Five people were arrested on suspicion of stealing $30,000 worth of merchandise from stores in Fort Collins on Tuesday, according to the Fort Collins Police Department.
Police received a report on Tuesday night that four suspects had allegedly stolen thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from the fragrance department of an Ulta Beauty Supply store in Fort Collins.
A Larimer County Sheriff’s Office Deputy later stopped a car that was traveling southbound on Interstate 25 and matched the description of the suspects’ vehicle. The officer found $5,585 worth of fragrances from Ulta in the vehicle, according to officials. Fort Collins police also tied the group to other retail thefts in the area totaling $25,347, according to a Wednesday Facebook post by Fort Collins Police Services.
There were five individuals in the car, two from Denver, two from Fort Collins, and one from Aurora. All five suspects were booked into the Larimer County Jail on suspicion of felony theft and issued a $1,000 cash-only bond.
The release stated that after one suspect initially reported the wrong birth date, they also were found to have a warrant out of Arapahoe County for attempted murder and kidnapping. The suspect was booked on his attempted murder warrant, felony theft charges and false reporting to authorities and is being held on a no-bond warrant for the Arapahoe County charges.
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