Ruben Rosario, Straw Purchase of Firearm, Pennsylvania 2016

SCRANTON – A Wilkes-Barre man has been charged with making false statements to a federally licensed firearm dealer, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Ruben Rosario, age 19, of Wilkes-Barre, was charged in a Criminal Information, filed October 31, 2016, in United States District Court in Scranton, with providing false information to Piestrak’s Gun Shop, in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, on April 5, 2016, in connection with the purchase of a firearm.

This matter was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert J. O’Hara.

Rosario faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine for the offense.

A plea agreement has been filed with Rosario, which is subject to the approval of the court.

No date has yet been scheduled for the entry of Rosario’s guilty plea.

This case was brought as part of the Violent Crime Reduction Partnership (‘VCRP’), a district-wide initiative to combat the spread of violent crime in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Rosario’s case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert J. O’Hara, and was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Ruben Rosario, a 19-year-old man from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, faces charges for making false statements to a federally licensed firearm dealer.

According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Rosario was charged in a Criminal Information, filed October 31, 2016, in United States District Court in Scranton, with providing false information to Piestrak’s Gun Shop, in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, on April 5, 2016, in connection with the purchase of a firearm.

Rosario faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine for the offense.

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