Man Sentenced to More Than 1 Year for Stealing Man’s Truck, Using Another Man’s Driver’s License to Avoid Arrest

NORFOLK, Va. — Richard Curtis Womack Jr., 34, was sentenced on Tuesday to serve one year and four months in custody for stealing a truck from outside a Norfolk residence and being in possession of another man’s driver’s license last year.

Early in the morning on May 16, 2023, a man reported to police that his Toyota Tundra had been stolen from outside his residence in Norfolk. Within three hours, Norfolk Police officers located the stolen Tundra on East Little Creek Road and saw Mr. Womack getting out of the vehicle. When they detained Mr. Womack, he falsely identified himself to the officers using a driver’s license that had been stolen from another man the week before, along with the man’s car and wallet. The police booked Mr. Womack into jail using that man’s name. Norfolk Sheriff’s deputies fingerprinted Mr. Womack, discovered his real identity, and contacted the police, who charged Mr. Womack under his correct name.

Mr. Womack agreed to plead guilty on Tuesday to felony grand larceny of an automobile and misdemeanor receipt of stolen property (the driver’s license). Mr. Womack agreed to be sentenced to serve one year and four months in custody with another four years and eight months in prison suspended on the conditions that he complete two years of uniform good behavior and pay restitution to the victim of the truck theft. Judge Jamilah D. LeCruise accepted Mr. Womack’s plea agreement, found him guilty of the to charges, and sentenced Mr. Womack per the agreement.

“It was bad enough that Mr. Womack stole someone’s truck,” said Commonwealth’s Attorney Ramin Fatehi. “What made Mr. Womack’s crime far worse and made his sentence longer was that he stole the identity of a crime victim and tried to frame that victim for the crime he himself committed. But for the work of the Norfolk Sheriff’s Office, an innocent person could have been later arrested for Mr. Womack’s crime. I commend the police and sheriffs for their work in helping us hold Mr. Womack accountable.”

Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney A. Robinson Winn prosecuted Mr. Womack’s case on behalf of the Commonwealth, and Norfolk Police Detective Thomas W. Bowen led the investigation.

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