BEAUMONT, Texas — A Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to federal firearm violations in the Easter District of Texas.
21-year-old Daniel Leatherwood pleaded guilty to the Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence on Jan. 25, 2024, according to a an Eastern District of Texas news release.
In April and May 2023, Leatherwood and another person robbed several businesses in the Beaumont area at gunpoint.
The robberies included two Game X Change stores, a Shell gas station, an Express Mart convenience store and a Cindie’s lingerie store, according to the release.
Leatherwood was indicted on Nov. 1, 2023.
He faces up to 20 years in federal prison on the armed robbery charge and an additional seven years for brandishing a firearm during that crime, according to the release.
A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after a presentence investigation is finished by the U.S. Probation Office.
The case was investigated by the FBI, Beaumont Police Department, Nederland Police Department, Liberty Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tommy L. Coleman with the cooperation of the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office.
This case was prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program. Through PSN, a broad group of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and create solutions to address them.
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