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Manchester Resident Admits Illegally Purchasing and Possessing Body Armor

U.S. Attorney’s Office January 11, 2011
  • District of Connecticut (203) 821-3700

David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WAHEED ISLAM, also known as “Walter Missouri, Jr.,” 43, of Seaman Circle, Manchester, pled guilty today before United States District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to one count of possession of body armor by a violent felon.

According to court documents and statements made in court, WAHEED ISLAM placed an order with an overseas company for a bullet proof vest designed to withstand gunfire from a 9mm pistol. After federal agents learned of the shipment and intercepted the package, an FBI agent dressed as a DHL deliveryman carried the package to the defendant’s Manchester residence on December 6, 2010, whereupon WAHEED ISLAM accepted delivery of the package. A short time later, agents executed a court-authorized search warrant at the residence and found the package containing the bullet proof vest on the premises.

ISLAM has previously been convicted of multiple felony crimes of violence, including first degree assault and first degree robbery.

It is a violation of federal law for a person previously convicted of a violent felony to possess a bullet proof vest.

Judge Chatigny has scheduled sentencing for April 8, 2011, at which time ISLAM faces a maximum possible term of imprisonment of three years and a fine of up to $250,000.

ISLAM has been detained since his arrest on December 6, 2010.

This matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Joint Terrorism Task Force; Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”) and Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”); Connecticut State Police; Manchester Police Department; and State of Connecticut Office of Adult Probation. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Henry K. Kopel and Stephen B. Reynolds.

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