Today, U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Stewart announced that a federal judge sentenced 34-year-old Yanquiel Lazaro Garcia-Carrera, from West Palm Beach, Florida, to 54 months in prison for his role in a string of RV thefts across nearly a dozen states.
He was also ordered that Garcia-Carrera to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term and pay $70,036 in restitution.
According to his plea agreement and court records, Garcia-Carrera and others participated in a conspiracy to steal RVs from dealerships at night and transport them back to Florida. Records indicate that from February 2019 through July 2020, thefts occurred on at least 20 separate occasions in multiple states, including Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, West Virginia and Houston County, Alabama.
Two others charged in the conspiracy, 46-year-old and 37-year-old men from Florida, received a sentence of 26 months in prison and were ordered to pay restitution.
