ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Herbert L. Brock, 44, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of felon in possession of firearm, was sentenced to 27 months imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Cassie Kocher, who handled the case, stated that at approximately 10:07 p.m. on Sept. 24, 2020 police began investigating a Shotspotter activation in the area of Zimbrich Street in Rochester. During the investigation, police followed a suspect vehicle to Sullivan Street where the driver and sole occupant of the car, later identified as the defendant, exited the vehicle and ran into a home. While the defendant ran into the house he tossed a handgun. Police secured the location and obtained consent to search the vehicle and home. Upon searching the vehicle, officers recovered three fired cartridge cases. The recovered cartridges were compared microscopically with each other and with tests fired in the recovered firearm. Based upon the comparison, a firearms examiner determined that the cartridge cases were fired from the recovered firearm. The defendant was prohibited from possessing a firearm based upon a 2005 felony conviction for Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree.
The sentencing is the result of an investigation by Rochester Police Department, under the direction of Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge John B. Devito, New York Field Division.
The case was brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office as part of its Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) initiative. PSN is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime. #
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
