Beaumont carjacker sentenced

Dec. 2, a 24-year-old Beaumont man was sentenced to federal prison for violent crime violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox. Tremaurice Arthur Randall pleaded guilty on Aug. 4 to carjacking and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and was sentenced to 114 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone. A co-defendant, Thaddiaus Joseph Thomas, 34, of Beaumont, pleaded guilty to the same charges on Aug. 12 and is awaiting sentencing.

According to information presented in court, on Dec. 21, 2019, Thomas and Randall traveled to the Excellent Carwash located at 5010 Haden Road in Beaumont, wearing masks, where they approached a man who was sitting in the driver’s seat of his 2003 Dodge Ram pickup truck. Thomas pointed a pistol at the man and Randall ordered him to “give it up” before the two pulled the man out of his truck and threw him to the ground. Thomas then pistol-whipped the man in the head and fired one shot toward his feet. Randall and Thomas then entered the pickup truck and fled.  Thomas and Randall were indicted by a federal grand jury on March 4 and charged with conspiracy to commit carjacking, carjacking, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.