Police look for burglar in panda costume, others involved in Superior gas station thefts

SUPERIOR, Colo. — The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday asked for the public’s help identifying burglars, including one in a panda costume, involved in two smash-and-grab thefts at a gas station in Superior.

The burglaries happened at the same gas station, a Safeway at 1603 Coalton Road, on Nov. 2 and Nov. 10. The burglars used rocks to smash a door and a window to steal tobacco and vaping products.

The sheriff’s office said it believes the burglars are three teenagers or young adults. They wore dark-colored pants or jeans, dark hoodies, and two of the three wore white sneakers.

One burglar carried a distinctive green backpack, and one a black backpack, and another wore flared jeans, according to the sheriff’s office. In the first incident, one burglar wore a distinctive panda costume.

Anyone with information on the case can contact the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office at BCSOtips@bouldercounty.gov or 303-441-3674, and reference cases 24-05635 and 24-05750.