After a lengthy investigation involving over 20 law enforcement agencies, 20th Judicial District Attorney Michael Dougherty indicted six adults Wednesday in connection with a crime ring responsible for nearly $1 million in stolen and damaged property.

The ring affected over 55 victims over the past 18 months while committing 26 burglaries and 15 motor vehicle thefts as well as several other offenses, according to a news release from the 20th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

As part of a grand jury investigation into the enterprise, investigators executed nine search warrants and arrested the involved individuals Wednesday morning.

Authorities indicted the following alleged members of the criminal enterprise, responsible for over $828,880.60 in stolen property and an additional $39,880 in property damage, as a result of the investigation:

• Adrian Martinez, 33, $500,000 cash bond
• Chloe Martinez, 28, $100,000 cash bond
• Ryan See, 31, $100,000 cash bond
• Carlos Marquez, 26, $2,500 cash bond
• Lorena Marquez-Perez, 51, $2,500 cash bond

The sixth indicted member of the ring, Kimberly Salas, 30, remains at large, officials said in the release. A spokesperson from the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said one of the indicted individuals was not arrested, but said the District Attorney’s Office would have to provide more information.

The ring conspired to steal vehicles along the Front Range and take them to a chop shop, where they were re-titled using fake documents and registered to a business run by the members of the enterprise — MMZ International LLC, according to the release.

The stolen cars were then used to commit burglaries and trespasses throughout the Front Range, with members of the ring stealing wallets, purses, backpacks and garage door openers from vehicles in the early morning, according to the release. Once inside a victim’s garage, they targeted high-end bicycles that would be taken to Mexico and re-sold.

Members of the ring often kept bear spray on them, which they would use against the homeowner if they were met with resistance, the release says. After finishing the thefts, they took any stolen debit or credit cards to retail stores and used them to buy gift cards.

A search on the Secretary of State’s website finds that MMZ was founded in 2021 but became delinquent in 2024. The registered agent’s name is Adrian Martinez, the same spelling as the name of the individual indicted in the investigation, which listed a street address in the 300 block of West Geneseo Street in Lafayette.

Members of the enterprise also possessed distribution amounts of methamphetamine, the release says. Previous efforts to take them into custody had resulted in high-speed chases involving various law enforcement agencies.

Four of the adults — Adrian Martinez, Chloe Martinez, Salas and See — face up to 24 years in prison for violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, a class two felony, as well as additional sentences for felony theft charges, according to the release. Marquez faces up to six years for a motor vehicle theft charge; Marquez-Perez faces up to three years on the chop shop activity charge.

“This group had a severe impact on the Front Range. These types of property offenses are often committed by organized crime rings. So, it takes multi-agency coordination and tireless efforts to bring them to justice,” said Dougherty in the release.

While the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office first announced the execution of the warrants in a different news release Wednesday morning, it released few details about the contents of each warrant, including the indictments against those arrested. Investigators did publish the addresses for the seven residences and two storage lockers they searched:

• 14000 block of North Pecos Street in unincorporated Adams County
• 3500 block of West 64th Avenue in unincorporated Adams County
• 16000 block of 104th Avenue in unincorporated Adams County
• 15000 block of Huron Street in unincorporated Adams County
• 3500 block of East 160th Avenue in unincorporated Adams County
• 3700 block of Owens Street in Wheat Ridge
• 8900 block of Federal Boulevard in Federal Heights
• 400 block of Gateway Drive in Johnstown
• 2100 block of 21st Avenue in unincorporated Boulder County

The Boulder County spokesperson added that information obtained during the investigation resulted in a tenth warrant for an additional storage locker in the Johnstown area, near the other location in the town that had been searched.

Agencies began executing the warrants at 7 a.m. Wednesday and SWAT operations concluded at 8:45 a.m., officials said in the morning release. Officials made several arrests during the operation and there were no reported injuries.

The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson noted that there were other individuals who were arrested during the operation as well on drug and weapons possession charges, but declined to share more, citing the limitation on how much information they could share given the grand jury investigation.

The spokesperson also said that while executing the warrant in the 3500 block of West 64th Avenue, investigators discovered what they believed to be an improvised explosive device and immediately called an Adams County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad to the location. They noted that there was no public threat and authorities currently have no indication the device was a trap for police.

The case originated out of the Boulder County office and remains an active investigation, authorities said in the release. Officials also noted that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was not involved in the operation.