A federal jury convicted a man for stealing more than 200 pallets of Meals-Ready-to-Eat (MREs) valued at more than $1 million.
Former soldier turned U.S. Army civilian contractor Joseph Lavar Davis, 47, was convicted for conspiracy to commit theft of government property and a substantive count of theft of government property, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas announced on June 30, 2026.
Officials said that between February 24, 2020, and August 12, 2020, Davis and three other co-defendants stole more than 200 pallets containing approximately $1,120,000 worth of MREs…