BUFFALO, NY — A Falconer man convicted of aiding and abetting a kidnapping in a cold case murder was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Anthony Neubauer, 39, of Falconer, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford, U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael J. Adler and Timothy C. Lynch, who handled 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 sentenced to prison.
The sentencing 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 Philip Tejera.
Additional assistance was provided by the Warren County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney’s Office.
