February 16, 2010 - Dennis C. Pfannenschmidt, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a Wilkes-Barre man admitted today to robbing the Choice One Federal Credit Union on Hazle Street in Wilkes-Barre on July 23, 2008, in a proceeding before U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley.
Pfannenschmidt stated that Leon Stanford, age 43, pleaded guilty to taking $920 in cash from the credit union after handing a teller a note that demanded money and claimed that Stanford had a bomb.
Stanford was indicted by a federal grand jury in August 2008, as a result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Wilkes-Barre Police.
If the judge accepts the terms of the plea agreement, Stanford will be sentenced to between 90 months and 120 months in prison.
Judge Munley scheduled sentencing for May 12, 2010.
Pfannenschmidt noted that Assistant United States Attorney Francis P. Sempa prosecuted the case.
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