A Broussard man has pleaded guilty in federal court in connection with the alleged operation of a “chop shop” for stolen vehicles and equipment across four states that netted over $250,000.
Christopher Don Byerley, 45, of Broussard pleaded guilty to various federal charges before U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson, according to a news release by acting U.S. Attorney April Leon of the Middle District of Louisiana.
Byerley pleaded guilty to:
- Conspiracy to transport a stolen motor vehicle.
- Altering, removing and obliterating a vehicle identification number.
- Possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices.
- Conspiracy to trafficking a firearm and receipt of a trafficked firearm.
- Receipt of a trafficked firearm.
- Possession of an unregistered silencer.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Byerley admitted as part of a guilty plea that between October 2021 and March 2022 he worked with co-conspirators Robert Gregory Brazell, Adrienne Marie King and Dennis Loyd Sizemore on a “coordinated and complex operation” that stretched across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas…