A stolen Tesla that its owner was quietly tracking across the metro area ended up smashed into a concrete sidewall in Broomfield early Wednesday, leaving a 21-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman in handcuffs and officers sorting through a small trove of alleged crime tools inside the car.
Police say the owner reported the Tesla missing on April 30, then called in after watching it move north through Denver into Broomfield. When officers searched the wrecked vehicle, they reported finding burglary tools, extra keys, blank key fobs, a loaded handgun, and a stolen license plate.
According to the Broomfield Police Department, patrol officers first spotted the Tesla heading east on U.S. 36 just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, and tried to pull it over. The driver, police say, kept going and was last seen passing Wadsworth Boulevard before the car spun out and hit the concrete sidewall just west of Church Ranch Boulevard…