Suspects accused in $27,000 rebar theft from Weld County business

The Weld County Sheriff’s Business office is looking for two gentlemen suspected of defrauding a community small business out of almost $30,000 value of steel. It transpired the afternoon of June 24 at a steel enterprise located in unincorporated Weld County north of Greeley. 

The homeowners of the company told deputies that a person he understood as George Smith of George’s Building had manufactured 4 important rebar buys for the duration of the previous a number of months. The buys were being produced in excess of the cellphone with a credit card and the materials was picked up by one more gentleman, regarded to the small business as Carlos Martinez. 

The buys, totaling $27,000 ended up later on flagged by the credit card enterprise as fraud and the corporation cancelled the payments. 

The suspects are accused of employing phony names and disguised their accurate cellphone figures employing an application. The enterprise gave investigators protection camera video that exhibits “Martinez” and the car or truck he drove to pick up the rebar. 

“Martinez” is described as white or Latino of regular height and build and was past witnessed at the business donning a white shirt, blue denims and a light-weight blue baseball hat.

The suspect automobile is explained as a black, more recent model Dodge Ram four-doorway pickup with a toolbox in the bed and showcased a white logo on the rear passenger aspect door. The symbol possibly contains the letters “JL.” The pickup was towing a regular, black dump trailer.

Any one with data about “Carlos Martinez,” “George Smith” or the pickup is requested to phone Deputy Ryan Baer at (970) 400-4026.

Everyone with information pertaining to this or any other criminal offense is asked to connect with the Weld County Sheriff’s Office environment at (970) 356-4015 or Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-Strategies (8477). Recommendations can also be submitted through the Criminal offense Stoppers web page at www.crimeshurt.com. Those people distributing guidelines by means of Crime Stoppers that lead to the arrest and submitting of fees on a suspect(s) may perhaps be eligible for a dollars reward.