Allentown Man Sentenced to Fifteen Years for March 2023 Armed Robbery Spree in Lehigh County

USAO Press Release on August 21, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Rubiel Perez, 31, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release for carrying out an armed robbery spree in Lehigh…

Mexican National in the U.S. Illegally Charged With Using a Vehicle to Assault, Resist, Oppose, Impede, Intimidate, and Interfere with a Federal Agent

USAO Press Release on August 19, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Cristian Geovanni Rojas Benitez, 37, a Mexican national who overstayed his visa and remained illegally in the United States, was charged by indictment with forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, and…

Rochester Felon Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Possession of Firearm and Ammunition

USAO Press Release on August 18, 2025

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A former resident of Rochester, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to the statutory maximum of 10 years of prison, to be followed by three years of federal supervised release, on his conviction for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon…