Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Willie R. Wynn, 49, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession of heroin with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm while being a previously convicted felon, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.   

Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles E. Moynihan who handled the case, stated that on September 24, 2014, Rochester Police officers were investigating a stolen bicycle report which had occurred in the area of Franklin Street and Pleasant Street in Rochester.  During the investigation, officers encountered Wynn near the Eastman School of Music at the intersection of East Main Street and Gibbs Street. Because the defendant matched the description given to the police of the person who took the bicycle, officers attempted to stop and speak with him.  Wynn rode away from officers on his bicycle, forcing them to chase him.  As officers caught the defendant and were taking him into custody, he fell to the ground.  The officers saw a silver Cobra Enterprises CA-380, semi-automatic pistol on the ground next to Wynn’s waist. The handgun was loaded with six rounds of ammunition.  Officers searched the defendant and found 20 individual bags of heroin in the pocket of his pants.  Wynn was previously been convicted of Attempted Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree in 1991 and Manslaughter in the Second Degree in 1995.   

The sentencing is the culmination of an investigation on the part of Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Delano A. Reid, New York Field Division, and the Rochester Police Department, under the direction of Chief Michael Ciminelli.

Sentencing is scheduled for June 3, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. before Judge Wolford.

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