{"id":807890,"date":"2020-05-28T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=384091"},"modified":"2020-05-28T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T23:00:00","slug":"boulder-man-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-more-than-70-pairs-of-skis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/boulder-man-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-more-than-70-pairs-of-skis\/","title":{"rendered":"Boulder man pleads guilty to stealing more than 70 pairs of skis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jason Kawaguchi<\/strong>
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BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 Jason Kawaguchi, a Boulder man accused of stealing more than 70 pairs of skis from Summit County and other areas around the state, has pleaded guilty to felony theft.<\/p>\n

Kawaguchi appeared virtually alongside his attorney Thursday, May 28, for a disposition hearing in front of 5th Judicial District Judge Karen Romeo and accepted a plea agreement in the case. <\/p>\n

Kawaguchi was arrested in June 2019 after a deputy with the Summit County Sheriff\u2019s Office witnessed him stealing a pair of skis from Arapahoe Basin Ski Area. A subsequent investigation revealed that he perpetrated a much more robust string of thefts throughout the state.<\/p>\n

On June 1, Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies responded to A-Basin on a report of stolen skis, according to court documents. The resort was able to provide video surveillance of the incident, which showed the victim putting down their skis on a rack outside of the Kids Center early that morning. About half an hour later, the footage showed an unknown man, later identified as Kawaguchi, take the skis and place them into a ski bag. The resort\u2019s security team searched the area in an attempt to find him and later contacted law enforcement when they were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

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