Positive Vibes owners estimate that $50,000 to $65,000 in glass was stolen from their shop on 647 Santa Fe Drive.Co-owner Chet Dillard believes there is some bad karma coming for a pair of thieves who broke into his Denver head shopearly Saturday morning, February 24, and stole between $50,000 and $65,000 worth of glass dab rigs, smokeable art and other merchandise.
"They're clearly kids. I mean, they pulled up on Lime scooters. The whole thing was really goofy. There's a bunch of weird stuff," McHue adds. "They walked in and went straight to the register and shit, so they definitely cased it out," he says."They've definitely been here before, likely at an event or buying something."The thieves conducted the heist on Lime scooters and were caught on surveillance tape making two trips to the Santa Fe smoke shop.According to Dillard, many of the rigs were consignments and on layaway, but artists and customers will be getting their money back.
Dillard believes he'll see some of the rigs again one day."Yes, 100 percent," he says."Now whether they're broken or scratched or anything, that's one thing. I think they might think they're slick and wait a month or two before trying to sell them." Another thing"that sucks," Dillard says, is the fact that the shop had just reopened on Santa Fe in December 2023 and was in the middle of finishing its security system.