Lubec Man Sentenced to 2+ Years for Stealing Firearms from Machias True Value, Threatening Witness

BANGOR, Maine:  A Lubec man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for stealing firearms from a federal firearms licensee, witness tampering and retaliating against a witness.

U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Jeremy C. Lyons, 29, to 33 months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay restitution. Lyons pleaded guilty on December 9, 2022.

According to court records, in October 2021, Lyons broke into Pineo’s True Value in Machias and stole three Colt pistols. Maine State Police Crime Laboratory testing matched Lyons’ DNA to a Gatorade bottle he left at the scene of the crime. Lyons became aware that he was a target in a federal criminal investigation involving his theft of the pistols. In July 2022, he threatened a confidential source who had provided information to federal law enforcement with bodily harm and later challenged the source to a fight. Lyons later asked the confidential source to testify for him in his case.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Maine State Police investigated the case, with invaluable assistance provided by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

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