Police arrest 6 people tied to 51 burglaries in Colorado Springs and El Paso County

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Colorado Springs Police Department says six people were arrested after an investigation into a house robbery.

In September, police investigated a home burglary in the 2400 block of Montebello Square Drive. During the investigation, executed a search warrant at a property in the 5700 block of Pepperdine Pt.

The search warrant led to the arrests of the following six people:

• 31-year-old Ryan Utley was charged with Possession of Weapon by Previous Offender, Burglary, Trespass, Motor Vehicle Theft and ID Theft.
• 33-year-old Michael Utley was charged with Burglary and Motor Vehicle Theft.
• 31-year-old Anthony Slater was charged with three counts of Motor Vehicle Theft and Narcotics.
• 40-year-old Katina Dones was charged with Motor Vehicle Theft and unrelated warrants.
• 23-year-old Hannah Wiekert and 26-year-old Brianna Tilson were taken into custody on unrelated warrants.  

Detectives say they found several pieces of evidence that suggests burglaries at construction sites, residential homes and motor vehicle thefts.

One of the residential burglaries involved the theft of two handguns. The Southern Colorado FBI task force has charged Ryan and Michael Utley with federal weapons charges.

The investigation also lead to police finding two storage units containing numerous stolen items. So far, 25 cases in the Colorado Springs area and 26 cases in El Paso County have been identified, with more than $45,000 in stolen property returned to their rightful owners.

Detectives have recovered numerous additional items believed to be stolen including power tools, hand tools, construction materials, bicycles and golf clubs. These recovered items have been posted on the Colorado Springs Police Department website. 

If you have been the victim of a crime and have a police report number and recognize one of the items on the page, please email Sergeant Owen Scott at CSPDReturnedProperty@coloradosprings.gov with your case number, contact information, and the number of the item or items that you believe might be yours.