Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D) had his automobile stolen for the second time, although it has since been recovered, as rising crime within the metropolis turns into a key situation within the battle for Rep. Yadira Caraveo’s (D-CO) seat.
In keeping with Denver 7, Johnston’s automobile was stolen roughly one month in the past, however a spokesperson confirmed it has been recovered. Nonetheless, the place it was stolen stays unknown, as his workplace withheld particulars so as “to guard the security of Mayor Johnston and his household.”
Johnston will not be new to having his automobile stolen, both, as somebody stole it from a Denver Workplace Depot roughly six years in the past.
“Assist! My automobile simply received stolen from Workplace Depot on thirty fifth+quebec. Name 911 if seen (sure I painted my automobile orange+blue),” Johnston wrote in a January 1, 2017, social media submit.
Assist! My automobile simply received stolen from Workplace Depot on thirty fifth+quebec. Name 911 if seen (sure I painted my automobile orange+blue) pic.twitter.com/coStElD9Fx
— Mayor Mike Johnston (@MikeJohnstonCO) January 2, 2017
In keeping with NIBRS crime knowledge, there have been 6,110 situations of violent crime — 607 sexual assaults, 1,099 robberies, 76 murders, and 4,328 aggravated assaults — within the metropolis year-to-date. That represents a 5.58 p.c enhance from the three-year common of violent crime alone.
There have additionally been 36,580 situations of property crime within the metropolis, together with 11,015 situations of auto theft year-to-date.
In March, KDVR reported that auto theft comprised a part of the most important trio of crime in metropolis at that time limit.
“Colorado’s auto theft charge climbed by the quickest charge within the nation from 2011 to 2020 – 144%. The variety of automobile thefts doubled from 2019 to 2022,” it reported, noting that 43 p.c of the crime within the metropolis on the time was auto-related.
The Nationwide Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), which focuses on electing Republicans to workplace on the congressional stage, is capitalizing on this crime situation in Denver, calling out Rep. Caraveo, particularly, for her tender on crime positions.
“Yadira Caraveo has enabled this crime disaster in Colorado,” NRCC spokeswoman Delanie Bomar mentioned in a press release.
“Her makes an attempt to coddle criminals has backfired on hardworking households who now have yet another factor to fret about after they drive into town,” she added.
In August, the NRCC highlighted extra of Caravero’s historical past of worsening crime by way of her insurance policies:
In case you missed it, a latest Colorado Springs Gazette op-ed discusses the drug epidemic overtaking Colorado, pointing to a 2019 legislation as the foundation of the issue, saying, “Chalk all of it as much as more and more permissive drug legal guidelines — foremost, the devastating decriminalization of exhausting medicine by the Colorado Legislature in 2019.”
In 2019, it was Yadira Caraveo who launched the legislation to decrease the penalty for fentanyl possession in Colorado. Fentanyl overdose deaths in Colorado have doubled within the two years following the passage of Caraveo’s legislation, and these numbers are rising.
Caraveo gained her present seat in Colorado’s eighth congressional district in 2022, defeating Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer.
A number of Republicans are lining up to problem her, together with medical health insurance marketing consultant Joe Andujo, state Rep. Gabe Evans, and county commissioner Scott James.
