A brazen burglary at a Schenectady gun store has led to a 57-month prison sentence for one of the masterminds behind the heist.
Dalmary Morales, age 38, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced on May 9 to 57 months in prison for receiving, possessing, concealing, and storing firearms stolen from Target Sports, Inc., a federally licensed firearms dealer in Schenectady County.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Senior United States District Judge Norman A. Mordue also sentenced Morales to 3 years of supervised release and ordered that she pay restitution of $48,775.
Morales pled guilty on May 17, 2018. As part of her plea, Morales admitted that she helped Christian Roman and Jose Fontanez steal dozens of firearms from Target Sports by repeatedly driving the men between her apartment and the gun store. Each time, she served as a lookout while the two removed firearms, ammunition, and other property from inside the store through a broken window and placed them in her car. Morales also admitted that she helped Roman and Fontanez inventory the stolen firearms at her apartment and obstructed justice by alerting Roman and Fontanez that authorities were looking for them in the hours after the burglary, resulting in an extended manhunt.
Omar DeJesus, age 32, and Onic Martinez, age 34, both of Amsterdam, New York, pled guilty in 2018 for their roles in stealing, transporting and possessing the firearms. Both men were sentenced to 120 months in prison.
Christian Roman, age 24, of Schenectady, pled guilty in 2018 to stealing the firearms from Target Sports. He is scheduled to be sentenced on May 29, 2019.
Juan Saez, age 35, of Rochester, New York, pled guilty in 2018 for his role in stealing, transporting and possessing the firearms. He is scheduled to be sentenced on August 2, 2019.
Jose Fontanez, age 36, of Schenectady, pled guilty in 2018 to stealing the firearms from Target Sports, and other, related charges. He is scheduled to be sentenced on August 16, 2019.
The case was investigated by the ATF, New York State Police, and the Glenville Police Department, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Wayne A. Myers.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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