BOCA RATON – Local police have arrested a suspect in connection with the theft of assault rifles from a Boca home.
Public Information Manager Mark Economou said Bennet Kulback, 28, of 234 NW Wavecrest Court, Boynton Beach, was arrested and charged with one count of armed burglary and four counts of grand theft of a firearm.
The burglary victim called Boca Raton police Aug. 25 to report four firearms, including two assault rifles, missing when he returned home from vacation.
Detectives matched serial numbers provided by the victim to pawn shop transactions in the tri-county area. Economou said they located three of the stolen weapons at a pawn shop in Broward County, and upon review of the pawn receipt, identified Bennet Kulback as the individual who pawned the weapons.
When confronted by detectives at his residence, Kulback allegedly confessed to stealing the weapons, but stated he couldn’t remember where he sold the fourth weapon, a Glock handgun. The victim told detectives that he met Bennet once, but didn’t know his last name.
Economou said Kulback said he was aware that the victim was away on vacation, so he went to the house alone, parked at a vacant house and walked up to the house. He said the door was unlocked and he entered and stole the weapons and later sold them for cash to buy drugs, said the police report.