Snyder Pleads Guilty to Stealing

St. Louis, Mo. (KFMO) -​ A Bismarck man, 45 year old Gregory Snyder, will be sentenced November 6th after he admitted to the theft of firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer and possession of body armor by a violent felon.

A press release from the United States Attorney's Office Eastern District of Missouri in St. Louis shows Snyder pled gulity to stealing firearms and other items from a farm and home store in Potosi in 2021. Snyder admitted he hid in the store September 19th of 2021. After the store closed he came out of hiding to steal power tools, camping gear, and 13 guns, including eight rifles and five shotguns. Snyder loaded the guns and some of the other stolen goods in his car, and then took them to a river in eastern Washington County.

He returned early the next morning for more, but by then, Potosi Police Department officers had spotted evidence of the burglary. They stopped and questioned Snyder, who no longer had the stolen goods in his car. They arrested Snyder later that day. He denied being involved in the burglary but was drinking a Mountain Dew that had been stolen from the store. He was also wearing clothing matching that worn by the burglar and had stolen Kevlar vests in his car. Two of the shotguns have been recovered. The other guns are among more than $12,000 in stolen goods that remain missing.

The case is still under investigation.