Springfield police say man wearing Halloween mask used axe in two vape shop burglaries

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A 20-year-old Springfield man is accused of using an axe to break into the same vape shop twice in January.

Caen Colson, born in 2005, is charged in Greene County Circuit Court with second-degree burglary, a Class D felony, in connection with two burglaries at King Vape and Tobacco, 1703 E. Seminole St., according to the probable cause statement.

Officers first responded to the business on Jan. 13 after reports of a burglary. Surveillance footage showed a masked figure wearing a tan hooded coat, dark pants and a black-and-red Puma backpack…

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