California Man Going To Prison In Multi-Million Dollar Drug Conspiracy
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Gerardo Ballardo, 27, of Riverbank, California, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and distribute five kilograms or...
View ArticleRichard Wilbern Found Guilty In 2003 Xerox Federal Credit Union Robbery
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that following a five-week trial, a federal jury has convicted Richard Leon Wilbern, 59, of Rochester, NY, of the August 12, 2003, armed robbery of the...
View Article120 Jail Sentence If Man Doesn’t Pay Child Support
It is interesting to see what and how other counties in the area prosecute cases. The following was found in the Schuyler County records. A Bergen (Genesee County) man was given a 120-day stayed jail...
View ArticleRochester Man Going To Prison For Fentanyl Death
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Tyler Taylor, 28, of Rochester, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a...
View ArticleMan Gets 20 Years For Sex Trafficking
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Oliver Kimmons, 52, of Lockport, who was convicted of sex trafficking, was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J....
View ArticleNunda Justice Resigns
Nunda Justice James Mann Jr. has resigned from his position as Nunda Town and Village Justice, effective Dec. 1, 2019, following an investigation by the Judicial Conduct Commission. The Commission...
View ArticleThe Drug War Rages On In Western New York
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Jose Garcia-Santiago, 61, of Niagara Falls, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more...
View ArticleMother And Son Imprisoned For Possession of Weapons
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Janet Flores, 44, and of her son, Jesus Santiago, 29, both of Rochester, and both of whom were convicted of being felons in possession of a firearm,...
View ArticleMan Charged With Defrauding the U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Dennis Daniels, 69, of Romulus, NY, has been charged by criminal complaint with mail fraud and making a false document in matter relating to the U.S....
View ArticleMonroe County Man Sentenced To Prison After Building Pipe Bomb
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Daniel Owens, 27, of Rochester, who pleaded guilty on July 11, 2019, to the felony charge of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, was...
View ArticleBuffalo Man Charged With Trafficking Exotic Cats
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Christopher Casacci, 38, of...
View ArticleGates Man Arrested For Soliciting a Minor
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Michael Greco, 24, of Gates, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with online enticement of a minor. The charge carries a minimum...
View ArticleBuffalo Man Headed To Prison For Sex Trafficking
Valentino Shine, Sr., 52, of Buffalo who was convicted following a jury trial of five counts of sex trafficking, and one count each of sex trafficking conspiracy, narcotics conspiracy, using and...
View ArticleREP. CHRIS COLLINS SENTENCED TO 26 MONTHS AND $200,000
Chris Collins, Republican Congressman representing New York’s 27th District, was convicted on Jan. 17 of federal securities fraud and lying to the FBI. He was sentenced to 26 months in jail, a...
View ArticleOpen Letter From State Senator Gallivan on NY’s Bail Reform Law
Dear Neighbor, As you may have heard, significant changes to New York’s criminal justice system, including the elimination of cash bail and pre-trial detention for most criminal offenses, took effect...
View ArticleROCHESTER MAN ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Jeremy Hernandez, 30, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with producing child pornography. The charge carries a minimum...
View ArticleCITIZEN OF GHANA PLEADS GUILTY TO ASSAULTING A FEDERAL OFFICER AND A DRUG CHARGE
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Nana Dwomah Yeboah, 36, a citizen of the Republic of Ghana, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa, to assaulting a federal...
View ArticleNYS SENATE REPUBLICAN “REPEAL BAIL REFORM TASK FORCE” HOLDS FIRST HEARING IN...
BUFFALO, NY – The Repeal Bail Reform Task Force convened the first of a series of statewide hearings on the impact of the drastic criminal justice and bail reform changes that took effect on January 1....
View ArticleTraffic Stop on Thruway Results In Arrest For Bank Robberies
UTICA MAN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF BANK ROBBERY, CHARGED WITH BANK ROBBERIES IN DEPEW, GATES AND PENFIELD FOLLOWING THRUWAY TRAFFIC STOP U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Nicholas...
View ArticleTwo Women Arrested For Passing Fake $100 Bills in Livingston
Referring to the recent arrest of two females passing phony $100 bills, Livingston County Sheriff Thomas J. Dougherty stated this case was a great example of many different law enforcement agencies...
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