A dinner out in Aurora ended in handcuffs for 28-year-old Gavin Pobst, after a caller spotted him at a restaurant and alerted police, authorities said. Officers arrested Pobst on Friday and booked him into the Arapahoe County jail, where he is being held pending transfer to El Paso County on outstanding probation-revocation warrants. The arrest lands just as fresh complaints surface that he ran a fake-ticket scheme targeting women he met on dating apps.
According to Denver7, bench warrants were issued on Dec. 1, 2025, after court filings last fall alleged Pobst violated probation by failing to report to officers, skipping required moral recognition therapy, and leaving community-service hours unfinished. Denver7 reports Aurora police responded when someone called in a tip about a person with active warrants eating at a restaurant, and that images credited to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office were circulated alongside the alert. The station also notes that alleged victims have continued reaching out to its reporters with new complaints from across the Front Range.
Past Convictions And Military Sentence
Military and court records, along with reporting by KRDO, show Pobst was court-martialed in April 2024, sentenced to roughly nine months of confinement, and given a bad-conduct discharge. He later pleaded guilty in El Paso County to an identity theft charge and was placed on three years of supervised probation starting in January 2025, according to KOAA. Investigators have said an affidavit listed “upwards of 60 victims” who were allegedly convinced to send money for tickets that never existed.
Investigations Spread Across The Front Range
Denver7 reports that new complaints have sparked active investigations in Arvada, Broomfield, Colorado Springs, and Denver, and that probation staff with the Colorado Judicial Branch filed petitions seeking probation revocation in November 2025. Local agencies confirmed they have open cases and urged anyone who thinks they were targeted to file a police report so investigators can link incidents across city lines. Victims told reporters they met Pobst on apps like Tinder and Bumble and were asked to send money through Venmo or Chime for tickets that never arrived.
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