ATF Reward - Halifax Community College Firearms Burglary

Weapons stolen from Basic Law Enforcement Training complex

November 10, 2010

HALIFAX COUNTY CRIME NEWS: A reward of up to $2,500 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those individuals involved in the burglary of the Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) complex, Halifax Community College, Weldon, North Carolina. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has offered the reward to the public in hopes of resolving the theft.

Sometime between the dates of July 23 and July 26, 2010, unknown persons broke into the BLET complex and stole eighteen firearms including seventeen handguns and one shotgun. The stolen firearms were housed on the premises for purpose training.

The BLET program provides law enforcement officer certification in North Carolina for employment at the state, county, or municipal level, and is controlled by the North Carolina Department of Justice, Criminal Justice Standards Division. Halifax Community College is one of the state’s accredited BLET training academy sites.

Anyone with information about this crime may call in confidentially to ATF Raleigh Field Office at 919-719-2021, or 800-283-4867, or Halifax County Crime Stoppers at (252) 583-4444.