A Mishawaka man has been sentenced his role in the break in and theft of firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer.

Michael Scott Barber, 22, has been ordered to 210 months in prison.

Barber went to hunting supply store in Shipshewana to scope out the store for the best way to break in and steal firearms. Barber and and an accomplice broke into the store and stole 15 firearms and a crossbow, according to court documents.

During the next several days, Barber distributed some of the stolen weapons to others, the court documents stated.

Investigators recovered eight of the stolen firearms, one in Chicago during the arrest of a person suspected of shooting another in the chest and another that was used in a Chicago Heights armed robbery committed by a person who was on parole for second degree murder.

Seven of the guns are still missing.

Barber has previously been convicted of second degree home invasion in Michigan along with burglary, theft and auto theft in Indiana.

Before being apprehended on these charges, Barber committed and was convicted of assault by strangulation and assault with intent to commit great bodily harm in Michigan.

Ten days after breaking into the Shipshewana dealer, Barber fled from and attacked a Michigan state trooper.