A Henderson constabulary serviceman was among 5 men indicted by a national expansive assemblage successful Tennessee this period successful an alleged conspiracy to bargain and resell Department of Defense equipment, tribunal records show.
The indictment, unsealed Sept. 8, accuses serviceman Conrad Lillegard of participating successful a strategy with Alexander Rubey, Marcus Hollmann, Scott Martin and Alex Pelc to bargain night-vision goggles. The filing alleged the radical would past change oregon region markings to marque the instrumentality harder to hint earlier selling it to backstage buyers, describing the transactions connected online outgo systems arsenic “camera equipment.”
Lillegard, who started astatine the Henderson Police Department connected Dec. 23, 2015, is connected unpaid leave, a constabulary spokesperson said Friday.
The filings allege that connected Sept. 5, 2024, Rubey and Hollmann burglarized the National Guard Armory successful Selmer, Tennessee — astir 100 miles eastbound of Memphis — stealing much than $285,000 successful subject equipment. The pursuing day, Rubey allegedly sent a bundle addressed to Lillegard successful Henderson.
Rubey and Hollmann besides look a abstracted national number tied to the alleged theft of goggles from a U.S. Army installation successful Hawaii successful 2022, tribunal records show.
During a postulation halt connected Nov. 3, 2024, extracurricular of a National Guard Armory successful Lexington, Tennessee — astir midway betwixt Memphis and Nashville — constabulary recovered Rubey successful possession of the goggles stolen successful Hawaii, according to tribunal documents.
The alleged crimes occurred from January 2022 done August 2026, with investigators determining that the stolen goggles had besides been transported to Nevada, Arkansas and Michigan, filings said.
If questions ever arose from customers oregon instrumentality enforcement officers, the radical had planned to accidental the stolen goggles were authorities surplus oregon declaration overruns.
Court records amusement Lillegard was released from custody. His adjacent tribunal day is acceptable for Sept. 28 successful Jackson, Tennessee.
If convicted, Lillegard faces up to 15 years successful situation and $500,000 successful fines.
Contact Devan Patel astatine dpatel@reviewjournal.com
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