A key witness in the bribery, sex- and drug-trafficking trial of strip club owner Peter G. Gerace Jr. has died, underscoring the risks of any more delays in his trial, a federal prosecutor said at a court proceeding Friday.
Key witness in high-profile sex, drug-trafficking trial is dead
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The Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse in Buffalo where a trial is being held to determine if his school district is liable in the death by suicide of Gregory Spring.
Steven Cohen, defense lawyer for Peter G. Gerace Jr., said Friday that the woman who was to be a key witness in his client’s bribery and drug-trafficking trial died by suicide.
The mother and roommate of a prosecution witness against Peter Gerace Jr. found dead rats on their cars where the witness lives, according to federal prosecutors. Lawyers for Gerace have said there is no evidence linking the rats to him. The photo comes from a court filing submitted by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph M. Tripi said at Joseph Bongiovanni’s first trial that his DEA colleagues “had no reason to come here and make things up about whether ... it was their signature or not” on documents.
FBI agents executed a search warrant at an Allegany County home last week while investigating the death of a former exotic dancer who was goin…
The FBI is investigating the Aug. 1 death of Crystal Quinn, 37, at a friend's home in the Allegany County Village of Wellsville.
A Southern Tier man with a history of drug-related charges has become entangled in the FBI’s probe into the death of a government witness in t…
Four years into wearing an ankle bracelet as an indicted ex-DEA agent, Joseph Bongiovanni now fears it could take well into a fifth year befor…
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo also declined to reconsider a prior court order that has detained Peter Gerace Jr., the owner of Pharaoh’…
A government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case was warned days before her death about a bounty on her life, according to a federal pros…
A judge has denied prosecutors' requests to access information about when Peter Gerace Jr. left his home on earned leave while he was on on pr…
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo, whose approval would be necessary to discharge Steven M. Cohen from the case, asked for affidavits from …
Defense teams for Joseph Bongiovanni, a retired Drug Enforcement Administration agent and Peter Gerace Jr., owner of Pharaoh’s Gentlemen’s Cl…
U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. decided against reopening a detention hearing for Peter G. Gerace Jr. and will keep the Pharaoh's Gent…
