Posted October 10, 2017 9:00 am by Comments

By Jennifer Cruz

Safford Tire and Hardware was targeted for a break-in earlier this year in which the suspects stole 50 firearms. (Photo: Pinterest)
A federal court sentenced two men who stole more than 50 guns from an Alabama gun dealer earlier this year, the Justice Department announced.
The court sentenced Jabriel Bell, 25, to 46 months in federal prison and Fortune Hoppins, 35, to 57 months in addition to three years of supervised release, and a third suspect, Stanley Young, 28, will be sentenced in December. The three men pleaded guilty to stealing firearms from a licensed dealer over the summer.
According to court documents, in the early morning hours before the Safford shop opened on May 10, the trio pried open a metal door, then broke an interior door window to gain access to the guns, all of which was captured on surveillance video, which later proved instrumental in identifying and finding the suspects.
“[The video] showed two subjects forcing their way into the business. They were calm, real calm, real collected, not in too big of a hurry,” said Capt. Mike Granthum with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department. “It shows them rambling through the guns basically picking what they wanted, putting them in

Source: Guns.com

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