Smash and grab type crimes continue to wreak havoc for Springs business owners as 2024 comes to a close [Video]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – As 2024 winds down, 11 News is taking a look back at the shocking rise in smash and grab robberies in Southern Colorado. Over the last year, we have shown you dozens of crime scenes where a local business is broken into, many times a stolen car is used to smash into it, and then it’s looted. Small business owners are then left to literally pick up the pieces.

According to Colorado Springs Police, more than 40 of these crimes have been investigated in 2024 alone. In 2023, there was less than 10.

On Monday, police were called out the Art of Fadez Barbershop on North Academy Boulevard early in the morning for another burglary. A car was driven through the front door, giving access to the suspect or suspects to the store. By the time police got the call, the suspect was gone. So …