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Suspects in Numerous Criminal Cases Arrested

January 14, 2009

Lakewood Police have arrested a man and woman who are believed to be responsible for possibly hundreds of crimes in many jurisdictions around the state.

On January 6th, detectives from Greenwood Village Police Department notified Lakewood police about a suspect using a stolen credit card at a store in Lakewood. After viewing video of the suspect the agent was able to determine an address on W. Dartmouth, for the suspect's girlfriend.

Surveillance was conducted on the W. Dartmouth address and the suspect was seen moving items from one vehicle to another. After a brief foot chase, the suspect - 30-year-old Michael Robert Chard was arrested and was in possession of a handgun. Chard's girlfriend 32-year-old Brandy P. Dippel was also arrested for possession of a credit card that was believed to be stolen.

Further investigation determined that the two vehicles Chard had been transferring items between had been stolen in Denver and were both completely full of stolen items. Chard and Dipple also had a storage locker that contained numerous stolen items. All combined, there are thousands of stolen items including but not limited to electronic equipment, firearms, bicycles and credit cards.

Working with many regional jurisdictions, Lakewood police believe there are at least 130 separate victims of various crimes in the metro area, Colorado Springs, Grand Junction and Glenwood Springs.

Both Dipple and Chard face at least nineteen felony charges each, including theft by receiving, aggravated motor vehicle theft, possession of a firearm by a previous offender, identity theft and many others. Chard is also believed to be responsible for at least one robbery.