BATON ROUGE — A 31-year-old Alabama man pleaded guilty to stealing from interstate shipments and possessing stolen goods from interstate shipments.

According to U.S. District Attorney Kurt Wall, Draterrius McCollough worked as a driver for a transportation company in late 2025 and early 2026. He regularly picked up large shipments from a distribution hub in Baton Rouge to take to a store in Gonzales.

In January, the retailer's fraud investigations team noticed an unusually high number of items shipped to the Gonzales store were going missing.

In early February, law enforcement officers got a search warrant for an apartment McCollough was leasing in Baton Rouge. The release said officers found more than 100 stolen items there, including numerous Apple iPhones and iPads, approximately 50 pairs of wireless headphones and other electronics.

Authorities also said officers found evidence that McCollough stole an Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max from a shipment that started in Texas and was supposed to go to a store in Prairieville. The release said he possessed more than 200 stolen items with an estimated retail value of more than $30,000.