Two local jewelry stores are looking for answers after a group of burglars broke inside one day before Christmas, taking merchandise and an ATM.
A couple of minutes is all it took for thieves to break into Refugio Robles’ family business on Federal Boulevard early Monday morning. El Centenario has been part of the Denver community for over three decades.
“We haven’t seen this type of break-in since the 90s when we initially started,” said Robles, owner at El Centenario Joyeria. “It’s definitely a big bummer for us, and especially my parents that have been here. This is their life, this business is their life.”
Surveillance footage of the break-in shared with CBS Colorado showed four masked people pull up in a car on the sidewalk in front of El Centenario and start to break in through the front door.
“Once they were able to get in there, they go through the second door,” said Robles. “As soon as they go in, two of them go straight for the ATM and one of them go straight for the jewelry.”