Pearson pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence and is scheduled for sentencing on April 15, 2019. Both Ochoa and Pearson were employees of the casino at the time. When they did not receive immediate compliance, Ochoa and Pearson each fired a round from their weapons. Ochoa and Pearson entered the casino armed with handguns and demanded that employees open a vault. Ochoa admitted to using a weapon, along with co-defendant, Ryan Pearson, to rob $652,000 in cash from the Mazatal Casino on the Tonto Apache Indian Reservation. Ochoa had previously pleaded guilty to use of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.
Brnovich to ten years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. PHOENIX – This week, Armando Pablo Ochoa, 32, of Payson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S.
