PHOENIX – This
week, Armando Pablo Ochoa, 32, of Payson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District
Judge Susan M. Brnovich to ten years in prison followed by three years of
supervised release. Ochoa had previously
pleaded guilty to use of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.
Ochoa admitted to
using a weapon, along with co-defendant, Ryan Pearson, to rob $652,000 in cash
from the Mazatal Casino on the Tonto Apache Indian Reservation. Ochoa and Pearson entered the casino armed
with handguns and demanded that employees open a vault. When they did not receive immediate
compliance, Ochoa and Pearson each fired a round from their weapons. Both Ochoa and Pearson were employees of the
casino at the time. Pearson pleaded
guilty to possession of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence and is
scheduled for sentencing on April 15, 2019.
The investigation
in this case was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The prosecution was handled by Anthony W.
Church, Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Phoenix.
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