Colorado car thefts are soaring — and getting more dangerous

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Car thefts in Colorado are on track to outpace every other state for a second straight year, and public safety experts say the crimes are also growing more violent.

A Denver man accused of stealing a Jeep on Sunday in Lakewood

, injuring four people — including two firefighters. The man later told police he was forced by a female passenger to drive the vehicle at gunpoint.at a gas station by a suspect in a stolen car. The alleged shooter was killed by police gunfire in the front seat.

The Colorado Metropolitan Auto Theft Task Force estimates 41,600 cars will be nabbed statewide — up 12% from last year. The estimated value of stolen vehicles this year totals between $468.1 million and $848.3 million, per a Common Sense Institute

Source: Car News Wire (carnewswire.net)

 

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Progressive Dems are taking hold. Colorado you need to change course. Your society will die with these people in charge.

its called democrat policies and soft on crime DAs

Keep your theft shaming reports to yourselves.

I bet CA still leads in catalytic converter thefts.

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