A Birmingham man was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly stealing more than 40 firearms from a Tuscaloosa gun store in July, the Department of Justice said.

Martaves Labron "Moo Moo" Brown, 23, took the firearms from Guns & Ammo LLC on July 12, authorities said. His two-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court charged him with one count stealing firearms from a licensed firearms business and one count of possession of stolen firearms.

When the store was burglarized by several males around 4 a.m., roughly 25 handguns and 10 to 15 long guns, including AR-15's, were taken. The maximum penalty for stealing a firearm from a licensed gun dealer and for possession of a stolen firearm is 10 years in prison plus a $250,000 fine.

In a separate and unrelated cases, the grand jury indicted two other men with illegal possession of firearms or explosives.

Jarvis Montrez Key, 24, of Hoover was charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a pistol and a rifle on Aug. 20 in Jefferson County. Key was convicted of second-degree robbery in Shelby County Circuit Court in March 2013, according to the indictment.

Jeffery Cunningham, 47, of Cullman, with being a convicted felon in possession of an electrically initiated explosive detonator on March 23, 2016 in Cullman County. Cunningham was convicted in May 2001 of first-degree theft of property. He was also convicted of second-degree receiving stolen property in August 2001 and unlawful possession of a controlled substance in November 2001.

The maximum penalty for being a convicted felon in possession of firearms or explosives is 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.