Ronald Serio, a marijuana and cocaine trafficker who said he paid bribes to onetime DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni, leaves federal court on March 12, 2024, after testifying.
With money pouring in from his marijuana and cocaine trafficking, Ronald Serio got a meeting in Canada with Frank J. “Butch” BiFulco, once viewed by federal authorities as a longtime leader in the local Mafia.
Ronald C. Serio is awaiting sentencing on felony drug and weapons charges stemming from a 2017 raid at his former Lebrun Road mansion in Amherst. The case against Serio is part of a federal investigation into organized crime in Buffalo. Serio pleaded guilty to the charges.
FBI agents carry out boxes of evidence after a day of testimony in the bribery and corruption trial of former DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni. (Photo by Patrick Lakamp/Buffalo News)
Confidential informant Robert Kaiser testified that he could get whatever kind of drug he wanted from Ronald Serio, who lived in a 9,000-square-foot mansion at 697 Lebrun Road in Amherst. Kaiser was found dead last month.
Confidential informant Robert Kaiser testified that he could get whatever kind of drug he wanted from Ronald Serio, who lived in a 9,000-square-foot mansion at 697 Lebrun Road in Amherst. Kaiser was found dead last month.
Ronald C. Serio is awaiting sentencing on felony drug and weapons charges stemming from a 2017 raid at his former Lebrun Road mansion in Amherst. The case against Serio is part of a federal investigation into organized crime in Buffalo. Serio pleaded guilty to the charges.
FBI agents carry out boxes of evidence after a day of testimony in the bribery and corruption trial of former DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni. (Photo by Patrick Lakamp/Buffalo News)
Ronald Serio, a marijuana and cocaine trafficker who said he paid bribes to onetime DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni, leaves federal court on March 12, 2024, after testifying.
