ALBANY, NEW YORK – Juan A. Torres, age 36, of Albany, pled
guilty today to unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C.
Jaquith and James N. Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field
Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Torres admitted that on July 13, 2018, he sold a Kel-Tec 9
millimeter pistol, loaded with four rounds of Luger ammunition, in Schenectady
County, New York. Torres had two felony
convictions at the time.
Torres, who is in custody, faces up to 10 years in prison,
and up to 3 years of post-imprisonment supervised release, when he is sentenced
on September 17, 2019 by Senior United States District Judge Thomas J.
McAvoy. A defendant’s sentence is
imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is charged
with violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other factors.
This case was investigated by the FBI and its Capital
District Safe Streets Gang Task Force, and is being prosecuted by Assistant
U.S. Attorney Michael Barnett.
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