Las Vegas Man With Oregon Drug Convictions Gets Six Years for Firearms Heist in Nevada

A convicted felon, who previously committed drug trafficking crimes in the Oregon counties of Douglas, Clackamas, and Coos, has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of theft of firearms from a licensee and one count of possession of stolen firearms.

According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Nevada District, Dennis James Caputo, of Las Vegas, was sentenced yesterday together with a co-conspirator for stealing 38 firearms from a Federal Firearms Licensee business in Overton, Nevada, on July 24, 2023.

Together with Alexis Breanna Worrell, the couple, together with another unnamed individual, drove to Overton, where Caputo entered the business premises after making a hole in the roof.

He instructed Worrell to wait for his call at a local convenience store.
According to court records, Caputo silenced the motion-sensor alarm before placing firearms on display on a bed sheet that he had taken with him. He also filled a rifle case he found in the store, and two five-gallon buckets with firearms.

Worrell testified that she had helped Caputo put an AK-47 semiautomatic rifle and the rest of the firearms into the cab of their vehicle. She admitted that they then sold at least 20 of the firearms.

Nine of the stolen firearms have been recovered by law enforcement from five people prohibited from possessing firearms because of their criminal activities in the Las Vegas area. The police are still tracking down four of the stolen firearms.