The United States Attorney’s Office for
the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Senior United States
District Judge A. Richard Caputo sentenced Lee Meyers, age 23, formerly of
Scranton, to serve 42 months in prison for his role in committing an armed bank
robbery.
According to United States Attorney
Peter J. Smith, Meyers previously entered a guilty plea before Senior Judge
Caputo and admitted to his involvement in an armed bank robbery, which occurred
on May 17, 2012, at the First Liberty Bank and Trust on Wyoming Avenue in
Scranton. Another individual, Micheal Massey, age 23, also of Scranton, has
also entered a guilty plea in which he admitted to participating in the same
bank robbery. After the commission of the robbery, Meyers and Massey 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 Meyers be supervised by a probation officer for three years after serving
his prison sentence. Meyers was also sentenced to pay restitution in the amount
of $15,089.
United States Attorney Smith noted that
Micheal Massey is scheduled to be sentenced on August 24, 2012.
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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