Luxury retailer Avi & Co., located in Hunter Plaza on the 600 block of East Cooper Avenue in downtown Aspen, was the victim of a burglary early Monday morning committed by at least five men using blowtorches, hammers, saws, crowbars and other means, a store manager said. A group of five men equipped with blowtorches, saws, drills, hammers and crowbars in the wee hours of Monday morning broke into a downtown store that sells luxury watches and jewelry but were spooked away when Aspen police arrived in response to a burglary alarm.
That’s according to an account provided by a store manager at Avi & Co. at 602 E. Cooper Ave.
on Monday afternoon. The manager said he responded to the store around 1:30 a.m.
after the alarm activated. Based on his reviewing of surveillance footage in the shop and an inspection of the premises, the manager said, “Nothing in the vault was touched, but I’m still ascertaining what’s missing in the cabinets. We have gift boxes, travel cases, some accessories like hats, but nothing as valuable as what’s in the vault.
” The manager asked that his name not be used because he is a witness to a criminal investigation. Aspen police confirmed the burglary incident but provided limited details about it. No arrests were made, said Assistant Police Chief Bill Linn.
“An officer responded and interrupted a burglary in process,” Linn said, adding that the APD is responding to the incident with a “very active investigation.” Linn said he was “bein.
