Man allegedly breaks into Colorado corporate offices, causes “major damage”

Authorities in the southern Denver metro area are looking for a man they suspect broke into the corporate offices of the Safeway Albertsons grocery chain Saturday morning and caused water to flood parts of the building.

Units from South Metro Fire Rescue first responded at 9:30 a.m. to the offices at 6900 S. Yosemite Street in Centennial. It was a fire alarm call, per a South Metro spokesman, but no fire was found.

Rather, crews saw a person running away from them inside the building. Several fire alarms had been pulled and the building’s fire sprinkler system activated. Worse, the man alleged damaged the building’s plumbing, contributing further to overall water damage.

Firefighters, suspicious of the circumstances, withdrew from the building and called for law enforcement, South Metro Fire Rescue confirmed…

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