UPS employee arrested for theft of firearm in Vanderburgh County

VANDERBURGH COUNTY, Ind.–A UPS employee from Vanderburgh County was arrested Tuesday after investigators said he admitted to stealing parcels during an investigation into a missing firearm shipment.

Deputies were called to a local gun store on Aug. 18 after a firearm shipped through UPS to an out-of-state buyer failed to arrive. The package had reportedly been shipped several days earlier, but tracking information was unavailable.

A Sheriff’s Office detective assigned as a Task Force Officer with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, along with a special agent from the local ATF field office, began investigating the missing firearm…

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