Casino In Payson Az Robbed
PHOENIX (AP) - A man accused of robbing a Payson casino with another employee has been sentenced to five years in federal prison.
Prosecutors say 32-year-old Ryan Pearson of Payson had pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm in relation to a violent crime.
The FBI says Pearson and Armando Pablo Ochoa were dressed in black, and wore hoods and masks when they demanded employees at the Mazatzal Casino open a vault.
When employees didn't immediately comply, witnesses say Pearson and Ochoa each fired their weapons.
Security camera footage shows suspects in a Payson robbery. The FBI and Arizona law enforcement partners are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying two violent casino robbers. Armando Pablo Ochoa of Payson acknowledged in a plea deal Monday that he and another man used guns to rob the Mazatzal Casino on the Tonto Apache Indian Reservation near Payson in mid-July. (Associated Press) - The FBI says two armed men robbed a Payson-area casino while threatening employees and firing shots. The FBI says it is offering a $5,000 reward for information.
Nobody was injured, but authorities say the robbers fled the casino on the Tonto Apache reservation with more than $650,000 in cash.
Pearson and Ochoa were arrested about a month after the robbery last July.
Ochoa was sentenced earlier this year to 10 years in prison.
A Payson man, Armando Pablo Ochoa, 32, of Payson, was sentenced to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to use of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.
According to the FBI, the 32-year-old Ochoa and 31-year-old or Ryan Pearson, were employees at the Mazatzal Casino when they entered the casino armed with handguns and demanded that employees open a vault. When they did not receive immediate compliance, Ochoa and Pearson each fired a round from their weapons.
The incident happened at the Mazatzal Casino, located along Highway 87 in the southern area of Payson, on July 17.
Ochoa admitted to using a weapon, along with co-defendant, Ryan Pearson, to rob $652,000 in cash from the casino.
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Pearson pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence and is scheduled for sentencing on April 15, 2019.