A Louisiana man was sentenced this month to 115 months in federal prison for his role in an alleged multi-state vehicle theft.
Christopher Don Byerley, 45, of Broussard, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Brian A. Jackson after being convicted of conspiracy to transport a stolen motor vehicle and modifying, deleting, and obliterating a vehicle identification number. Byerley was also charged with having fifteen or more unlawful access devices, possessing an unregistered silencer, and being a previously convicted felon in possession of a handgun.
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Following his imprisonment, the court sentenced Byerley to three years of supervised release and imposed $127,000 in restitution to the victims.
Between October 2021 and March 2022, Byerley and his co-conspirators, Robert Gregory Brazell, Adrienne Marie King, and Dennis Loyd Sizemore, carried out a coordinated and complex operation extending across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas, in which the group stole, then used or sold the stolen and altered vehicles, including tractors, excavators, forklifts, and a pickup truck, with a total value of over $
The group changed Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) to hide the true identity of the stolen items, used a chop shop, created fake documents, and set up fake businesses like “Hevyquip L.L.C.” to sell the stolen equipment, and they also had over 400 stolen identities and access devices to help hide their crimes.
Assistant United States Attorneys Lyman E. Thornton III and M. Patricia Jones handled the prosecution of this case.
