TYLER, Texas (KLTV) – A Smith County jury has found a Houston man guilty in connection with gas skimming operations in Tyler.
The jury found Yoelvis Herrera, 33, guilty on a charge of unlawful interception in Judge Austin Jackson’s court Wednesday afternoon following about an hour of deliberations.
Herrera was arrested in Dec. 2019 after being caught on camera trying to retrieve a skimming device from a gas station pump in the 1700 block of NNW Loop 323 in Tyler.
The jury will be back Wednesday to begin punishment testimony. The second-degree felony carries up to a 20-year prison sentence.
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