AURORA, Colo. — After receiving a tip from viewer Brian Hitchcock, Denver7 Investigates dug into the troubling trend of cars being stolen from Aurora auto shops.
Hitchcock emailed consumer investigative reporter Jaclyn Allen when his pickup truck was stolen from Ellis Automotive in July.
“I thought it was a joke,” he wrote. “The shop manager insists that there is absolutely nothing they can do for me.”
A Denver7 Investigates open records request to the Aurora Police Department revealed 460 reports of cars stolen from auto shops from 2020 to 2025…