LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The person accused of stealing greater than $300,000 from an armored truck outdoors of a Las Vegas financial institution now faces federal fees.
Devonte Devon Jackson, 29, appeared in federal courtroom on Thursday to face fees in reference to an armed theft of an armored truck outdoors of a financial institution in Las Vegas.
The theft occurred within the 9800 block of West Charleston Avenue close to South Hualapai Manner at round 12:15 p.m. on July 16, in response to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division.
A 2019 reserving picture of Devonte Jackson following an arrest for a previous armored truck theft. (LVMPD/KLAS)
Courtroom paperwork and statements made in courtroom allege that on July 16, Jackson brandished a gun and stole roughly $327,620 from the armored truck.
On July 29, Texas State Troopers, with the assistance of the FBI, took Jackson into custody in Centerville, Texas.
Police booked him into the McLennan County jail in Waco, Texas, for one depend of theft with the usage of a lethal weapon and one depend of coercion with pressure with the usage of a lethal weapon.
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He was later extradited again to Las Vegas.
Jackson’s look in courtroom was associated to federal fees he now faces, together with one depend of interference with commerce by theft and one depend of brandishing a firearm throughout against the law of violence.
United States Justice of the Peace Choose Elayna J. Youchah scheduled a jury trial to begin on Oct. 20.
If convicted, Jackson faces a most statutory penalty of 20 years in jail for the interference with commerce by theft cost and a compulsory consecutive sentence of seven years for brandishing a firearm.
