Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas E. Gregory, who is handling the case, stated that according to the first indictment, Wilbern entered the Xerox Federal Credit Union on the morning of Aug. 12, 2003, carrying a large brief case and an umbrella wearing an FBI raid jacket, sunglasses, a United States Marshals badge, and a wig. The defendant then informed a credit union employee that he was present to conduct a security check. After encountering some resistance from the employee, Wilbern removed two firearms from the briefcase and informed the employee to retrieve cash from the teller station. As Wilbern began to lay other employees and patrons on the floor, he shot and killed Batzel near the front door of the credit union and then turned his aim to a second patron who had just entered the credit union. Wilbern proceeded to shoot that second customer in the back as he turned and ran. After the shootings, Wilbern returned to the front desk where he demanded and received a large amount of cash from the desk tellers. Wilbern then fled the scene, leaving behind the umbrella which was subsequently tested and discovered to contain his DNA.
The second indictment states that Wilbern in 2016 possessed four firearms that he maintained at his girlfriend’s residence on Tubman Way in Rochester. Those weapons included:
• one Feather Industries Inc. Model AT-9, 9 mm rifle loaded with 25 rounds in the rifle magazine;
• one Norinco SKS rifle loaded with 11 rounds of 7.62 x 39 caliber ammunition;
• one SAA Model SA15 semi-automatic rifle along with two empty magazine clips; and
• one Kel Tec model Sub 2000, .40 Smith and Wesson caliber rifle.
Wilbern, who has two prior felony convictions, is prohibited under federal law from possessing any firearms.
The defendant, who is currently being held without bail pending a detention hearing, will be arraigned on Friday.
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