Boulder County Man Charged with Over 30 Offenses After Early Morning Crime Spree Ends in Arrest

Boasting a crime spree that disrupted the early morning calm of Boulder County, 24-year-old Taurian Smith was apprehended and is now sitting behind bars at the Boulder County Jail, as reported by the

Boulder County Sheriff’s Office

. The tumult began at around 2:30 a.m. yesterday when the sheriff’s office was alerted to a series of commercial burglaries and an auto theft, the arrest didn’t materialize until some critical hours later when a stolen vehicle was tracked by its owner leading the officials right to the suspect.

The chase, involving multiple law enforcement teams, saw Smith push the stolen car into a ditch near Arapahoe Ridge High School prompting the school to be momentarily sealed off he then fled on foot until law enforcement closed in on him at around the 6300 block of Arapahoe Road where he remained uncooperative, and necessitating the use of a conductive energy device to facilitate his arrest, this chase spanned several jurisdictions and also drew in support from the Boulder Police Department, Lafayette Police Department, and Longmont Public Safety.

Smith now faces over 30 charges with the possibility of even more as investigations continue to unveil his connection to other similar offenses in neighboring areas, the significant charges include three counts of 2nd Degree Burglary, four counts of 2nd Degree Motor Vehicle Theft, two counts of Vehicular Eluding and other charges related to theft, criminal mischief, and resisting arrest, according to the detailed listing by the sheriff’s office.

Assisting in the response were Boulder Fire Rescue and AMR Ambulance, alongside the aforementioned police departments, reflecting a substantial interagency collaboration that brought this crime spree to a stop, following medical evaluation due to the use of the conductive energy device, Smith was booked, further embodying the consequences of his alleged crimes, and as listed in the associated Boulder County Sheriff’s Office case number 24-05704.

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