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5010 Haden Road, Beaumont
Thaddiaus Joseph Thomas, 34, of Beaumont, has been sentenced to serve 198 months in federal prison, according to a judgment handed down by U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone on Friday, Jan. 22. Thomas pleaded guilty on Aug. 12, 2020, to discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and carjacking.
According to information presented in court, on Dec. 21, 2019, Thomas and Tremaurice Arthur 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 the victim to “give it up” before the two pulled the man out of his truck and threw him to the ground.
Thomas “pistol-whipped” the victim in the head and fired one shot toward his feet. Randall and Thomas then stole the pickup truck and fled.
Thomas and Randall were indicted by a federal grand jury on March 4, 2020, 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. Randall, 24, also of Beaumont, pleaded guilty on August 4, 2020, to brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and carjacking and was sentenced on Dec. 2, 2020, to 114 months in federal prison.
“Everyone deserves to live in a safe community, free from the threat of violent crime,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas Ganjei. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas, along with our federal and local law enforcement partners, will do whatever it takes to stem the tide of violent gun crime on our streets.”