Crime & Safety
AP: Man to Plead Guilty in $80M Eli Lilly Drug Heist
The Florida man's attorney made the announcement Monday.
A Florida man charged in the 2010 theft of $80 million in prescription drugs from Enfield warehouse Eli Lilly plans to plead guilty to the crime, according to a report by the Associated Press.
Amed Villa is set to plead guilty to federal theft and conspiracy charges, his attorney, Jonathan J. Einhorn, told the AP.
A change of plea hearing was postponed Monday until July 1, according to HartfordBusiness.com.
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Villa is one of two men charged by federal authorities last year for his alleged participation in the state's largest drug heist, the theft of $80 million worth of pharmaceutical drugs from the Eli Lilly Co. distribution center in the Enfield industrial park.
Villa's brother, Amaury Villa, has pleaded not guilty in Connecticut, Hartford Business reports.
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