Saturday, October 27, 2018

$10,000 Reward Offered for Information on Pawn Bank Robbery


DENVER — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, have announced a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects responsible for robbing Pawn Bank, located at 1360 W. Littleton Blvd., in Littleton, Colorado.

On October 17, 2018, around 1 p.m., two suspects entered PawnBank and held two employees at gunpoint and smashed a glass display case. The suspects stole 20 handguns, placing them in a backpack worn backwards. The suspects fled in a black Chevy Aveo driven by an unknown 3rd suspect.

Suspect 1 is described as a white or Hispanic male, mid-teens to early 20’s, approx. 5’5"-5’-7", slim build with short cropped brown hair, wearing a black long sleeve shirt, black pants, black shoes, a red bandana over his faces and white or light-colored gloves.

Suspect 2 is described as a white or Hispanic male, mid-teens to early 20’s, approx. 5’5"-5’-7", slim build, with short cropped brown hair that has a distinctive hairline, wearing a white long sleeve shirt, black pants, black shoes with white soles, a red bandana over his faces and white or light-colored gloves. Suspect 2 carried a large black backpack.

Anyone with any information about this crime should contact ATF at 1-888-ATF-GUNS. Information can also be sent to ATFTips@atf.gov (link sends e-mail) (link sends e-mail), through ATF’s website at www.atf.gov/contact/atftips. Tips can be submitted anonymously using the Reportit® app, available from both Google Play and the Apple App store, or by visiting www.reportit.com (link is external) (link is external)."

The reward is part of a larger national cooperative initiative between the NSSF and ATF in which NSSF matches ATF rewards in cases involving the theft of firearms from federally licensed firearms retailers. ATF works closely with members of the firearms industry to curb the criminal acquisition and misuse of firearms.

ATF is the lead federal law enforcement agency with jurisdiction involving firearms and violent crimes, and regulates the firearm industry. More information about ATF and its programs is available at www.atf.gov.

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