Ryan Ansart, 22, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Bangor on two charges related to the theft of 15 guns from a Waterville pawn shop.

Ansart and Damiean Marcial-Alexander, 21, of Waterville, broke into J.R.’s Trading & Pawn, 100 Elm St., Waterville, during the early morning of April 10, 2022, using a hammer to break a glass display case and gather the guns. The two men wore masks and broke in through a front window, authorities said at the time.

The theft was planned over Instagram and text messages, according to evidence collected by authorities. Photos from Ansart’s confiscated phone showed Ansart and Marcial-Alexander holding some of the firearms the morning after the theft.

Officials also found a screenshot of a map showing the route from Marcial-Alexander’s house to the pawn shop in Instagram messages sent between Ansart and Marcial-Alexander. Marcial-Alexander lived within a block of J.R.’s Trading & Pawn in Waterville, and went into the store in the days prior to the theft to look at the available firearms.

Marcial-Alexander pleaded guilty to charges in the case in May. Both men, who were arrested in Massachusetts in April 2023, face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, followed by up to three years of supervised release.

No sentencing date has yet been scheduled for Ansart.

Authorities said the pair sold some of the guns in the weeks after the burglary. A third man, Jadin Andino, was arrested on charges of possessing one of the 15 stolen firearms in connection with the case in September 2023.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with assistance from the Waterville Police Department.