Texas woman pleads guilty to theft after posing as FEMA rep, stealing Hurricane Rita trailer
By APWednesday, June 17, 2009
Texas woman stole, sold Hurricane Rita trailer
BEAUMONT, Texas — A Texas woman who stole a Hurricane Rita travel trailer and resold it has pleaded guilty to theft of government property.
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Beaumont on Tuesday announced the plea by 44-year-old Shelley Jerie Dewitt of Vidor (VY’-dor).
Dewitt faces up to 10 years in prison. No sentencing date has been set.
Rita hit southeast Texas and Louisiana in September 2005.
Dewitt in 2007 pretended to be a Federal Emergency Management Agency contractor removing FEMA trailers that were no longer needed. Those trailers were used as housing following Rita.
Investigators say Dewitt took an $11,000 travel trailer from an RV park in Silsbee and sold it to an unsuspecting buyer. The trailer was recovered.
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