Tips lead police to Colorado Springs medical marijuana store theft suspects

Colorado Springs police credited the public’s help with the arrest of three men suspected of burglarizing a medical marijuana dispensary Wednesday.

Farreal Williams, 37, Joseph Kennedy, 23, and 31-year-old Larry Gardner were arrested on suspicion of second-degree burglary, criminal mischief, theft and conspiracy, police said. They were booked into the El Paso County jail, records show.

According to police reports, officers were dispatched to a burglary-in-progress at The Organic Seed, 2304 E. Platte Ave., about 9:50 p.m., when someone spotted three men running out of the store carrying plants.

While police were at the burglarized store, they received a call from a second witness who claimed to have seen three men carrying marijuana plants into a residence at the Courtyard at Willamette Apartments. Officers arrested one suspect for burglary at the apartments, police said.

Further investigation led police to a home on the 2500 block of East Dale Street, where they recovered two of the stolen marijuana plants and two men were taken into custody.

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