LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A federal decide sentenced a lady to greater than 2 years in jail for her position in stealing 38 firearms from a Federal Firearms Licensee enterprise and promoting not less than 20 of them.
Alexis Breanna Worrell, of Las Vegas, pleaded responsible to 1 rely of theft of firearms from a licensee and one rely of possession of stolen firearms.
A decide sentenced her to 30 months in jail, adopted by two years of supervised launch, in response to a launch from the Division of Justice.
Her co-defendant, Dennis James Caputo, was sentenced to 6 years in jail after pleading responsible to those self same fees.
Based on courtroom paperwork, on July 24, 2023, Worrell, Caputo, and a 3rd particular person drove from Las Vegas to Overton, Nevada. After the Federal Firearms Licensee enterprise within the metropolis closed, Caputo climbed onto the roof and used a device to open a gap.
Caputo informed Worrell to attend for his name at a fuel station comfort retailer whereas he dropped into the enterprise, silenced the motion-sensor alarm, and pulled varied firearms from shows, filling two five-gallon buckets and a rifle case, courtroom paperwork confirmed.
Worrell admitted she helped Caputo put the weapons into the cab of a automobile.
Between July 25, 2023, to Sept. 5, 2023, the 2 bought and transferred a few of the stolen firearms to different folks, the discharge said.
Up to now, legislation enforcement recovered 9 of these stolen firearms from 5 prohibited individuals who have been “engaged in criminal activities” within the Las Vegas valley. 4 of the firearms stay excellent.
Worrell was beforehand convicted of trafficking methamphetamine in Clark County. Caputo was beforehand convicted of felony drug crimes in Douglas County, Clackamas County, and Coos County, Oregon; and housebreaking in Cowlitz County, Washington.
