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TOOLS STOLEN FROM TRUCKA man reported to Greenwood Village police his truck was broken into in the parking lot of a restaurant on the 7500 block of E. Progress Place at about 10:16 p.m. Jan. 4. According to police reports, the man told police he locked his panel truck and all of its compartments outside the restaurant at about 6:28 p.m. When he returned to his truck, he noticed that numerous side compartments had been pried open and his tools were stolen, police said. A man in the parking lot told him that he had observed two men in the truck a short time earlier, but he though it was their truck, police said. The tools are valued at $3,000, according to police reports. An employee of the restaurant was able to provide Greenwood Village police with a license plate of a suspicious vehicle that was recently in the parking lot, police said. The case remains under investigation by Greenwood Village police.
SUSPICIOUS FAX RECEIVED
Greenwood Village police responded to a report of a suspicious fax at a hotel on the 6500 block of South Boston Street at about 1 p.m. Dec. 31. According to police reports, an employee told officers she received a fax with no return number that contained writings with references to history, war, racial comments and military tactics. The employee was worried about the fax because it was New Years Eve and she was concerned about a terrorist attack, police said.
BANK PRESIDENT REPORTS SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
The president of a bank on the 8300 block of East Crescent Parkway told police at 1:40 p.m. Feb. 16 that earlier that day, three men asked bank employees about the layout of the bank and whether the vault was made out of concrete or metal, according to a report. The men told employees they were opening a bank and "needed some ideas," police said, and then left "rather quickly" when employees didn't answer their questions.
BAR MANAGER WARNED
While making a routine check at a bar on the 8000 block of East Belleview Avenue at 12:19 a.m. Feb. 21, a Greenwood Village police officer observed a contest in which women were walking on a raised, lighted walkway; some of them were flashing their breasts at the DJ's encouragement, "in the spirit of 'Fat Tuesday,'" according to a report. The officer left the business, made copies of Municipal Statue 9.12.080 relating to public indecency, returned to the business and met with the manager on duty to explain they were in danger of being cited under the statute and were putting their liquor license in jeopardy, police said. The manager was receptive to the information and the warning, according to the report.
RENTAL CAR STOLEN
A man reported a car stolen to Greenwood Village police at about at about 8 a.m. Aug. 17. According to reports, the man rented a 2007 Dodge Magnum on Aug. 16 and parked it in front of Immaculate Auto Detail at 6801 S. Emporia Street. When he returned in the morning, the Magnum was gone, police said. The man called the rental company but they did not know where the car was, according to reports. The man told police he thought he might have left the keys in the ignition, according to reports. The car is valued at $22,370, reports said.
ELEVATOR CABLE STOLEN
The foreman of a construction site at 7677 E. Berry Road called police on Oct. 22 to report five spools of cable valued at $15,000 were stolen from the site. The largest spool weighed between 400 and 500 pounds, according to the foreman. Police had no suspects at the time of the report.
FIFTH PLAQUE STOLEN
Greenwood Village police received a phone call from the city's public works department at 1 p.m. Nov. 5. The caller said that a bronze plaque owned by the city had been stolen from the intersection of East Belleview Avenue and South Monaco Street. The plaque is valued at $2,366 and was the fifth plaque to be stolen in recent weeks. The total value of all the plaques stolen is $11,830.
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