2 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED BY POLICE FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION INTO STOLEN UHAUL TRUCKS AND THE ATTEMPTED THEFTS OF A-T-M MACHINES AROUND THE AREA. THE FIRST TRY WAS AN A-T-M MACHINE AT A STORE IN FLORISSANT. THE CROOK DIDN’T GET THE MACHINE, AND HE CRASHED THE UHAUL TRYING TO ESCAPE THE TELLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. HE WOULD ESCAPE ON FOOT. THAT WAS IN JULY. IN AUGUST ANOTHER UHAUL THEFT AND ATTEMPTED A-T-M THEFT ON CENTENNIAL BOULEVARD. POLICE WERE SEARCH FOR 42 YEAR OLD JAMES GARCIA. THEY TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY THIS WEEK ALONG WITH HIS 39 YEAR OLD GIRLSFRIEND SUSANNA WACHEL. A SEARCH OF GARCIAS HOME TURNED UP EVIDENCE LINKING HIM TO THE CRIME. GARCIA HAS A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY OF CONVICTIONS FOR BURGLARIES.
