DENVER (KDVR) — A porch pirate, caught on digital camera utilizing a faculty bus as a getaway automobile, is circulating on social media.
FOX31 realized police discovered the bus however the suspect is nonetheless on the run.
Surveillance reveals a porch pirate in motion on Feb. 17, stealing packages off of a porch on thirty eighth Avenue and Sheridan in Denver. The theft was in broad daylight with a painted-white faculty bus there for the getaway car.
“Not probably the most refined car to try this type of crime with,” Wheat Ridge Police Public Data Officer Alex Rose mentioned. “We’re glad that someone acknowledged it and was in a position to give us a name.”
WRPD received a name Saturday after somebody acknowledged the bus from the video on social media situated on thirty eighth Avenue in Wheat Ridge’s jurisdiction.
“Contained in the bus, we had been capable of finding 5 completely different packages that had varied Denver addresses listed to them, nevertheless it seems just like the contents had been primarily eliminated,” Rose mentioned. “We collected proof. We additionally had been in a position to swab for some DNA on that bus.”
Officers didn’t discover any suspects or individuals on the bus upon arrival.
“After we ran the VIN, it turned out that it was stolen out of Golden, so we had been in a position to monitor down the unique proprietor of the bus,” Rose mentioned. “And now that unique proprietor has that bus once more.”
WRPD asks anybody with details about the suspect to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. On X, the company mentioned the bus has been concerned in a number of felony cases outdoors of Wheat Ridge.
“We actually need to maintain individuals accountable after they take issues that do not belong to them,” Rose mentioned.
