Authorities are concerned about numerous break-ins this summer at an abandoned hospital building in the Denver metro area.
The building that housed Lutheran Hospital for decades in Wheat Ridge now sits empty. There are plans for new development, but while everyone waits, Wheat Ridge police say people have been causing trouble.
“We knew that this was a possibility ever since our partners over at Lutheran have moved across town, just about a year ago,” said Wheat Ridge Police Spokesperson Alex Rose. “In the overnight hours, our graveyard shift has noticed an uptick this summer of people who shouldn’t be here, frankly, either trying to get into the property or actually breaking into the property.”
He says it is a problem because it could be dangerous, and it’s taking resources away when they may be needed the most. Every time someone breaks in, police need to do a sweep of the whole building, which requires multiple officers…