Porch pirate uses stolen white school bus as getaway vehicle
DENVER (KDVR) — A porch pirate, caught on camera using a school bus as a getaway car, is circulating on social media.
FOX31 learned police found the bus but the suspect is still on the run.
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Surveillance shows a porch pirate in action on Feb. 17, stealing packages off of a porch on 38th Avenue and Sheridan in Denver. The theft was in broad daylight with a painted-white school bus there for the getaway vehicle.
'Not the most subtle vehicle to do that kind of crime with,' Wheat Ridge Police Public Information Officer Alex Rose said. 'We're glad that somebody recognized it and was able to give us a call.'
WRPD got a call Saturday after someone recognized the bus from the video on social media located on 38th Avenue in Wheat Ridge's jurisdiction.
'Inside the bus, we were able to find five different packages that had various Denver addresses listed to them, but it looks like the contents were mainly removed,' Rose said. 'We collected evidence. We also were able to swab for some DNA on that bus.'
Officers didn't find any suspects or people on the bus upon arrival.
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'When we ran the VIN, it turned out that it was stolen out of Golden, so we were able to track down the original owner of the bus,' Rose said. 'And now that original owner has that bus again.'
WRPD asks anyone with information about the suspect to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. On X, the agency said the bus has been involved in several criminal instances outside of Wheat Ridge.
'We certainly want to hold people accountable when they take things that don't belong to them,' Rose said.
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