JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colorado — A 15-year-old boy and two other teens were arrested in Conifer early Friday morning on numerous charges including burglary and theft, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
The 15-year-old, who was wanted for stealing multiple guns from a relative’s home in Pine, was released from Mount View Youth Services Center with an ankle monitor issued by Juvenile Pre-Trail Services late last month. The monitor does not have GPS abilities, but is designed to alert the juvenile center when the teen left a certain perimeter - which he did at about 7:20 p.m. Wednesday.
The sheriff’s office said he was at the detention center for a similar incident that occurred in April. In that case, the 15-year-old stole a handgun and was charged with burglary, theft, and possession of a handgun by a juvenile.
The 15-year-old, a second juvenile and 18-year-old Isaiah Lainez were taken into custody at a home in Conifer without incident, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said in a tweet early Friday.
Both juveniles face charges of burglary charges, theft and possession of handguns by a juvenile. Lainez was arrested on second and third-degree burglary charges.
The Sheriff's Office said five handguns and one rifle were taken. All the weapons have been located, the Sheriff's Office said.
"He's been in trouble in the past for similar activities," Mike Taplin, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office spokesman, said about the 15-year-old
He was accused of taking multiple guns from a home in the 13000 block of South Cedar Circle in Pine between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday night where he was serving a sentence of house arrest at a relative's home. The 15-year-old disabled the home’s security system, broke into a secured gun safe and stole guns, a suppressor and ammunition, the sheriff’s office said.
His relatives' home, not his parents', is in a mountain neighborhood near Pine. Neighbor Mike Thomas said normally things are very quiet.
"This is very odd," Thomas said. "I guess anything can happen anywhere, doesn't matter."
Thomas says he never saw the teen that much, but he knew he was there.
"Crazy next door, you know, it happens everywhere," Thomas said. "Everybody says that and then it's in your own neighborhood."
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or Metro Denver Crimestoppers at 720-913-7867.
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