Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sean Eldridge and Charles Moynihan,
who handled the prosecution of the case, stated that on October 21, 2012,
members of the Elmira Police Department recovered a Taurus .40 caliber pistol
during a robbery investigation. Further investigation revealed that, in June of
2012, the owner of the handgun reported it stolen to the Addison Police
Department. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
followed up and determined that the defendant acquired the handgun from Kevin
Krowiak, the person who stole it, by trading cocaine for the gun. After
acquiring the gun but prior to its recovery by the Elmira Police Department,
defendant sold the gun to a third person.
The defendant, having been previously convicted on May 6,
2009, in Steuben County Court of a felony offense, was legally prohibited from
possessing any firearm.
The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives under the direction of
Special Agent-in-Charge, Ashan Benedict; as well as members of the Elmira
Police Department, under the direction of Chief Joseph Kane.
