Bill would increase penalties for car thefts in Colorado in an attempt to deter criminals via Meghan_Lopez COPolitics
DENVER — A bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled a bill Monday to crack down on car thefts in the state.
Gaugue Authier is one of those statistics. He left his car at an RTD park and ride lot near the airport to attend the Stock Show a couple of weeks ago and when he returned his car was missing. Currently, state law says stealing a car worth $20,000 or more is a class 4 felony while stealing a car worth less than $20,000 constitutes a class 5 felony. A class 3 felony is committed if the car is worth more than $100,000.
It also creates a new misdemeanor offense for those who take a car without the owner’s permission but return it within 24 hours, don’t cause any damage and don’t use it to commit another crime. However, both lawmakers and district attorneys warned that this legislation will not stop car thefts on its own.
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