The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Damar Coad, 20, of Reading, was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for the armed robbery of a federal agent.

According to Unites States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Coad pleaded guilty to robbing the federal agent, who was acting in an undercover capacity, at gunpoint during an operation in Schuylkill County.

On Sept. 17, 2020, the federal agent arranged to meet Coad and John Fidanqui-Marten to purchase approximately $7,500 worth of methamphetamine in Frackville Borough. When the agent approached the two men they demanded the drug buy-money at gunpoint. The agent turned over the money and a high-speed chased ensued. Police took the men into custody shortly thereafter.

Fidanqui-Marten, 20, of New York City, pleaded guilty for his participation in the robbery on July 5, 2022, and is awaiting sentencing.

The case was investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police, the Shenandoah Borough Police Department, and the FBI. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Johnny Baer.

This case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts.