Police Informant Robbed, Beaten By Western Mass Man: Feds

A 38-year-old Hampden County man is accused of robbing an informant working with police at gunpoint, federal authorities said.

Hector Laureano is accused of robbing a confidential informant working with police, federal prosecutors said.
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Josh Lanier

12/04/2023 1:24 p.m.

Hector Laureano, of Chicopee, was indicted on one count of assaulting with a dangerous weapon a person assisting an officer or employee of the United States in the performance of official duties; one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence; and one count of robbery of money of the United States, the US Attorney General for Massachusetts said on Monday, Dec. 4.

Authorities said Laureano on May 4 attacked the confidential informant, who was working on behalf of federal agents, with a .380 pistol and stole $1,400 that had been given to him by investigators, the prosecutor said.

Federal officials did not detail what the informant was working on.

Laureano faces potentially decades in prison if convicted.

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