BANGOR, Maine — An Orono man who served a 15-month federal prison term for illegally possessing a gun that he fired on a Bangor bus in 2010 was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to three years and five months behind bars on unrelated fraud and wire fraud conspiracy charges, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
In addition to prison time, Jason Robinson, 30, was sentenced to five years of supervised release and ordered to pay $13,000 in restitution. He pleaded guilty to the charges in August.
Robinson conspired with others from February 2014 to May 2015 to steal merchandise from local stores, such as Wal-Mart and Hannaford, and sell it on eBay, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. He also would return stolen merchandise to Lowe’s and Home Depot in exchange for store credit.
By pleading guilty, Robinson admitted that he defrauded federally insured financial institutions by depositing worthless checks and withdrawing money before they bounced.
Robinson was arrested in March 2010 after he discharged a gun on a bus he was riding in Bangor that had at least 20 passengers on board, according to a previously published report. He was sentenced the following December to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of illegally possessing a firearm after being convicted on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge.
He was released on Jan. 3, 2012, after serving his sentence minus good time, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
Bangor Daily News writer Judy Harrison contributed to this report.
