Jersey City Man Admits to Conspiring to Transport Stolen Goods

CAMDEN, N.J. - A Jersey City man admitted to engaging in a conspiracy to burglarize logistics warehouses and transport the stolen goods, Senior Counsel Philip W. Lamparello announced.

Derek Spivey, 37, of Jersey City, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Edward S. Kiel to an information charging him with one count of conspiring to transport stolen goods. Spivey also pleaded guilty to violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior conviction for possessing a firearm as a felon.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

Spivey conspired with Jamil Bethea, Jamal Reid, Rasheed Sharpe, and others to burglarize trailers at logistics warehouses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, transport the goods stolen from those warehouses, and sell the stolen goods to others. As part of the conspiracy, burglars stole $50,000 of Department of Defense laptops from a Pennsylvania warehouse in January 2025; $200,000 of high-end perfume from a Pennsylvania warehouse in March 2025; and $20,000 of liquor from a New Jersey warehouse in March 2025. Spivey and his co-conspirators then transported stolen goods into and through New Jersey for the purpose of selling them.

The count of conspiracy carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, or twice the gross loss to the victim or gain to the defendant, whichever is greatest. Sentencing is scheduled for June 1, 2026.

Bethea, Reid, and Sharpe previously pleaded guilty for their roles in the conspiracy and are scheduled to be sentenced later this year.

Senior Counsel Lamparello credited agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Atlantic City Resident Agency, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Stefanie Roddy in Newark, with the investigation leading to this plea. He also thanked the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Philadelphia Field Division with its assistance in the investigation.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Bender of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Camden.

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Defense counsel: Thomas Young, Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender