WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
PLANO, Texas - A Houston man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison as part of a Homeland Security Task Force investigation for a violent crime spree in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
Jacobei Townsend, 24, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank theft and was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan on May 26, 2026.
According to court documents, from August to September 2020, Townsend was involved in a crime spree referred to as "Hook and Chain" burglaries, which involved stealing a truck, attaching hooks a...