NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) in collaboration with several units recovered thousands of dollars' worth of stolen items, including weapons, during the execution of a search warrant Monday.
MNPD's Organized Retail Crime and Fraud Units, working with SWAT and East Precinct Patrol officers, arrested 44-year-old Hector Ibanes-Huerta and 41-year-old Kay Powers after authorities found 250 stolen items in a home on Pinehurst Drive.
A press release from MNPD said that "detectives seized more than $60,000 worth of stolen construction equipment and tools" from area businesses. Additionally, authorities recovered four guns from the home; two of the guns were registered as stolen out of Nashville.
Neither Ibanes-Huerta nor Powers were legally allowed to possess a firearm. Ibanes-Huerta and Powers reportedly admitted that they knew the items were stolen before posting them for resale on Facebook Marketplace.
Ibanes-Huerta was charged with four counts of unlawful weapon possession, two counts of theft of a firearm, theft of property greater than $60,000 and simple drug possession. He is jailed on an $82,000 bond. Powers was charged with three counts of weapon possession with a domestic violence conviction, two counts of theft of a firearm and theft of property greater than $60,000. She is jailed in lieu of a $75,000 bond.