A series of three attempted armed street robberies targeting men with Rolex watches in Denver’s Cherry Creek North neighborhood led police and federal investigators to deport one suspected Venezuelan TDA gang member. A second suspect in the robberies is still being sought, according to a CBS investigation.
The brazen armed robberies in late 2024 involved a gunman who, police say, surprised elderly men in the prestigious Cherry Creek North neighborhood and demanded that the victims give up their watches. In two of the cases, the victims refused to turn over their Rolexes, and the gunman fled.
Larry Detrich, 85, is one of those men. He lives in the neighborhood and had just had coffee with friends at 2nd Avenue and Fillmore Street on November 1, 2024, when he got into his car to leave. It was still daylight.
“I got into my car and heard a tap tap tap on the window,” said Detrich. “And I looked over and down the barrel of a 9 millimeter pistol”…