Charlie Specht
Politics and Investigative Reporter at Buffalo News
Investigative Reporter for Buffalo's @WGRZ • duPont-Columbia Award Winner • St. Bonaventure Alum • [email protected]
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6 days ago |
charliespecht.substack.com | Charlie Specht
The photographs were taken a decade ago during a much different time in my life. I was married then, and being Catholic was a huge part of my identity. So I couldn’t have been more excited to travel to Philadelphia for a chance to see Pope Francis. In one photo, my Mom is holding her phone sideways, taking a selfie of my brother, Mike, and I. In another, I pose with Jay Tokasz, my friend and former colleague at The Buffalo News.
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1 week ago |
wgrz.com | Charlie Specht
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ten people who were arrested at the University at Buffalo last year during pro-Palestinian protests have sued the UB president and 10 law enforcement agencies in state and federal court. The civil suit, which was filed by attorney Robert M.
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1 week ago |
wgrz.com | Charlie Specht
BUFFALO, N.Y. — D.J. Granville, the Erie County Sheriff's Narcotics and Intelligence Chief who was involved in a controversial series of hit-and-run crashes last year, has been placed on administrative leave by the sheriff's office. Erie County Sheriff John C. Garcia confirmed to 2 On Your Side on Friday that Granville is on leave as prosecutors determine whether or not to file criminal charges against him related to the hit-and-run crashes.
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3 weeks ago |
wgrz.com | Charlie Specht
BUFFALO, N.Y. — After more than five years of contentious negotiations, a deal between the Diocese of Buffalo and the more than 900 local survivors of clergy sexual abuse appears imminent. Lawyers for people who say they were raped or molested by Catholic clergy or other church employees over the last few decades are not speaking publicly due to a court-ordered confidentiality order.
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3 weeks ago |
wgrz.com | Charlie Specht
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Police brass were summoned to City of Buffalo Council Chambers for a meeting of the Police Oversight Committee, whose members tried to question them about the D.J. Granville controversy. But Commissioner Alphonso Wright, who was appointed by Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon, said he would not be taking questions about this specific case.
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I have mixed feelings about Pope Francis. So much in my life as a Catholic changed between the time @JayTokasz and I went to Philly for Francis’ visit in 2015. We would soon discover the darkness in our own @BuffaloDiocese. My reflection: https://t.co/Q77WU7vVml https://t.co/YYf8KW3cmX
Nobody captures the absurdity of the local political "silly season" like TV's @natebenson. https://t.co/JeSVKlAEB3 https://t.co/c2Xaa41WWC
Erie County Sheriff John Garcia confirmed to @WGRZ that Granville is on administrative leave. Garcia said Granville has been on leave since April 14, but the sheriff said he did not make that information public because nobody asked. https://t.co/UEXOXQnf9x
