A UPS employee has been charged in connection with the theft of handguns from a UPS facility in Sparks.
At 8:47 a.m. on October 20, Baltimore County Police responded to the UPS facility in the 14400 block of York Road 21152 for a theft report. Officers learned that a security guard at the facility had been told about something suspicious involving an employee. That security guard stopped the employee and found that he had a handgun taped to each leg. Those guns had been taken from a package at the facility.
Detectives also discovered that the employee had been in possession of two handguns stolen from the same facility on June 9.
The employee has been identified as 27-year-old Eric Michael Bruneau of the 10000 block of Magledt Road 21234. He is has been charged with four counts of possession of a stolen regulated firearm and has been released on $25,000 bail.
This incident remains under investigation by the Baltimore County Police Gun Squad.