GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A man who was spotted carrying a backpack filled with stolen weapons admitted to breaking into two Kent County gun stores, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday.
Tommy Lee Libbett Jr., 24, is charged with stealing guns from a federally licensed firearms dealer. Three other federal charges against him are pending, including a second count of stealing guns from a federally licensed firearms dealer, possessing stolen firearms and unlawfully transporting firearms.
The grand jury indictment says after lying several times, Libbett confessed to breaking into Imperial Gunworx in Sparta and Armory Valentine in Kentwood on July 14 and stealing guns. The indictment says Libbett knowingly stole or helped take 19 handguns from Imperial Gunworx and several guns from Armory Valentine.
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