Early-morning car theft ends with arson, land damage, and multi-agency response in eastern Larimer County
Timnath, Colo. — A Denver man was arrested early Monday after authorities say he stole a vehicle in Fort Collins, drove it to a field near Timnath, set it on fire, and damaged nearby agricultural land before attempting to flee.
According to the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office, a 9-1-1 call came in just after 4:30 a.m. on January 12 reporting a vehicle theft from the 400 block of Centro Way. The victim told dispatchers his 2019 Kia Soul had been taken while he was inside a nearby business and provided real-time location updates from a cellphone left inside the vehicle…