Source: United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas resident who has a prior felony conviction was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey to 30 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for her role in stealing 38 firearms from a Federal Firearms Licensee business in Overton, Nevada, then illegally selling at least 20 of those firearms. The government recommended a prison sentence of 108 months.
Alexis Breanna Worrell pleaded guilty to one-count of theft of firearms from a licensee and one-count of possession of stolen firearms. Co-defendant Dennis James Caputo, of Las Vegas, was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to one-count of theft of firearms from a licensee and one-count of possession of stolen firearms.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 24, 2023, Worrell, Caputo, and another individual drove from Las Vegas to Overton. After the FFL business was closed, Caputo climbed onto the roof and used tools to open a hole in the roof of the building. He directed Worrell to wait for his call at a gas and convenience store. Caputo reached down through the ceiling and pulled up an AK-47 pattern semiautomatic rifle. He then dropped down inside the store, silenced the motion-sensor alarm, and began to pull various firearms from displays. He placed firearms on a bed sheet that he had brought with him and into a rifle case he found in the store. He also filled two five-gallon buckets with other firearms. Worrell admitted that she helped Caputo put the rifle and other firearms into the cab of the vehicle.
From July 25, 2023, to about September 5, 2023, Worrell and Caputo sold and transferred some of the stolen firearms to other individuals. To date, nine of those stolen firearms have been recovered by law enforcement from five prohibited persons who were engaged in criminal activities in the Las Vegas area. Four of the firearms remain outstanding.
Worrell has previously been convicted of trafficking methamphetamine in Clark County, Nevada. Caputo has previously been convicted of felony drug crimes in Douglas County, Clackamas County, and Coos County, Oregon; and burglary in Cowlitz County, Washington.
Acting United States Attorney Sigal Chattah for the District of Nevada made the announcement.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Dan Cowhig prosecuted the case.
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