Houston Man Sentenced to 50 years for Aggravated Robbery of Armored Truck
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX Dec 21 2021— On Wednesday. December 15, 2021, a Montgomery County jury sentenced Treveon Shelldrick Poole, 29, to 50 years in prison after finding him guilty of first degree felony offense of Aggravated Robbery. The Honorable Patty Maginnis of the 435th District Court presided over the three-day trial.
Poole, of Houston, was on deferred adjudication probation for a bank robbery he committed in League City, Texas at the time he committed an Aggravated Robbery of an armored truck driver in Willis, Texas on November 19, 2019. Poole will have to serve at least one half of his sentence, or twenty-five years, before becoming eligible for parole.
Jurors heard evidence that Poole and two co-defendants conspired to follow armored trucks out of Houston with the intent to commit an aggravated robbery of the courier. On November 19, 2019, Poole and one of his co-defendant, Javahnute Parker, jumped out of a black vehicle at the Chase Bank in Willis, threatened the armed guard with a firearm, and demanded that he back up from the money. Fearing for his life, the armed guard fired his weapon six times at the robbers, striking and killing Parker. Poole fled the scene on foot and was picked up by the third co-defendant a short distance away.
Texas Ranger Derek Leitner, who took lead on the investigation , was able to use cell phone records and enforcement databases to develop Poole as a suspect. Assistant District Attorneys Adam McLane and Donna Berkey presented DNA evidence and surveillance video that confirmed that Poole was the gunman in this dangerous aggravated robbery. After approximately two hours of deliberation, the jury returned a guilty verdict.
During the punishment phase of the trial, prosecutors presented testimony from League City Police Department Detective G. Thomas, who testified about his investigation of the robbery of the IBC Bank on September 24, 2017 which resulted in the arrest of Poole for the second degree felony of Robbery. Detective G. Thomas provided the handwritten letter demanding money and threatening violence, which was collected as evidence in his case, so that jurors could consider that prior offense in determining a just sentence for Poole. Despite his previous arrest for robbery, Poole remained probation eligible, making his punishment range probation to life. After deliberation for approximately one hour, the jury sentenced Poole to fifty years in the Texas Department of Corrections.
Assistant District Attorney Adam McLane: “This case involved the combined efforts of several agencies in Montgomery County, including the Texas Rangers, Willis Police Department Montgomery County Constable Precinct One, and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. We are proud to work with some of the best that Texas law enforcement has to offer, and we are privileged to present cases to Montgomery County jurors.”
District Attorney Brett Ligon: “This defendant decided to make robbery his daytime job, and then he decided to come to Montgomery County to practice his trade. Now he can sit in prison for decades considering just how wrong both of those decisions were.’
