Dominique Pearson, Jewelers Robbery, Texas 2016

HOUSTON, TEXAS – A Houston man has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for his role in the conspiracy to rob Tilak Jewelers in Irving, Texas.

Dominique Pearson, 25, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to serve a total of 120 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in October 2016 to his role in the conspiracy to rob Tilak Jewelers in Irving, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.

Pearson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and one count of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to, and possessing and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of, a crime of violence. Pearson has been in custody since his arrest in December 2015.

Pearson was charged along with eleven other individuals in an indictment in February 2016. Afraybeom Traverom Jackson, 27, Joshua Deunte Caldwell, 26, Hilton Murdock Aitch, 56, Irving Tyrone Flanagan, 47, Larry Solomon, 42, Terrence Lynn Thompson, 53, Anthony Ray Turner, Jr, 25, Treveon Dominique Anderson, 26, Michael Cornelious, 27, Xavier Rashad Ross, 25, and Vanlisa Scott, 47, were each charged with one count of one count of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and one count of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to, and possessing and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of, a crime of violence.

According to plea documents filed in the case, in the early morning hours on November 17, 2013, Aitch, Jackson, Caldwell, Pearson, Flanagan, Solomon, Aitch, Thompson, Turner, Anderson, Cornelious, and Ross, traveled from Houston, Texas, to the Dallas, Texas, area with the specific intent to rob the Tilak Jewelers store located at 8300 North MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 100, Irving, Texas. They stole a cargo van and a minivan after they arrived in the Dallas, Texas, area in order to avoid detection and apprehension by law enforcement.

The Irving Police Department, Houston Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Robinson was in charge of the prosecution.

Pearson’s sentence of 120 months in federal prison brings an end to a lengthy investigation and prosecution of the conspiracy to rob Tilak Jewelers. The case highlights the importance of law enforcement working together to bring violent criminals to justice.

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