A Maryland resident has been sentenced to three years and one month in prison for participating in a scheme to steal vehicles from airport parking lots. Tyrese McKinnon, 25, of Temple Hills, was found guilty of conspiring with another individual to take cars from Ronald Reagan National Airport in Virginia and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Maryland between January 2023 and April 2024.
Court records show that McKinnon and his co-conspirator entered the parking facilities on six separate occasions. After stealing the vehicles, they transported them across state lines. In one incident, they used a credit card discovered inside one of the stolen cars.
At the time of some thefts, McKinnon was already serving time for unrelated state charges. He was released from jail on March 1, 2024, and stole another vehicle less than two weeks later.
“Tyrese McKinnon has shown a complete disregard for the law, repeatedly stealing vehicles even after prior convictions,” said Lindsey Halligan, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “This sentence makes clear that chronic offenders who victimize Americans will be held fully accountable in federal court.”
“This case represents the success of law enforcement partnerships to hold Mr. McKinnon and his co-conspirator accountable for their criminal behavior,” said Special Agent in Charge Hanna Porterfield of the NCIS Washington, D.C. Field Office. “NCIS is unwavering in its commitment to protect and serve our Navy and Marine Corps families and the communities in which they live.”
The total value of all stolen vehicles ranged from $150,000 to $250,000.
The prosecution was led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Marc J. Birnbaum and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Amzallag.
Additional details about this case can be found on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia or by searching Case No. 1:25-cr-260 on PACER.
