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Local man facing federal trial
An East Washington man is finally scheduled to go to trial Tuesday in federal court on possession of firearms charges that were filed against him three years ago.
Mark Yarbrough Sr., 42, appeared in federal court Friday but declined to enter a guilty plea. Instead, Yarbrough chose to go to trial before U.S. District Judge Gary L. Lancaster in Pittsburgh.
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The younger Yarbrough pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics, money laundering and witness tampering laws. He was sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison.
According to the U.S. Attorney's office, Yarbrough laundered the proceeds from his Washington County cocaine trafficking activity through the bank accounts of other individuals in order to conceal its source and his involvement.
The elder Yarbrough was arrested May 31, 2006, in Uniontown for firearms possession related to two run-ins with law officers in 2005.
The senior Yarbrough's firearms possession charges were raised to a federal crime because of his previous felony convictions for robbery and drug-related offenses.
Yarbrough Sr. was indicted for twice possessing firearms, a federal crime alleged because of his previous felony convictions for robbery and drug-related offenses. The weapons possession charges were filed in connection with a traffic stop in Donora April 25, 2005, and in connection with a Sept. 12, 2005, incident at GetGo convenience store, 98 Murtland Ave., Washington.
At an earlier court proceeding, Dan Green, a Pittsburgh police detective, and state police Trooper Timothy Motte testified to numerous run-ins that father and son had with authorities on weapons and drug violations that led to the investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Green testified that when Washington police arrested Yarbrough Sr. in 2005, he was in possession of cocaine, marijuana and $5,866. Green also testified to $10,000 in jewelry expenditures documented by receipts found in the Aylesworth Avenue home the men shared. According to Green, the elder Yarbrough, despite being unemployed, purchased a BMW for roughly $14,000. The father and son also drove a Ford Expedition that was paid for with $9,000 in cash.
When Yarbrough Sr. was arrested in Uniontown, he told officers "if I had a gun I would kill you,"Green testified.
father ans son : 5/23/2009
put the father in jail with the sun and then they can watch each others back's during play time
