In a recent operation by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD), two individuals have been arrested following the seizure of over 250 stolen items and four firearms from a residence on Pinehurst Drive. The arrests resulted from coordinated efforts by the MNPD’s Organized Retail Crime and Fraud Units, SWAT, and East Precinct Patrol.
During the execution of a search warrant, law enforcement officers confiscated construction equipment and tools valued at more than $60,000, reportedly stolen from local stores including Home Depot, Lowes, and Harbor Freight. The suspects, Hector Ibanes-Huerta, 44, and Stephanie Kay Powers, 41, were apprehended after admitting to selling the stolen goods on Facebook Marketplace.
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Among the items seized were four firearms, two of which had been reported stolen from Nashville. Due to a previous domestic assault conviction in 2013, Powers is legally prohibited from owning firearms. Similarly, Ibanes-Huerta, as a non-U.S. citizen, is also barred from firearm possession.
Ibanes-Huerta faces charges including four counts of unlawful weapon possession, two counts of theft of a firearm, theft of property exceeding $60,000, and simple drug possession, with a bond set at $82,000. Powers has been charged with three counts of weapon possession with a domestic violence conviction, two counts of theft of a firearm, and theft of property exceeding $60,000. Her bond is set at $75,000.
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[Image 1](https://www.nashville.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/Hector%20Huerta.JPG)
[Image 2](https://www.nashville.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/Stephanie%20Powers.JPG)
[Image 3](https://www.nashville.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/Pinehurst%20Dr%20Seizure%201.jpg)
[Image 4](https://www.nashville.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/Pinehurst%20Dr%20Seizure%202.jpg)
[Image 5](https://www.nashville.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/Pinehurst%20Dr%20Seizure%203.jpg)
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