Man Admits Kidnapping Michigan Store Manager in Scheme to Steal 123 Guns

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten talks about the more than 100 recovered stolen handguns during a news conference in Benton Township, Mich., on Nov. 21, 2023. Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP, File

BENTON HARBOR, Mich.—A man pleaded guilty Tuesday in a wild scheme to steal 123 handguns by kidnapping the manager of a Michigan sporting goods store and threatening him at gunpoint to reveal how to turn off the alarm.

“Darnell Bishop’s brazen crimes, if successful, would have flooded the streets of Benton Harbor and beyond with illegal firearms,” U.S. Attorney Mark Totten said.