Five people have been arrested on federal charges involving arson and assault during protests on May 30 in Rochester and Buffalo. In Rochester, four individuals have been charged for their roles in connection with the burning of three government vehicles ...
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A Niagara Falls man has been indicted on numerous charges, including making a bomb. Jeffrey Richards, 28, is facing multiple drug trafficking and charges in addition to possessing a destructive device, possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, and, ...
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Read More »Thomas Traficante, 23, pleaded guilty to cyberstalking and distribution of a controlled substance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson on Thursday. Traficante, of Seaford, is facing a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine. ...
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Read More »A Buffalo man has admitted to making child pornography. Duke Jimenez, 34, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara, to production and possession of child pornography. Jimenez is facing a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, ...
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Read More »A Brooklyn man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Corey Buddle, 25, is facing a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Buddle, along with co-conspirators from Jamaica, defrauded elderly people in the ...
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Read More »A Buffalo debt collector has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he coerced thousands of victims into paying more than $1 million in debts they may or may not have owed. Federal prosecutors say 30-year-old Alan Ceccarelli hired a number ...
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The entire nation is waiting to see how a Donald Trump presidency plays out, but his upset victory poses a few questions of particular interest to the legal community in western New York. For starters, what does the election outcome ...
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Read More »A Rochester man who was convicted of possession of child pornography has been sentenced to eight years and one month in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. Pedro Cruz, 40, had thousands of images of child pornography on a ...
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Read More »A Colorado man has admitted making threats to faculty and staff SUNY Buffalo . Benjamin Bolton, 32, of Glendale, Colo., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to transmitting interstate communications containing threats to injure the person of ...
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Read More »A former union leader has been sentenced to three years in prison for conspiracy and racketeering charges. Mark N. Kirsch, 57, former president and business manager of operating engineers Local 17, based in Hamburg, Erie County, also was sentenced to pay ...
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Read More »A Buffalo man who was convicted of arson of a commercial building has been sentenced to three years and five months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. On June 13, 2014, Lowell Carey, 56, along with co-defendants Ryan ...
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Read More »An Irondequoit man has been sentenced to six years in prison for coercing a 15-year-old girl to take pornographic pictures of herself and then using them to extort sex from her. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Field says 29-year-old Jose Alvarado ...
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