7th suspect arrested after new indictment in metro Denver theft, burglary ring

A seventh person under indictment in a suspected burglary ring targeting metro Denver and surrounding communities was arrested after a grand jury superseded its earlier indictment Nicholas Schueler was arrested on Friday in Larimer County He is facing up to years in prison on charges of organized crime burglary and theft according to a Boulder County District Attorney s Office press release Schueler remains in custody at the Larimer County Jail on bail according to jail records The new indictment came down on Thursday nearly a month after authorities arrested the first five people charged in connection with a crime ring that broke into cars and garages in Boulder County and across the metro Denver area between January and September to steal high-end bikes and credit cards Schueler is the seventh person to be arrested in the analysis Between three of the people already arrested the DA s office released more than additional counts of organized crime-related charges the release states The inquiry now shows the crime ring stole million in property roughly double what the DA s office announced in October The crime ring also caused more than in property damages more than more than the original allegation the release states As reflected by this superseding indictment this major crime ring had a widespread impact on the metro area DA Michael Dougherty declared in the release The investigators and prosecutors worked tirelessly to bring them to justice