Crime

Mexico man pleads guilty to possessing stolen firearms from Columbia Pawn Shop

Published October 13, 2020 6:21 PM

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.

A Mexico man pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing stolen firearms taken during the burglary of Tiger Pawn Shop in Columbia, Mo.

Tyler Andrew Hilderman, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing stolen firearms and one count of stealing firearms from a licensed firearms dealer.

Co-defendant Alexander Mears, 21, of Columbia, Mo., pleaded guilty on July 14, 2020, to possessing stolen firearms. Mears admitted that he and Hilderman stole 65 firearms during the burglary of Tiger Pawn Shop in September 2019.

According to Mears’s plea agreement, he and Hilderman made a hole in the building’s wall in order to enter the pawnshop.

Mears handed the firearms through the hole in the building wall to Hilderman, who remained outside.

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