ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Martin
Reidinger sentenced Jeramie Lee McSweeney, 39, of Lenoir, N.C., to 70 months in
prison and three years of supervised release, for the 2015 robbery of a jewelry
store, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North
Carolina. McSweeney was also ordered to pay $176,400 in restitution.
John A. Strong, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Charlotte Division, and Chief Bill Harrell of
the Highlands Police Department join U.S. Attorney Murray in making today’s
announcement.
According to documents filed with the court and today’s
sentencing hearing, on July 2, 2015, McSweeney and his co-conspirator, Gregory
Lee Gobble, robbed the Gold-n-Clipper jewelry store located in Highlands,
N.C. Court records show that Gobble
entered the jewelry store, broke the glass casing, and stole two pieces of
jewelry valued at $176,400. According to
court records, Gobble and McSweeney were seen fleeing the scene in a vehicle
driven by McSweeney. Highlands police
officers arrested McSweeney later the same day. According to documents filed with the court
and today’s sentencing hearing, McSweeney recruited Gobble to assist in the
commission of the robbery.
On February 11, 2019, McSweeney pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act
robbery. Gobble, who was arrested in South Carolina on August 2016, was
previously sentenced to 41 months in prison and three years of supervised
release.
In making today’s announcement, U.S. Attorney Murray thanked
the FBI and the Highlands Police Department for their investigation of this
case.
Assistant United States Attorney John Pritchard, of the U.S.
Attorney’s Office in Asheville, is in charge of the prosecution..
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