Dexter Sherrod Pearce, 34, entered his guilty plea this week in the Northern District of Alabama, according to a joint statement Thursday by U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona and Homeland Security Investigations Acting Special Agent in Charge Travis Pickard.
As part of the plea, Pearce admitted that from May 2020 until August 2022, he and others stole and transported from one state to another at least 24 cars valued at over $1.6 million.
According to Pearce in his plea, he and others stole cars from automobile dealerships and individuals in other states and transported them to Alabama to sell. The conspirators also stole cars in Alabama and transported them to other states to sell.
To conceal that the cars were stolen, and then be able to sell them, Pearce and the group altered the vehicle identification numbers, obtained false bills of sale and tag applications, and used the false documents to obtain bogus car titles and registrations.
The crimes with which Pearce was charged federally, according to court records, include:
– A 2015 Dodge Challenger SXT stolen from a dealership in Oxford, AL. and taken to Coweta County, Ga.
– A 2018 BMW stolen out of Homewood and taken to Cummings County, Ga.
– A 2018 Dodge Challenger Demon stolen out of Carrollton, Ga. and delivered to Vestavia Hills.
– Two 2021 Dodge Challenger Scat Packs taken from a Carrollton, Ga., dealership and delivered to Alabama.
– A 2021 Ford Shelby Mustang GT 500 taken from Winchester, Tenn., and taken to Alabama.
– A 2021 Ford Mustang and a 2020 Dodge Challenger taken from Rome, Ga., and delivered to Birmingham.
– A 2022 Lincoln Aviator and a 2018 Ford F-150 Raptor. It’s unclear where those vehicles were stolen.
– A 2021 Ford Shelby Mustang GT 500, a 2020 Jeep Cherokee Track Hawk and a 2017 Ford F-450 Lariat stolen from a Jasper, Ga., dealership and delivered to Birmingham.
– A 2021 Ford F-350 Super Duty King Ranch and a 2019 Dodge Ram 3500 taken from a dealership in Meridian, Miss., and delivered to Birmingham.
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