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DA Flynn consents to three early releases after inmates test positive for COVID-19 in county correctional facility
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that his office resumed reviewing cases of those convicted of low-level, non-violence offenses who have 45 days or less remaining on their local jail…
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Gunman Indicted for Homicide on Alice Avenue
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 20-year-old Odell Malik Wilkins, also known as “Leek,” of Buffalo was virtually arraigned this afternoon before State Supreme Court Justice Paul B. Wojtaszek…
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Cheektowaga man indicted in violent sexual assault case
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 27-year-old Alexander Brewer of Cheektowaga was virtually arraigned this morning before State Supreme Court Justice John L. Michalski on a nine-count indictment charging…
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Buffalo woman pleads guilty to vehicular manslaughter charge for killing pedestrian
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 44-year-old Tiffany M. Allen of Buffalo pleaded guilty today before State Supreme Court Justice Christopher J. Burns to one count of Vehicular Manslaughter…
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Defendant indicted for the murder of his girlfriend’s baby
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 35-year-old Robert L. Dumas of Buffalo was virtually arraigned today before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller on an indictment charging him…
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Tonawanda man sentenced for attempted rape charge
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 24-year-old Cameron N. Williams of Town of Tonawanda has been sentenced by Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan to a determinate sentence of…
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Defendant pleads guilty for stabbing a man at the 2019 South Buffalo Irish Festival
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that yesterday 20-year-old Michael Monti of Buffalo pleaded guilty as charged to Assault in the First Degree, a Class “B” violent felony, before Erie…
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Keith Sparks sentenced for murdering Mallicia Tipps inside the McKinley Mall
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 45-year-old Keith Sparks of Niagara Falls has been sentenced by Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan to 20 years to life in prison.…
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Argument over wearing a face mask inside West Seneca bar results in criminally negligent homicide arrest
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 65-year-old Donald M. Lewinski of West Seneca has been arraigned before West Seneca Town Justice Shannon E. Filbert on one count of Criminally…
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Accused gunman indicted for attempted murder and witness intimidation
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 19-year-old Sevehn J. Venable, also known as “Tuka,” of Buffalo was arraigned yesterday before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio on an…
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Springville woman pleads guilty to sexual misconduct
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 24-year-old Kennedy M. Weltjen of Springville pleaded guilty today before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan to one count of Sexual Misconduct, a…
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Police officer involved in Saturday shooting of homeless man also paralyzed a teen in 2012
Buffalo Police officer Karl Schultz shot Willie Henley, a 60 year old homeless man, on Saturday afternoon on Genesee Street just blocks from downtown. Henley was shot in the abdomen and is…
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Defendant indicted for fatal shooting on Delaware Avenue
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 21-year-old Mario K. Washington of Buffalo has been arraigned before Erie County Court Judge James Bargnesi on an indictment charging him with one…
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Driver indicted for shooting backseat passenger while driving on Kensington Expressway
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 30-year-old Timothy Eatmon of Buffalo has been arraigned before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan on an indictment charging him with one count…
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Former State Trooper indicted on sexual assault and criminal impersonation charges
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 46-year-old Jason L. Lanning of Depew was arraigned yesterday afternoon before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller on an indictment charging him…
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Defendant sentenced to sex offender probation for unlawful surveillance
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 28-year-old Glendale Snead of Buffalo has been sentenced by State Supreme Court Justice John Michalski to 5 years of sex offender probation. The…
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Buffalo man indicted for rape
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 39-year-old Rashawne Smith of Buffalo has been virtually arraigned before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio on an indictment charging him with…
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Shooter indicted for murder of convenience store employee and attempting to murder responding officer
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 28-year-old Travis J. Zukic of Cheektowaga has been virtually arraigned before Erie County Court Judge James Bargnesi on an indictment charging him with…
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Mother sentenced for stabbing her child
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 34-year-old Zakiyyah M. Wolfford of Buffalo has been sentenced by State Supreme Court Justice Christopher J. Burns to 5 years of probation. The…
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Suspect charged in the beating death of Tonawanda woman
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 22-year-old Joshua E. Wilson of Buffalo has been arraigned before Buffalo City Court Judge Andrew C. LoTempio, acting as a Town of Tonawanda…
