
Patrick Lakamp
Enterprise Editor at Buffalo News
In my 26th year at The Buffalo News, I'm finding stories in spreadsheets and courtrooms. So I like data and depositions a lot. A Missouri and Syracuse grad.
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2 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Patrick Lakamp
The judge presiding over Payton Gendron’s federal case granted a defense request Thursday for additional time to file more suppression motions, but it came with a warning: Start meeting deadlines, because his patience is wearing thin. "I'm getting concerned about time limits I'm setting not getting adhered to," U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo said in court.
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2 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Patrick Lakamp
Defense lawyers for Joseph Bongiovanni on Monday asked a federal judge to set aside his guilty verdicts from last fall, saying that what the Drug Enforcement Administration agent knew of his best friend Louis Selva's involvement in drug trafficking – and what he did – did not support the jury convictions of narcotics conspiracy and corruption.
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3 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Patrick Lakamp
The drug trafficker who said he paid at least $250,000 in bribes to Drug Enforcement Administration Agent Joseph Bongiovanni between 2010 and 2017 was sentenced Friday to two years in prison on drug and weapons charges. The sentencing of Ronald Serio follows an investigation into his large-scale marijuana trafficking that later branched into a federal bribery and corruption probe into the DEA's Buffalo office.
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4 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Patrick Lakamp
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4 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Patrick Lakamp
Federal prosecutors are opposing the early prison release of former Buffalo schoolteacher Michael Masecchia, who an accomplice fingered as a member of organized crime during last year's trials of former Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Joseph Bongiovanni.
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From an Amherst mansion to a federal prison. The drug trafficker who said he bribed a DEA agent gets 2 year prison sentence. https://t.co/7nAYrCETho

Michael Masecchia, who said a DEA agent provided him sensitive law enforcement information for years to protect his marijuana trafficking operation, gets an early release from prison for medical reasons. https://t.co/WkkaaqfrbB

An 8th-grader weighed in on the topic of gender identity. It was in line with President Trump's beliefs. A school suspension followed. And so did his mom's federal lawsuit. https://t.co/7WXOhSmEaU