BEAUMONT, Texas – A 44-year-old Houston man has pleaded
guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S.
Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
Curtric
DeMaine White pleaded guilty to interstate transportation of stolen property
today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith F. Giblin.
According to
information presented in court, during the early morning hours of July 31,
2019, White and others burglarized Best Buy in Mobile, Alabama and D’Iberville,
Mississippi. Later in the evening of
that same day, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop on Interstate
10 West in Vidor, Texas on a vehicle having a fictitious license plate. White was identified as one of the two
occupants of the vehicle. While
questioning the occupants, the officer noticed a steel security cage in the
vehicle. After getting consent to
search, the cage was found to have the Best Buy “Geek Squad” insignia on it and
contained approximately 20 new Apple iPhones, all of which were determined to
belong to Best Buy. In total, the two
Best Buy stores suffered a combined loss of $117,363.97 in stolen items and
damage to their property.
Under federal
statutes, White faces up to 10 years in federal prison at sentencing. The statutory sentence prescribed by Congress
is provided here for information purposes, as the sentencing will be determined
by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory
factors. A sentencing hearing will be
scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the U.S.
Probation Office.
This case was
investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Vidor Police
Department and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher T. Tortorice.
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