A Jersey City resident has admitted to participating in a scheme to burglarize logistics warehouses and transport stolen goods across state lines, according to an announcement from Senior Counsel Philip W. Lamparello.
Derek Spivey, 37, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Edward S. Kiel to one count of conspiring to transport stolen goods. He also admitted to violating the conditions of his supervised release from a previous conviction for possessing a firearm as a felon.
Court documents and statements indicate that Spivey worked with Jamil Bethea, Jamal Reid, Rasheed Sharpe, and others to break into trailers at logistics warehouses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The group stole $50,000 worth of Department of Defense laptops from a Pennsylvania warehouse in January 2025, $200,000 worth of high-end perfume from another Pennsylvania warehouse in March 2025, and $20,000 worth of liquor from a New Jersey warehouse that same month. The stolen items were then transported through New Jersey for resale.
The conspiracy charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine up to $250,000 or twice the gross loss or gain related to the crime. Sentencing is set for June 1, 2026.
Bethea, Reid, and Sharpe have previously pleaded guilty for their involvement and are scheduled for sentencing later this year.
Senior Counsel Lamparello acknowledged the investigative work of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Atlantic City Resident Agency under Special Agent in Charge Stefanie Roddy in Newark. He also thanked the FBI’s Philadelphia Field Division for its assistance.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Bender is representing the government in this case.
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