Anthony Neubauer

A Falconer man has pleaded guilty in a kidnapping case a decade ago that resulted in murder.

U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross has announced that Anthony Neubauer, 38, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to aiding and abetting kidnapping. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael J. Adler and Timothy C. Lynch, who are handling the case, stated that on May 27, 2014, Neubauer and Matthew Rudy kidnapped Joseph Anthony and then traveled from Jamestown to Rudy’s property in Pennsylvania.

Anthony was tricked into traveling to Pennsylvania by an offer of cocaine. Neubauer and Rudy took Anthony to Pennsylvania because they believed he was a cooperator. After arriving in Pennsylvania, Neubauer and Rudy told Anthony they did not have any cocaine, before shooting and killing him, and then burying him on Rudy’s property.

Matthew Rudy was previously convicted and is awaiting sentencing.

The plea is the result of an investigation by the Jamestown Police Department, under the direction of Chief Timothy Jackson and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Miraglia. Additional assistance was provided by the Warren County, PA, District Attorney’s Office.

Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 15 at 11 a.m. before Judge Wolford.