(TELLER COUNTY, Colo.) — The Teller County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) announced that its deputies teamed up with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to serve warrants as part of an ongoing investigation into a fraud case that involved fake vehicle titles.

TCSO posted to its Facebook page on Friday, Jan. 31 just before 11:30 a.m., and wrote that deputies were executing search warrants on three locations in connection to the fraud case that Sheriff Jason Mikesell spoke about during a press conference held on Friday, Jan. 24.

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During last week’s press conference, Sheriff Mikesell announced the recent arrests of four suspects that its office is now investigating with ICE. Two of the suspects were arrested on charges related to titles that were allegedly forged and brought into the Clerk’s Office.

“And, through the very quick and smart thinking of our County Clerk and Recorder, Stephanie Kees, she was able to identify that they were actually forged,” Sheriff Mikesell said previously.

On Friday, Jan. 31, TCSO said warrants were served at three locations in connection to the fraud case, including at the Olympia Hotel in Victor, and at two Cripple Creek addresses; one in the 330 block of West El Paso Avenue, west of CO-67 and another just five minutes up the road in the 130 block of Bison Street, near the intersection with Pikes Peak Avenue.

“Given the links within the case to illegal alien activity, TCSO was accompanied by ICE and Homeland Security Investigative Services,” the Facebook post read. “We will release more information as the investigation develops.”

The partnerships between local and federal agencies are vital in protecting our residents and we hope that through federal partnerships with our state and local partners, we can enhance the safety of all Colorado citizens. And we agree with Governor Polis that more federal agents would be of great assistance to enhance that working relationship.

Teller County Sheriff’s Office