4 Utah County men charged in theft of 70 firearms

  • Four men face charges for stealing 70 firearms from a Lindon business.
  • Edgar Cortez-Mesa, Alec Jesse Jones, Carlos Andres Raimondi-Perez and David Edward Boettcher were charged.
  • Investigators used surveillance video and phone data to identify one of the men.

LINDON — Four men accused of participating in the theft of 70 firearms from a Lindon business are now facing numerous charges.

Edgar Cortez-Mesa, 35, of American Fork, was charged Thursday in 2nd District Court with 21 counts of theft of a firearm, a second-degree felony; burglary, a third-degree felony; drug possession, a class A misdemeanor; and possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor.

Alec Jesse Jones, 36, of Orem, was charged with 20 counts of theft of a firearm, a second-degree felony; three counts of drug possession, a class A misdemeanor; and possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor…

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