‘Feels really, really violating’: Denver couple says their stolen belongings are being sold online

DENVER — Years of laborious work, gone immediately — a Denver couple says the truck they labored years to afford, together with the belongings inside it, had been stolen within the center in night time.

“So it was the morning of April 12. We each walked out right here collectively to depart for work and as quickly as we walked out right here, we noticed that my boyfriend’s truck was gone,” mentioned Katie Lewis.

Lewis’ boyfriend, Brent Fulford, mentioned the automobile, a 2004 GMC Sierra, had been locked in a single day on the couple’s dwelling in Denver’s Berkeley neighborhood.

“It was locked and I had my keys in my hand once I got here exterior,” he mentioned. “The truck was about $12,000 once I purchased it only a yr in the past, one thing that I used to be trying for a very long time.”

Now, Fulford is driving a compact rental automobile, anticipating he’ll have take out a mortgage to buy one other giant automobile.

Along with having his automobile stolen, Fulford mentioned all of his belongings contained in the automobile had been taken — which embrace work instruments and filth bike gear.

The couple has filed a police report however is now making an attempt to do their very own detective work to get the automobile again.

“Any person is sitting in our automobile having fun with it and did not should put years of laborious work into getting it,” Lewis mentioned.

The couple shared surveillance video from a neighbor’s dwelling. Within the video, the couple mentioned they noticed their stolen GMC canvassing the neighborhood.

Lewis believes the thief was searching for different victims.

Denver’s crime map reveals auto theft within the Berkeley neighborhood is up this April in comparison with final yr. In response to the info, a median of 1 automobile is being stolen each three days.

The couple believes the thief is now promoting their belongings on Fb Market.

“We contacted him and we tried to plan a meet up simply to perhaps get some extra info however we had been just a little bit nervous to confront him … as a result of we do not know what this individual’s about or if he’s carrying a weapon on him,” Lewis mentioned.

Whereas the couple waits and hopes for some sort of decision, they need to warn others.

“…attempt to stop one other individual from going by way of what we’re proper now,” Lewis mentioned.

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