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UPS employees arrested in gun theft ring
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:52 am
by Big_mike
No bueno.
https://www.swlexledger.com/single-post ... theft-ring
Lexington, S.C. – Lexington County deputies arrested five UPS employees last week in connection with guns stolen from the shipping company’s hub in West Columbia.
Byron Burke, 19, Jalen Green, 19, Dishon Kinney, 18, Kenyon Peters, 18, and Tre’von Williams, 19, are charged with breach of trust, according to arrest warrants. Kinney and Peters are also charged with criminal conspiracy.
“UPS’ security team called us in as soon as they became aware of guns being stolen from incoming trucks,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “Once we started our investigation, detectives determined Kinney and Peters devised a plan to steal guns from incoming packages at the UPS hub.”
The five men sold the guns or gave them away while on company time, according to Koon.
Investigators arrested them at the UPS hub Thursday. They have been released from the Lexington County Detention Center after meeting conditions of their bond.
Re: UPS employees arrested in gun theft ring
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:06 pm
by ADulay
Isn't stealing guns in interstate transportation a federal crime?
AD
Re: UPS employees arrested in gun theft ring
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:24 pm
by REDinFL
"You must use a common carrier...[for security]."
Re: UPS employees arrested in gun theft ring
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:39 pm
by Flame Red
I guess the problem was that these guys did not give the stolen guns to the MOB for free?
Re: UPS employees arrested in gun theft ring
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:44 pm
by zeebaron
Going to jail for some Tauruses...lol...
Re: UPS employees arrested in gun theft ring
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:45 pm
by Big_mike
zeebaron wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:44 pm
Going to jail for some Tauruses...lol...
I thought the same thing!
Re: UPS employees arrested in gun theft ring
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 1:21 pm
by Chinerd00
Dindo's
Re: UPS employees arrested in gun theft ring
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:25 pm
by Gregg
This is news?
The reason UPS and FedEx made us all start shipping handguns via very expensive overnight express, was to stop this kind of inside theft, 20 years ago.
It sure worked.
Not to stop their employees from stealing guns, but to boost their bottom line.
Re: UPS employees arrested in gun theft ring
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:37 pm
by photohause
Ship them as plumbing parts.........any way you wish....
Re: UPS employees arrested in gun theft ring
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 6:55 pm
by Tenzing_Norgay
Big_mike wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:52 am
Byron Burke, 19, Jalen Green, 19, Dishon Kinney, 18, Kenyon Peters, 18, and Tre’von Williams, 19, are charged with breach of trust, according to arrest warrants. Kinney and Peters are also charged with criminal conspiracy.
