PORTLAND — A Bowdoin man admitted in August to stealing government-issued equipment, including the duty pistol and badge of a U.S. Border Patrol agent.

Authorities recovered the stolen property after executing a search warrant at a Doughty Road home in Bowdoin last year.

Michael J. Hall, 42, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to theft of government property, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and felon in possession of ammunition, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.

Both crimes are felonies and carry possible fines of up to $250,000.

Hall is in federal custody as he awaits sentencing.

Codefendant Arden Shaw, 51, of Lisbon, was charged with theft of government property. His trial is set for December.

Hall burglarized the Bowdoin home in June 2023 and stole items belonging to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including portable radios, a Glock 9 mm U.S. Border Patrol duty pistol with a mounted light, body armor, a police baton, U.S. Border Patrol badges, 300 rounds of 9mm ammunition, and a government-issued cell phone and laptop computer, according to court papers.

Hall also stole two personally owned handguns and approximately 600 rounds of 9-millimeter parabellum ammunition, a large amount of cash and jewelry from the home, according to prosecutors.

At the time of the burglary, Hall had been convicted of crimes punishable by more than a year in prison in Cumberland County.

The burglary took place at the site of a quadruple homicide in April 2023 in Bowdoin, where Joseph Eaton shot and killed his parents, Cynthia Eaton, 62, and David Eaton, 66, of Florida, and longtime family friends Robert Eger, 72, and Patti Eger, 62

He was sentenced to life in prison.