Auburn Man Pleads Guilty to Destroying Computer Monitor at Syracuse VA Medical Center

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Joey F. Edgbert, 59, of Auburn,  New York pled guilty today to damaging government property at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Syracuse, New York,  announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Lauren S. Seburn, Chief of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Police in Syracuse.

As part of his guilty plea today, Joey F. Edgbert admitted that he struck with his hand and destroyed a 17-inch computer monitor on November 23, 2020, while he was at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Syracuse receiving treatment.

At sentencing Edgbert faces up to one-year in prison, a fine of up to $100,000, and a term of probation of up to five years. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.  A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is charged with violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other factors.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Police-Syracuse, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Southwick.