Aspen's suspect's theft theft receives low bond

A suspect in the November jewelry burglary on Tuesday received a reduction in bonds, which he hopes to post.

The suspect who said he was a 44 -year -old from Chile, received a reduction in bonds from $ 25,000 to $ 15,000 in cash. He was accused of several conspiracy offenses to commit a second degree burglary and a number of cheating offenses of a public officer-or used false identification with the police.

“That is, if this is a fourth -grade offense,” said Defense Lawyer Don Nottingham about false identification. “I have the feeling that there are a lot of people in Aspen almost every Friday and Saturday evening, which should be accused of a fourth -grade offense.”

The suspect would have had a hand in the burglary of Avi and Co., a luxury clock boutique containing watches worth up to $ 400,000, on November 10 and 11, according to the case statement. Five suspects were recorded on video tuning through the walls of two adjacent companies to access AVI and Co. Vault. The suspects escaped in a car for rent in the first hours of November 11, after two calls with the Aspen Police. Four men were detained in Vail the day after they were drawn in the rental machine.

Nottingham said there is no evidence that the suspect is one of the five caught up on the camera in the burglary itself. Rather, he was accused of making a video inside the final art gallery – Adiacent Gallery Avi and Co. Subsequently tunnel of burglary suspects – after – before burglary and was in the presence of burglary suspects when it was drawn in the rental machine.

“Concludively, he is not the people in videos in other businesses,” said Nottingham, referring to the theft video. “And then it was with some of the people who were in these businesses. That’s like all evidence. “

More importantly, the suspect has no criminal record of the United States, nottingham said.

Nottingham has requested an obligation of personal recognition, which would allow the suspect to be issued from prison without paying money if he were to follow the judicial orders.

Prosecutor Sarah Nordgaard argued against the obligation of personal recognition, considering “the complete lack of links with this community”.

“The concern is only that we will never see it again, and this is not right for people, not right for the community,” she said.

Judge Laura Makar agreed to reduce the obligation from $ 25,000 to $ 15,000, but rejected a personal recognition obligation, given the evidence.

“In terms of concern about providing potentially false information to a civil servant,” Makar said. “I mean, this is a crime for a reason. And tell people that you are someone you are not serious. “

She added that, although it seems that the suspect has family ties in Orlando, Florida, failed to tell the officials in Orlando or provide her mobile phone number.

Makar scheduled the suspect’s notification for April 7.

Two of the other suspects, a 34-year-old from Peru and a 41-year-old from Buenos Aires-Asacted with theft remain in the prison in Pitkin County waiting for additional judgments. The other suspect detained, a 35 -year -old from Chile, was issued on bonds and transferred to Aurora by immigration and customs application, but other procedures from Pitkin County are waiting.

Skyler Stark-Ragsdale can be accessed at 970-429-9152 or send it by e-mail to [email protected].