Manchester Man Indicted for Possession of Body Armor as a Violent Felony

A Manchester man who was arrested by federal agents earlier this month was indicted by a federal grand jury in New Haven Thursday on one count of possession of body armor by a violent felon.

, 43, who sometimes goes by the alias of Walter Missouri Jr., was arrested at 25 Seaman Circle by officers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security Dec. 6 after he signed for and accepted delivery of a parcel that federal investigators had intercepted and found to contain a bullet proof vest.

The indictment alleges that Islam has two previous convictions for violent felonies in Connecticut on his record - an arrest for first degree assault in September 1999, and an arrest for first degree robbery in March 1985 - making it a felony for him to possess such ballistic body armor.

If convicted, Islam faces a maximum of three years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Islam has been detained since his arrest earlier this month.

Islam told FBI agents who questioned him at his home before the arrest that he planned to use the body armor to start up his own bodyguard or security company.