Houston news: Man stole $1 million worth of Jeeps, FBI says

HOUSTON — A Houston man is in trouble after the feds say he concocted a plan to steal a bunch of Jeeps and then sold them in Mexico.

Kenneth Dwayne Westbrook, 29, stole 25 vehicles worth more than $1 million, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Westbrook was arrested following an investigation by the FBI Houston Office.

Investigators say Westbrook recruited people through Instagram and promised to pay them to rent vehicles from him. Once the vehicles were recovered, he drove them to Mexico to sell them to drug cartel members, the FBI said.

Westbrook was scheduled to make his first court appearance Monday afternoon.

If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a maximum fine of $250,000 for each count.

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