Aaron Besecker
Crime Reporter at Buffalo News
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1 week ago |
buffalonews.com | Aaron Besecker
A man who testified at a Buffalo murder trial earlier this year faces a perjury charge after alleging on the stand that a statement he gave in the case was "scripted" by the Erie County District Attorney's Office. Lamar E. Jones claimed representatives of the DA's Office asked him to implicate 19-year-old Jakai Lofton, who was on trial, while prosecutors alleged Jones orchestrated a scheme to try to help Lofton.
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buffalonews.com | Aaron Besecker
Erie County prosecutors want to hide from public view some routine court documents filed ahead of the upcoming retrials of two men in a 1993 homicide. The District Attorney’s Office has asked a judge to block the release of pretrial motions filed by attorneys for Brian Lorenz and James Pugh, whose convictions for the murder of Deborah Meindl were thrown out in 2023. Whether Brian Lorenz and James Pugh are tried together or get separate trials may be decided in the coming weeks.
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buffalonews.com | Aaron Besecker
The Buffalo Police Department's Internal Affairs Division is investigating an incident in which a city police officer driving a marked vehicle appeared to collide with and run over an ATV on Sunday, Commissioner Alphonso Wright said in a written statement. A video of the incident was posted Sunday on Facebook by Buffalo Street News 716. The Buffalo News began inquiring about the incident on Monday.
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buffalonews.com | Aaron Besecker
An Orchard Park man was sentenced Tuesday to one to three years in prison after admitting he stole about $280,000 from an elderly relative and more than $3,000 from a Little League baseball team he coached, prosecutors said. Bradley K. Hudak, 56, pleaded guilty in October 2023 to second- and third-degree grand larceny, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday.
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buffalonews.com | Aaron Besecker
Defense attorneys for one of the two teens accused in last year’s fatal shooting of a 3-year-old boy say their efforts to limit what information comes out during an upcoming court hearing largely stem from concerns about what they describe as online threats toward the teens and their families.
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