A Port Arthur man, the pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving federal
inmates, has been sentenced to nearly 3 ½ years in federal prison. 49-year old Larry Lee
Stephens was one of six individuals in the Port Arthur and Houston area that were involved in
a six year scheme which defrauded the relatives of federal inmates by falsely representing that
they could obtain reductions in their relatives sentences in exchange for payment. Stephens,
along with other defendants must pay more than $3 million in restitution. Stephens has been
sentenced to 41 months in federal prison. Also named in the indictment were 42-year old
Wilbert Brown of Port Arthur and 41-year old Alvin James Warrick, 36-year old Colitha Patrice
Bush, 33-year old Ronald B Sheppard, and 54-year old Alvin Turner, all of Houston.