A Hartford man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to stealing a a law enforcement vehicle packed with ammunition, a bulletproof vest and other equipment.
Federal prosecutors said 21-year old Jose “J-Money” Nunez-Torrez faces ten years or more in prison when he is sentenced in August on charges on stealing government property and possession with intent to sell the synthetic opioid fentanyl.
Law enforcement records information presented in court accuse Nunez-Torres and Dominque Perry of Hartford of stealing a 2016 Honda Accord from a residence in Newington in Jan. 2019. The vehicle was assigned to federal law enforcement agent, who was not identified, and contained fully loaded firearm magazines for multiple weapons, ammunition, handcuffs and other restraints, a ballistic vest and its component parts, and raid jackets.