Hazleton man sentenced for robbing, shooting dog walker

WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Assistant District Attorney Julian Truskowski were given his want.

President Judge Michael T. Vough on Thursday sentenced Anthony Gambirazio, 30, to 19-to-38 years in state jail for his function in shooting a man all through a theft on June 15, 2021.

A jury convicted Gambirazio on fees of irritated attack, theft, easy attack, robbery and two counts of legal conspiracy following a two day trial in April.

Truskowski who, at the side of Assistant District Attorney Drew McLaughlin prosecuted, requested for an extended jail sentence than what sentencing pointers referred to as for describing the seriousness of the offense.

Vough agreed, calling Gambirazio’s conduct, “Unacceptable.”

Hazleton police mentioned they answered to the 200 block of West Magnolia Street the place they discovered the sufferer bleeding from his proper forearm.

The sufferer advised police he was once returning house after strolling his dog when he was once approached by means of two males who assaulted him.

During the combat, Gambirazio brandished a handgun.

The sufferer grabbed the handgun, which discharged a spherical that handed via his forearm, court docket information say.

Gambirazio’s partner, Carlos Alberto Luna, 25, of Wilkes-Barre, pled responsible to legal conspiracy. He is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 17 by means of Vough.