Hartford Man Stole Federal Law Enforcement Vehicle: Feds

HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford man has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for stealing a federal law enforcement vehicle and equipment, according to a statement from federal prosecutors. Dominique Perry, 24, will also serve three years of supervised release following the prison sentence.

According to the statement, Perry and another person stole a 2016 Honda Accord from a home in Newington on Jan. 29, 2019.

The vehicle was the property of a federal law enforcement agency, and contained fully loaded firearm magazines for multiple weapons, ammunition, handcuffs and other restraints, a ballistic vest and its component parts, and raid jackets.

After stealing the vehicle, Perry drove the Accord to a location in Bloomfield where he and the other person removed the vehicle’s tires and rims, which they sold. They also advertised the sale of loaded firearm magazines, ammunition, ballistic vest and other items.

The vehicle and its tires and rims have been recovered, but some of the law enforcement equipment that was in the car has not been located.

Perry was ordered by the court to pay $1,560 in restitution for the missing equipment.

Perry has been detained in state custody on unrelated auto theft charges since August 2019. On Oct. 18, he pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of theft of government property.