations in Adams, Boulder, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer, and Weld counties, according to the news release.
Weiser and Walsh said members of the ring allegedly stole 41 pickup trucks, trailers, and recreational utility terrain vehicles between July 2024 and January 2025. The value of the vehicles, stolen property and damage exceeds $900,000, according to the news release.
The vehicles were allegedly used to commit other crimes and avoid detection by law enforcement and license plate readers before being taken to Mexico and sold to cartels, Weiser and Walsh said.
“This indictment targets a car-theft organization that is alleged to have been operating on an international scale, with ties extending well beyond Colorado’s borders – but its impact has been felt in neighborhoods and communities across the Denver metro-area and the Front Range,” Walsh said in a statement.
The 11 people indicted face multiple charges that range from racketeering and conspiracy under Colorado’s Organized Crime Control Act to second-degree motor vehicle theft to forgery, according to the news release. Their cases were filed in
