DENVER (KDVR) — Federal prosecutors are partially crediting a steep drop in bank robberies across Colorado to a creative public relations strategy.
According to data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 191 bank robberies happened statewide in 2021. At the time, it made Colorado the bank robbery capital of the country.
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“What we were finding is these weren’t just 191 robberies that were committed by 191 different people. They were often committed by recidivist criminals. People who have long criminal histories and they would hit banks one after another,” Assistant U.S. Attorney for Colorado Brian Dunn said.
According to Dunn, investigators noticed habitual robbers often had defining similarities from crime to crime. However, he says identifying bank robbery suspects is the most difficult part of the investigation…