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Timestamp: 2019-01-18 11:16:27
Document Index: 498626724

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1343', '§ 1349', '§ 844', '§ 844', '§ 844', '§ 1349', '§ 844', '§ 844', '§ 1349', '§ 844', '§ 844']

THEODORE ROBERT WRIGHT, III (1)
On December 7, 2017, this case came before the undersigned magistrate judge for entry of a guilty plea by the Defendant, Theodore Robert Wright, III, to Counts One and Five of the Indictment. Count One alleges that from in or about March 2012, and continuing through in or about March 2017, the exact dates being unknown to the grand jury, in the Eastern District of Texas, and elsewhere, the defendants, T.R. Wright, Shane Gordon, Raymond Fosdick, and Edward Delima, along with others both known and unknown to the grand jury, did knowingly and willfully combine, conspire, confederate, and agree to violate 18 U.S.C. § 1343, wire fraud, that is to transmit and cause to be transmitted by means of wire communication in interstate commerce any writings, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds for the purpose of executing a scheme and artifice to defraud and for obtaining money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, all in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349-Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud. Count Five alleges that from on or about April 29, 2014, and continuing through on or about September 13, 2014, the exact dates being unknown to the grand jury, in the Eastern District of Texas, and elsewhere, the defendants, T.R. Wright, Shane Gordon and Raymond Fosdick, along with others known and unknown to the grand jury, did knowingly and willfully combine, conspire, confederate, and agree to violate 18 U.S.C. § 844(i), arson of property used in interstate and foreign commerce, that is to maliciously damage and destroy by means of fire, a vehicle, that is a 1971 Cessna 500, United States Aircraft Registration Number N18FM, used in interstate and foreign commerce and in an activity affecting interstate and foreign commerce, all in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(n)-Conspiracy to Violate 18 U.S.C. § 844(i).
The Defendant entered a plea of guilty to Counts One and Five of the Indictment into the record at the hearing. After conducting the proceeding in the form and manner prescribed by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, the undersigned finds:
d. That the Defendant's knowing and voluntary plea is supported by an independent factual basis establishing each of the essential elements of the offense and the Defendant realizes that his conduct falls within the definition of the crimes charged under 18 U.S.C. § 1349- Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and 18 U.S.C. § 844(n)-Conspiracy to Violate 18 U.S.C. § 844(i).
As factual support for the Defendant's guilty plea, the Government presented a factual basis. See Factual Basis. In support, the Government would prove that the Defendant is the same person charged in the Indictment, and that the events described in the Indictment occurred in the Eastern District of Texas. The Government would also have proven, beyond a reasonable doubt, each and every essential element of the offenses as alleged in Count One and Count Five of the Indictment through the testimony of witnesses, including expert witnesses, and admissible exhibits. In support of the Defendant's plea, the undersigned incorporates the proffer of evidence described in detail in the factual basis filed in support of the plea agreement, and the Defendant's admissions made in open court in response to the undersigned's further inquiry into the factual basis.
IT IS THEREFORE the recommendation of the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge that the District Judge accept the Guilty Plea of the Defendant, which the undersigned determines to be supported by an independent factual basis establishing each of the essential elements of the offenses charged in Count One and Count Five of the Indictment. Accordingly, it is further recommended that the District Judge finally adjudge the Defendant, Theodore Robert Wright, III, guilty of the charged offenses under 18 U.S.C. § 1349-Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and 18 U.S.C. § 844(n)-Conspiracy to Violate 18 U.S.C. § 844(i).