Contact:  Commander Wes Kufeld
Estes Park Police Department
970-577-3825

MEDIA RELEASE

For immediate release

November 1st, 2006

ESTES PARK POLICE RETRIEVE STOLEN ANTIQUE RIFLE AND OTHER ARTIFACTS 
FROM MUSEUMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

The Estes Park Police Department working with Federal and other State Law 
Enforcement Agencies in the Denver Metro area, executed a search warrant 
on a residence in Aurora Colorado on October 31st at about 10:30 am.   
During the course of the search warrant and investigation, evidence from 
several museum thefts was discovered.   Officers discovered stolen artifacts 
from museums from Colorado and Illinois to include a stolen antique rifle from 
the Estes Park Museum which was stolen in November of 2005. 
A suspect has been identified; Federal and State charges are pending.    
Agencies involved included the Estes Park Police Department, Aurora Police 
Department, Elgin Illinois Police Department, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and 
Firearms and National Park Service.   The charge (s) are merely an accusation 
and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty

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