A victim in Tyler Boebert’s alleged theft spree said she was going to use the money stolen from her to pay for a brain tumor surgery

Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert (left) and her 18-year-old son, Tyler (right). Tyler was arrested by the Rifle Police Department on Tuesday after a “recent string of vehicle trespass and property thefts.”Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images; Rifle Police Department

• GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert’s son, Tyler Boebert, was arrested in connection to a series of property thefts.

• One victim whose wallet was stolen told cops she has a brain tumor and can’t pay for surgery, an affidavit said.

• Tyler Boebert faces more than 20 charges related to the string of property thefts and car break-ins.

One of the victims Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert’s^[1] teenage son has been accused of stealing from told investigators that she has a brain tumor and now won’t be able to pay for her surgery, according to newly released court documents.

Tyler Boebert, 18, was arrested on Tuesday by Colorado’s Rifle Police Department^[2] in connection to a spate of local property thefts and car break-ins. He faces more than 20 charges, including several felony charges, relating to the string of crimes.

According to an arrest affidavit, Tyler Boebert, along with a group of apparently underage pals, has been accused of recently busting into four cars in the city of Rifle and stealing wallets and credit cards to make purchases at several businesses, including McDonald’s, Starbucks, and gas stations.

A 33-year-old victim who said she had her Chevrolet Cruze broken into and wallet taken on February 21 told police that she “wants the people who did this to her found, because she literally has nothing,” the arrest affidavit says.

All she had left was the $75 in cash inside her stolen wallet and an undisclosed amount of money on two Venmo debit credit cards that were also in the wallet, the woman told police, according to the affidavit.

Police say Tyler Boebert was spotted in a Colorado store where a stolen credit card was used.Garfield Combined Courts

The victim told investigators that she has a brain tumor and now does “not have the money to get her surgery,” the arrest affidavit says.

The woman’s driver’s license was also inside her wallet that was stolen, but it returned her license to her by mail, according to the affidavit.

“Whoever sent it back wrote a letter saying, ‘Found Loose iN Mail,'” a Rifle police officer wrote in the arrest affidavit. “The paper they wrote it on was from Aspen Real Estate Company.”

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Investigators were able to identify Tyler Boebert as a suspect in the Colorado crime spree^[3], in part, because he was spotted on surveillance footage donning a hoodie bearing the name of his congresswoman mom’s shuttered gun-themed eatery^[4], Shooters Grill, according to the affidavit.

Police identified Boebert in surveillance footage at a local gas station at the time and place when a stolen card was used, the affidavit says.

The arrest affidavit says that Boebert and his pals “walked around the store and gathered the goods they purchased with” a stolen debit card before they left in a Ford pick-up truck.

Business Insider could not immediately reach Boebert’s defense attorney for comment on Thursday.

Boebert was all smiles^[5] on Wednesday during a virtual court hearing related to his arrest. Clad in a black and white jumpsuit, he appeared for the hearing via a video hookup from the Garfield County Jail.

During the hearing, a judge ordered Boebert released on a $1,250 personal recognizance bond. His next court date was set for April 11.

Lauren Boebert told Business Insider in a statement Wednesday that her son should be “held accountable for poor decisions just like any other citizen.”

“I love my son Tyler, who has been through some very difficult, public challenges for a young man and the subject of attention that he didn’t ask for,” Lauren Boebert said. “It breaks my heart to see my child struggling and, in this situation, especially when he has been provided multiple opportunities to get his life on track.”

The congresswoman added, “I will never give up on him and I will continue to be there for him. As an adult and father, Tyler will take responsibility for his actions and should be held accountable for poor decisions just like any other citizen.”

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References

1. ^{^} GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (www.businessinsider.com)
2. ^{^} arrested on Tuesday by Colorado’s Rifle Police Department (www.businessinsider.com)
3. ^{^} Tyler Boebert as a suspect in the Colorado crime spree (www.businessinsider.com)
4. ^{^} shuttered gun-themed eatery (www.businessinsider.com)
5. ^{^} was all smiles (www.businessinsider.com)
6. ^{^} Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com)