Greece Triple Murder Sentences Handed Down

Greece Triple Murder Cases Concluded

ROCSTER, NY – U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Richard Anderson and Aston Johnson were each sentenced to four consecutive life terms plus five years by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa for their roles in a triple murder in the Town of Greece in March, 2010.

The victims, Robert Moncriffe, Mark Wisdom, and Christopher Green, were shot to death at the same time after the defendants bound and gagged Green and waited for Moncriffe and Wisdom to arrive home. The motive behind the murders was that the defendants believed Moncriffe, Wisdom and Green were cheating them out of proceeds from the sale of marijuana.

“While nothing can bring back the lives of the victims, the multiple life sentences handed down today will ensure that the defendants who murdered them will never again walk the streets of this or any other community,” said U.S. Attorney Hochul. “This Office, working with our law enforcement partners at all levels, will continue to pursue members of other violent criminal organizations with the same vigor until each is brought to justice.”

A third defendant, Andrew Wright, will be sentenced on April 24, 2014, for his role in the triple murder. In December, 2013, a jury convicted Anderson, Johnson and Wright of murder.

The evidence presented by the Government at trial established that in the days prior to March 9, the defendants traveled to Rochester from Phoenix, Arizona and planned the murders. The guns used in the murders were seized at the house in Phoenix, Arizona.

In addition to sentencing the defendants to prison, Judge Siragusa also imposed a $1,000,000 forfeiture judgment against defendants Anderson and Johnson. The investigation was conducted by the Greece Police under the direction of Chief Todd Baxter and multiple other agencies with law enforcement and federal oversight, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New York State Police.

The case is a result of a large, multistate marijuana distribution conspiracy. The defendants will be serving their sentences at the Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, NY. The sentences handed down today will ensure that the defendants who committed the heinous crime will never again walk the streets of this or any other community.

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