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From the Complete coverage: The case of ex-DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni series
Retired Drug Enforcement Administration agent Joseph Bongiovanni drives a classic Buick Electra convertible that he restored.
News Reporter Patrick Lakamp and Assistant Managing Editor Bruce Andriatch discuss the case against Peter Gerace Jr.
On the 13th day of testimony in Joseph Bongiovanni's bribery and corruption trial, Ronald Serio emerged as a pivotal witness naming names. Ser…
Testimony about the owner of Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club was inevitable because eight of the 15 bribery, obstruction of justice, false statemen…
Joseph Bongiovanni didn’t know about the Ronald Serio search warrants and surveillance by the Erie County Sheriff's Office, prosecutors say, a…
Prosecutors allege Joseph Bongiovanni's handling of the informant helped shield Ronald Serio and others in his drug-trafficking organization f…
Testifying for nearly four hours Wednesday, Louis Selva barely looked at the defense table where his friend since sixth grade, Joseph Bongiova…
Louis Selva is expected to share with jurors insider information that only he and a few other people know about how and why – and for how much…
Prosecutors have described "a bad situation" at Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club in Cheektowaga, where cocaine and other drugs were being distribute…
"This is a simple case about a dishonest and corrupt special agent who violated his oath and duty to enforce the drug laws of this nation in e…
Jurors will begin deliberating today in the trial of former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Joseph Bongiovanni. Here's a breakdown of th…
The topic of cash loomed large as Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Cooper cross-examined Lindsay Bongiovanni, with repeated questions about wh…
Federal prosecutors rested their case Tuesday after calling the last of 70 witnesses in their bribery trial of former Drug Enforcement Adminis…
"The evidence will show that those were rewards for a job well done," Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Tripi told jurors earlier in Bongiovanni'…
This question that jolted the investigation of a former DEA agent: What does it mean to be connected?
The woman's account on the eighth day of testimony in the Joseph Bongiovanni bribery trial bolstered Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Tripi's as…
Wednesday would have been the fifth day of deliberations, which began April 3 after 24 days of testimony and closing arguments in the trial of…
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Tripi said in court prosecutors will seek to retry Bongiovanni as soon as possible on the unresolved charges.
In her first public comment since Friday's partial verdict in the high-profile Joseph Bongiovanni trial, U.S. Attorney Trini Ross said Monday …
Jurors heard opening statements Monday in a retrial in which ex-DEA Agent Joseph Bongiovanni is accused of accepting at least $250,000 in brib…
As his retrial starts Monday, former Drug Enforcement Administration Agent Joseph Bongiovanni can expect a lineup of former colleagues and bos…
