Erie County man sentenced in animal fighting case
By The Associated Press
POSTED: December 16, 2010
Tags: animal fighting, Erie County, sentencing
BUFFALO — Dwayne Nelson, 41, of Buffalo, has been sentenced to three-years probation and six months of home detention. He appeared before Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny.
Former Erie County housing official sentenced
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: December 9, 2010
Tags: Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority, Erie County, extortion, sentencing
John J. Fischer Jr., 51, of Getzville, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to three years probation, including 10 months of in-home confinement. He was convicted July 22 of extortion …
Alden man sentenced for threatening witness
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: November 23, 2010
Tags: Erie County, sentence, threatening a witness
Chad Koschuk, 40, of Alden, Erie County, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. Koschuk was convicted by a jury July 22 of threatening to retaliate against a witness …
The high price of supervision
By Denise Champagne
POSTED: November 9, 2010
Tags: administration fee, Erie County, indigent defendants, New York, probation
It costs the State of New York and its counties a lot of money to supervise people placed on probation. To help defray some of those costs, more counties are charging a monthly administration fee. The fee is supposed to be waived for indigent defendants …
Collins court judge censured
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: October 18, 2010
Tags: censure, Collins Town Court, Erie County, New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Norman J. Peters
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct determined that Norman J. Peters, a Justice of the Collins Town Court, Erie County, should be censured.
Feds, Erie County agree on jail suicide issue
By The Associated Press
POSTED: June 18, 2010
Tags: Erie County, jail, settlement, suicide, U.S. Justice Department
BUFFALO — Erie County will take several steps to prevent inmate suicides at two facilities under a settlement agreement reached with the U.S. Justice Department.
