MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – The US Attorney’s Office has released the latest court news from the Federal Court in Martinsburg.
— Ana Amesquita, of Kearneysville, West Virginia, was sentenced Monday to 12 months and one day of incarceration for bank fraud, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
Amesquita, 27, pleaded guilty in February 2022 to one count of “Bank Fraud.” Amesquita was the head teller at the Inwood branch of City National Bank. In June 2019, Amesquita began a scheme to process ATM deposits without the supervision of a second bank employee, violating the bank’s policy. She would then take some of the cash for her own personal use and misrepresent the facts in the general ledger
Amesquita was also ordered to pay $144,661 in restitution to the bank.
— Matthew Todd Crimm, of Bunker Hill, West Virginia, was sentenced Monday to 30 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
Crimm, 30, pleaded guilty in February 2022 to one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Eutylone.” Crimm admitted to working with others to distribute Eutylone from June 2019 to December 2020 in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties and elsewhere.
— Darren Anthony Burnett, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced Monday to 60 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
Burnett, 38, pleaded guilty in February 2022 to one count of “Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.” Burnett admitted to having a 9mm pistol while trafficking cocaine and marijuana in October 2020 in Berkeley County.
— Michael Lynch, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was sentenced Monday to three years of probation for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
Lynch, 58, pleaded guilty in January 2022 to one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Cocaine Base and Cocaine Hydrochloride.” Lynch admitted working with others to distribute cocaine base, also known as “crack,” and cocaine hydrochloride, also known as “coke,” from July 2018 to June 2021 in Jefferson County and elsewhere.
–Richard Brent Collum, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was sentenced Monday to 12 months and one day of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
Collum, 36, pleaded guilty in February 2022 to one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm.” Collum, a person prohibited from having a firearm because of a prior conviction, admitted to having a .45 caliber handgun in August 2021 in Jefferson County.
— Howard Anson Peterson, of Charles Town, West Virginia, was sentenced Monday to 12 months of incarceration for a fentanyl charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
Peterson, also known as “Happy,” 57, pleaded guilty in March 2022 to one count of “Aiding and Abetting the Distribution of Fentanyl.” Peterson admitted to working with another to distribute fentanyl in February 2021 in Jefferson County.
