{"id":2446259,"date":"2019-07-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=309316"},"modified":"2019-07-12T09:00:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T15:00:57","slug":"cops-robber-may-be-part-of-notorious-90s-aspen-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/cops-robber-may-be-part-of-notorious-90s-aspen-crew\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops: Robber may be part of notorious \u201990s Aspen crew"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The man who robbed the Theatre Aspen concession stand at knifepoint Tuesday may be one of a notorious crew of Aspen teens who committed a string of armed robberies and burglaries in the area 20 years ago, police said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Yuri Ognacevic, 38, was named as \u201cperson of interest\u201d in the concession stand robbery Tuesday and two purse snatchings<\/a> that occurred in Aspen in the past 10 days, according to an Aspen Police Department news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficers \u2026 investigated Ognacevic after multiple people identified him from photos and video released by the department (Wednesday),\u201d the release states.<\/p>\n

Officers searched for Ognacevic on Wednesday and Thursday, but he remained at-large Thursday evening, Assistant Police Chief Bill Linn said. Police believe his last known address was in Snowmass Village, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdditional details will not be made public at this time in an effort to maintain the integrity of the investigation,\u201d according to the news release.<\/p>\n

A man wearing a baseball cap, glasses, a flannel shirt, something covering his hands and a bandana over his face flashed a knife \u2014 though at least one witness described it as a screwdriver \u2014 at three employees of the Theatre Aspen concession stand Tuesday night and made off with $250 in cash, according to police and Theatre Aspen\u2019s director.<\/p>\n

Aspen police also believe the robber may be the same bicycle rider who snatched two purses off the back of outdoor restaurant seating areas July 3 and about an hour before the armed robbery Tuesday, then kept riding down the street.<\/p>\n

The identification of Ognacevic \u2014 described as a white male, 6-feet-2-inches tall, 185 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes \u2014 may strike a chord with Aspen residents who lived in town in 1999 and the early 2000s.<\/p>\n

Ognacevic was one of 12 local teens \u2014 sometimes known as \u201cAspen\u2019s Dirty Dozen\u201d \u2014 eventually implicated in an eight-month-long string of armed robberies and burglaries in Aspen and Snowmass Village in 1999. The crimes included two armed robberies at Stage 3 Theatres, using guns to steal cash from Clark\u2019s Market in Aspen, pistol-whipping a store clerk at a market in Snowmass Village and several burglaries of businesses and private homes, according to media reports.<\/p>\n

Many of the teens were well-known members of longtime local families.<\/p>\n

Ognacevic was 18 when he pleaded guilty to felony robbery for taking part in the armed robbery at Clark\u2019s Market. He also admitted to being involved in the burglary of a video store and supplying an unloaded .22-caliber rifle for one of the robberies, according to media reports.<\/p>\n

Ognacevic served less than a year at a minimum security prison in Canon City, then finished his sentence in a halfway house, according to a 2003 Aspen Times story. At the time he reflected on his recent criminal past and said he wanted to join the military.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a temporary lapse of pro-social thinking,\u201d he told the Times in 2003. \u201cWe were doing bad stuff that we thought was just mischief, but it crossed the line and we realized that afterwards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ognacevic\u2019s Linkedin profile identifies him as an EMT and a ski patroller and a Carbondale resident, though that information is likely dated, Linn said.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about Ognacevic\u2019s location can contact APD at 970-920-5400 or text tips to 970-315-2024.<\/p>\n

jauslander@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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