116 Violent Criminals Arrested In Multi-Agency ‘Operation Restore’ In Aurora – CBS Denver

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – For 2 weeks, Aurora police together with federal and state regulation enforcement went after the worst of the worst of the needed. The aim of Operation Restore was to search out violent felony offenders with energetic arrest warrants.

“We focused probably the most violent individuals, violent offenders, violent crimes resembling homicide, tried homicide, aggravated theft, gang members and folks concerned in intercourse crimes,” Aurora Police Division Chief Terry Brown defined.

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These they went after both lived in Aurora or dedicated crimes in that metropolis.

100 sixteen individuals have been arrested; two for homicide, 5 for tried homicide, 11 for intercourse crimes by which a lot of the victims have been kids.

Aurora has no scarcity of crime this summer season. Five were shot with one killed outdoors a Juneteenth celebration this yr.

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“I hear from the individuals on this neighborhood asking ‘what’s regulation enforcement doing about it?’ This isn’t responding to crime. What Operation Restore is about being proactive,” John Kellner, the Arapahoe District Lawyer, informed a information convention.

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The roundup additionally concerned a global trafficker of meth and counterfeit oxycodone laced with lethal fentanyl. Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson applauded the joint effort.

“Any time anybody needs to come back into the Metropolis of Aurora and assist us put individuals away in jail who’ve been victimizing this neighborhood I’m really welcoming that and ensure we’re a part of that.”

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In 10 days, Operation Restore additionally recovered three stolen automobiles and seized 9 firearms.