LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person accused of stealing greater than 40 firearms from a pickup truck parked at a lodge in Las Vegas faces greater than 90 fees, paperwork stated.
On Jan. 25, a person referred to as the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division to report his pickup truck was damaged into within the Westgate Lodge parking storage. He stated his truck was carrying roughly 80 firearms and roughly 40 of them had been lacking, paperwork stated.
The person advised police he parked within the storage on Jan. 23 and got here again on Jan 25., noticing a window was smashed and a number of other firearms lacking.
The arrest report stated there have been 46 firearms stolen.
He stated he labored for a gun public sale firm based mostly in Wyoming and had just lately picked up the firearms in California, bringing them to Las Vegas. He stated he was on the town for the SHOT Present, which stands for Capturing, Searching, and Out of doors Commerce Present, the report acknowledged.
The SHOT present was held from Jan. 21-24 in Las Vegas this 12 months.
Surveillance footage from the storage confirmed a person, later recognized as Francisco Iniguez, 37, “acting suspicious.” Within the footage, Iniguez was checking door handles on automobiles within the storage, in accordance with his arrest report.
Iniguez approached the sufferer’s truck earlier than going again to his car with two black baggage, the footage confirmed. He then went to his car, which was rented, and drove it over to the sufferer’s truck. Ten minutes later, a upkeep employee appeared to “spook” Iniguez and he left, the report acknowledged.
Police used social media and a earlier Clark County Detention Middle reserving picture to determine Iniguez.
Detectives later noticed Iniguez and a girl at a house placing baggage right into a car {that a} data verify confirmed was stolen, in accordance with the report. Police carried out a car cease in a restaurant parking zone and took Iniguez into custody.
Throughout an interview with police, Iniguez stated the weapons had been in his home and supplied his deal with, particularly saying police might discover them in his upstairs rooms. He additionally advised police he noticed the keys in a car at a Strip on line casino and stole it, the report acknowledged.
Iniguez additionally advised police there was fentanyl in a backpack within the car and below his mattress, including that he was a “habitual user” and “steals stuff to support his habit,” in accordance with the report.
In his residence, police discovered 43 weapons — however solely 35 belonged to the sufferer on the Westgate, they stated.
Iniguez faces the next fees:
47 counts of grand larceny of a firearm
47 counts of prohibited particular person in possession of a firearm
one depend of housebreaking of a motorized vehicle
He was held on the Clark County Detention Middle on a $708,000 bail. His subsequent courtroom look was scheduled for Feb. 3.
