A 43-year-old Santa Fe man was sentenced to 96 months in prison for armed robbery of a K-Mart store.
Anthony Gutierrez, 43, of Santa Fe, N.M., was sentenced on November 21, 2012, to 96 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for a firearms conviction arising out of an armed robbery of a K-Mart Store in Santa Fe.
The crime occurred on October 21, 2011, at the K-Mart Store located at 1712 Saint Michaels Drive in Santa Fe.
Gutierrez and his brother, Angelo Gutierrez, 22, were indicted in January 2012, and charged with conspiracy to violate the Hobbs Act by interfering with a business engaged in interstate commerce by robbery, committing a Hobbs Act robbery, and using and carrying a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.
Gutierrez was arrested on February 15, 2012, after being transferred from state custody to federal custody. He has been in federal custody since that time.
Gutierrez pled guilty to using and carrying a firearm in relation to a crime of violence and to being a felon in possession of a firearm under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In entering his guilty plea, Gutierrez admitted entering the K-Mart Store on October 21, 2011, with the intention of robbing the store of DVDs.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives and the Santa Fe Police Department, with assistance from the K-Mart Store loss prevention officers. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jon K. Stanford and Holland S. Kastrin.
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Key Facts
- State: New Mexico
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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