Houston Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Bowie County ATM Burglaries

TEXARKANA, Texas – Two Houston men have been sentenced to prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.

Teddrick Trayvon Solomon, 26, and Corde Deandre St. Jules, 21, pleaded guilty in 2022 to conspiracy to commit bank theft.  Solomon was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution of $257,789.00 on January 24, 2023.  Today, St. Jules was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $257,789.00.  The sentencing hearings were held in front of U.S. District Judge Robert W. Schroeder, III.

According to information presented in court, Solomon and St. Jules, along with others, conspired to burglarize ATMs (automated teller machines) in the Bowie County area.  On Jan. 26, 2021, an ATM located at the Texar Federal Credit Union on Gibson Lane in Texarkana, Texas, was burglarized and approximately $127,654.00 was stolen.  On Feb. 2, 2021, an ATM located at the Texar Federal Credit Union on W. 7^th Street in Wake Village, Texas, was also burglarized and approximately $10,513.00 was stolen.  In each burglary, one of the co-conspirators stole a pickup truck and then the defendants attached chains to the ATM and used the stolen truck to break open the ATM.  There was approximately $60,000 in damage done to each ATM.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Wake Village Police Department, the Texarkana Police Department, and the Queen City Police Department.  This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alan R. Jackson.

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