Pueblo Sheriff’s Office Breaks Theft Ring

A Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office theft ring investigation has led to a total of 28 Felony Warrants and five suspects in custody.

In August 2011, Deputies from the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office began two investigations of burglaries that occurred, one in the 1200 block of S. Winterhaven Dr. in Pueblo West and the other in the 4500 block of Overton Rd. in Eastern Pueblo County.

In September, deputies recovered several stolen items and documents in the names of the victims from the Pueblo West burglary.

Detectives were led to an address on E Homer Dr. from an interview done with a confirmed source who detailed that Jeff Shenefelt, Derek Bronken, Leon Manning and Randolph Wisdom had been involved in numerous burglaries and detailed that several stolen items were currently stored at a residence on E. Homer Dr.

During the investigation, a total of six additional burglaries were found associated with this group. Many had not yet been reported because they were vacant. In addition to the burglaries, it was determined that these men had also broken into vehicles in the same areas.

A search warrant was executed at 137 E Homer Dr on September 9, 2011. Numerous stolen items were seized which had been stolen from five of the criminal acts.

This investigation netted a total of 28 Felony Warrants with a combined bond of $1,040,000.

As of this time, five suspects are in custody:

20-year-old Leon Manning, 18-year-old Derek Bronken, 28-year-old Jeffrey Shenefelt, and 31-year-old Justin VanMeter were arrested in November and are being held at the Pueblo County Detention Facility. 26-year-old Randolph Wisdom is in custody in Fremont County on unrelated charges.

The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office is also currently looking for the following parties in connection with these cases: 28-year-old Janet Ralya 20-year old Jarrett Torbett If you have any information on the whereabouts of these suspects, please contact the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office (719)583-6250 or Crime Stoppers (710)542-STOP(7867).

Jarrett Torbett

Janet Ralya

Derek Bronken

Justin VanMeter

Leon Manning

Jeffrey Shenefelt

Randolph Wisdom