A truck driver faces years in federal prison for stealing and burning a semi-truck owned by his former employer.
Kevin Kaedi, a 27-year-old truck driver from Florida, was sentenced to five years in federal prison and three years of supervised release for “malicious use of explosive materials,” according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Nebraska.
He was also required to pay $59,353.63 in restitution.
Officials say Kaedi was working as a truck driver for Missouri-based Prime, Inc. on March 25, 2024, when he disconnected his vehicle’s tracking devices, preventing his employer from tracking the truck. He then parked his truck in the south cell phone parking lot at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska.
On March 31, surveillance footage shows Kaedi renting a car from the Eppley Airfield terminal and driving it back to the truck in the lot.According to officials, Kaedi was captured on video unloading items from the truck into the rental car before driving away.
Several minutes later, smoke is seen coming from the parked truck, prompting a response from firefighters, who eventually extinguish the vehicle fire.
Inspectors found a “red plastic gas container inside the cab of the semi-truck along with an incendiary device, indicating that the fire was intentional.”
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives investigated the case, as did the City of Omaha’s Fire Investigation Unit.