Henderson police officer indicted over alleged plot to steal, sell military equipment – Las Vegas Review-Journal

Henderson police officer indicted over alleged plot to steal, sell military equipment  Las Vegas Review-Journal

A Henderson police officer was among a group of men indicted by a federal grand jury this month as part of a conspiracy to steal and resell Department of Defense equipment, court records show. A Henderson police officer was among a group of men indicted by a federal grand jury as part of a conspiracy to steal and resell Department of Defense equipment, court records show. A Henderson police officer was among five men indicted by a federal grand jury in Tennessee this month in an alleged conspiracy to steal and resell Department of Defense equipment, court records show. The indictment, unsealed Sept. 8, accuses officer Conrad Lillegard of participating in a scheme with Alexander Rubey, Marcus Hollmann, Scott Martin and Alex Pelc to steal night-vision goggles.

The filing alleged the group would then alter or remove markings to make the equipment harder to trace before selling it to private buyers, describing the transactions on online payment systems as “camera equipment.” Lillegard, who started at the Henderson Police Department on Dec. 23, 2015, is on unpaid leave, a police spokesperson said Friday. The filings allege that on Sept. 5, 2024, Rubey and Hollmann burglarized the National Guard Armory in Selmer, Tennessee — about 100 miles east of Memphis — stealing more than $285,000 in military equipment. The following day, Rubey