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Defendant Name, Crime, State Year
Scott Kulikowski, 40, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Christopher Levy, 31, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have pleaded guilty to a variety of offenses in federal court.
The defendants, members of the Lords Amongst Warriors motorcycle club, were charged with conspiracy to commit a Hobbs Act Robbery and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. According to court documents, in September 2014, Raymond Kober, Kulikowski, and Levy conspired to commit an armed robbery of a business in the Strip District section of Pittsburgh.
Wiretapped telephone calls revealed the conspiracy, and local police and federal agents were able to respond moments before the robbery occurred. Levy was stopped by police as he was approximately two blocks away from the robbery location and was found to have a loaded firearm in his possession for use in the robbery.
Kulikowski also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine from January 2014 to January 2015. The information presented to the court indicated that during the course of the conspiracy, Kulikowski conspired to obtain and sell cocaine with Raymond Kober, Jason Godek, and other individuals.
Levy pleaded guilty to possession of firearms by a person who was prohibited from possessing firearms pursuant to a court order. According to the information presented to the court, Levy was prevented from possessing firearms due to an active protection from abuse order, however, agents found him in possession of a firearm during the above-noted robbery as well as during a search of Levy’s residence on January 12, 2015.
Judge Joy Flowers Conti scheduled sentencing for Kulikowski and Levy for October 16, 2015. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
The investigation leading to the indictments in this case was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service–Criminal Investigation Division, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Narcotics Enforcement Team, and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force program made this investigation possible through the direction of federal funds and resources at large-scale, multi-jurisdictional drug investigations.
Key Facts
- State: Pennsylvania
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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