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Boulder man arrested after burglary crime spree

Taurian Smith

Police have arrested a Boulder County man on suspicion of over 30 charges after a burglary crime spree early Thursday.

The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office arrested 24-year-old Taurian Smith Thursday morning after Smith allegedly committed multiple commercial burglaries and stole a vehicle, evading police, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office.

Deputies responded to several reports of burglaries around 2:30 a.m. Thursday. Around 8 a.m., a local business owner pinpointed Smith in a stolen vehicle.

Deputies with the sheriff’s office — along with the Boulder Police Department, Lafayette Police Department and Longmont Public Safety — responded to the report, following the stolen vehicle as it evaded police.

The suspect eventually drove into a ditch at Westview Drive and Meadowlark Drive, near Arapahoe Ridge High School, and ran away. The high school was locked down under a security alert.

Police were able to track the man down to the 6300 block of Arapahoe Road. Officers used a taser to apprehend the man, and eventually booked him into the Boulder County Jail after a medical evaluation, according to the release.

Smith was arrested on suspicion of the following charges, with more expected to come:

  • Three counts of second-degree burglary, forced entry
  • Four counts of second-degree motor vehicle theft
  • Two counts of vehicular eluding
  • Theft
  • Three counts of criminal mischief
  • Two counts of resisting arrest
  • Three counts of theft from a building
  • Criminal mischief
  • Reckless endangerment
  • Theft from a yard
  • Possession of burglary tools

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