BATON ROUGE — A Lafayette woman was sentenced to four years in federal prison for her role in a multi-state operation that involved stealing and selling heavy equipment.
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Baton Rouge said Adrienne Marie King, 39, had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport a stolen motor vehicle, altering vehicle identification numbers and possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices.
Federal prosecutors said that, between October 2021 and March 2022, King and three others carried out an operation across Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The group stole tractors, excavators, forklifts and a pickup truck worth more than $250,000, the government said…