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Gwynn Oak Man Sentenced To Federal Prison In Halethorpe Gun Shop Burglary

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- A Gwynn Oak man was sentenced to over seven years in prison for a federal charge of firearm theft in connection with a burglary at a Halethorpe gun shop.

Byron Keith Goines, 25, was sentenced to 90 months for the theft of firearms from a federal firearms licensee's inventory

According to his plea agreement, the burglary happened around 1 a.m. on January 21, 2019, at a gun shop on Hollins Ferry Road in Halethorpe.

Police found Goines had cut a hole in the roof above the store's vault and taken multiple guns. He was arrested while hiding in a nearby warehouse.

Goines reportedly had disabled one of the building's cameras but was caught on neighboring businesses' security systems and a camera inside the vault.

Police identified him based on a tattoo and the shoes he was wearing at the time.

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