Aurora Police Arrest Owners Of Electronics Store
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) - Police in Aurora say they are trying to find one more person who could be linked to a store in Aurora that allegedly sold hot electronics.
Police on Thursday arrested two sisters who own Wireless Works, located in the 14000 block on East Mississippi. Perla Alvarado, 30, and Vanessa Alvarado, 28, now face charges in the case.
The third person in the case who was described as a person of interest is Lawrence Nelson, 50. Anyone with information about where Nelson might be is asked to call the Aurora Police Department.
During a six month investigation, undercover officers were able to pose as thieves and buy and sell stolen items like GPS devices, televisions, iPods, phones and computers at the store.
"Despite knowing that the items were stolen, store employees completed the transactions," Aurora police officials wrote in a prepared statement.
Police confiscated all the stolen goods from the store and also from a private residence in the 5700 block of N. Genoa Way that was connected to the store somehow.
Officers say the value of the items is in the tens of thousands of dollars. They now will be making an effort to return the property to the rightful owners.
Police said customers who bought something from the store can contact the Aurora Police Department and give them the serial number of the product. If it turns out the item is not stolen, the customer can keep it. If it is stolen, customers are obligated to give it back. There will be no refunds in that situation.
