The United States Attorney’s Office for
the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Senior United States
District Judge A. Richard Caputo sentenced Micheal Massey, age 24, formerly of
Scranton, to serve 60 months in prison for his role in committing an armed bank
robbery.
According to United States Attorney
Peter J. Smith, Massey previously entered a guilty plea before Senior Judge
Caputo and admitted to his involvement in an armed bank robbery, which occurred
on May 17, 2011, at the First Liberty Bank and Trust on Wyoming Avenue in
Scranton. Another individual, Lee Meyers, age 23, also of Scranton, was
previously sentenced to 42 months is prison by Senior Judge Caputo after
entering a guilty plea in which Meyers admitted to participating in the same
bank robbery. After the commission of the robbery, Massey and Meyers were
apprehended by the Pennsylvania State Police in Crawford County on May 27,
2011, after leading police on a high-speed vehicle chase.
In addition, Senior Judge Caputo ordered
that Massey be supervised by a probation officer for three years after serving
his prison sentence. Massey was also sentenced to pay restitution in the amount
of $15,089.
The investigation was conducted by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Pennsylvania State Police, and the
Scranton Police Department. U.S. Attorney Smith noted that the case was
prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert J. O’Hara.
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