Michael RothsteinMar 4, 2026, 06:47 PM ETCloseMichael Rothstein, based in Atlanta, is a reporter on ESPN’s investigative and enterprise team. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein.Follow on XMultiple Authors
Huaiquil Chavez will be sentenced June 11. As part of the plea agreement, both sides agreed to two years imprisonment. If the court rejects the plea, either side can withdraw. U.S. attorneys recommended that Chavez receive “the maximum applicable reduction for acceptance of responsibility” provided he complies with the plea agreement’s stipulations. Those include not committing any new crimes or purposely making false statements or testifying “falsely at any future proceedings.”
A grand jury indicted Huaiquil Chavez and three other men in Tennessee in May 2025 on one count of interstate transportation of stolen property.
Sergio Andres Cabello, Bastian Alejandro Morales and Jordan Francisco Sanchez also were indicted in the Memphis case, but their statuses in Tennessee are unclear. The four men were arrested in Ohio on Jan. 10, 2025, after being pulled over for a traffic stop while they drove in a black 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer with Florida plates. In the arrest, the complaint noted, officers found fake identification and “burglary tools.”
Federal law enforcement used data from cell phone towers and car rentals to track the alleged thieves. Law enforcement also discovered photographs on an iCloud account showing the alleged thieves with stolen watches.
A discovery letter filed in October 2025 to Huaiquil Chavez’s attorney from the Department of Justice linked him to the Burrow case, stating “the government has provided evidence of other acts by Mr. Chavez related to the criminal action in Ohio.”
The judge in the Cabello, Morales and Sanchez cases has allowed multiple continuances, including on Tuesday, “to continue plea negotiations,” according to federal court documents. The next status conference in those cases is set for May 5.
Michael RothsteinMar 4, 2026, 06:47 PM ETCloseMichael Rothstein, based in Atlanta, is a reporter on ESPN’s investigative and enterprise team. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein.Follow on XMultiple Authors
CloseMichael Rothstein, based in Atlanta, is a reporter on ESPN’s investigative and enterprise team. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein.Follow on X
Messages left with Huaiquil Chavez’s attorney were not immediately returned to ESPN.