The agency is collaborating with MA State Police and Worcester Police to recover the weapons. Recently, people familiar with the matter, who chose to remain anonymous, provided reporters with that piece of info.
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The weapons have been listed in NCIC, an index used by law enforcement nationwide to track stolen firearms, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.
Local media reports indicated the stolen weapons included assault rifles and handguns. M4 rifles are now heavily used by Marine Corps and the U.S. Army as infantry weapons.
The weapons were added to the National Crime Information Center so that law enforcement agencies can be on the look out. They pledged that they’d spare no effort to get better the weapons directly.
Charlie Baker reported the burglary at a Sunday afternoon press conference.
Kristen Setera said that Boston FBI was made aware of the break-in at the Lake Avenue federal facility on Sunday.
The break in first came to light when a worker spotted smoke morning and phoned 911.
The Worcester metropolis supervisor mentioned investigators are looking for an unidentified man. “The timing of this break-in at the armory is hard in light of what happened in Paris”.
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The Lincoln Stoddard Army Reserve Center was broken into between 10 p.m Saturday and 1 a.m. Sunday, Augustus said.
