A trial for former DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni, middle, on drug and bribery charges will be in Buffalo, not in Rochester as prosecutors requested. He’s shown here arriving on June 21 at the Robert H. Jackson U.S. Courthouse.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo has rejected a defense attorney’s request to suppress evidence taken from the cellphone of Pharaoh’s strip club owner Peter Gerace.
Former dancers at Pharaoh’s Gentlemen’s Club in Cheektowaga, seen in 2019 during a police raid, have testified in federal court in the retrial of former DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph M. Tripi, seen here last year, requested the trial of Peter Gerace Jr. and Joseph Bongiovanni be held in Rochester rather than in Buffalo. A judge denied that request.
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.
A federal judge Tuesday rejected a request from prosecutors to put an indicted Cheektowaga strip club owner and retired DEA agent on trial in Rochester rather than Buffalo.
Gerace Jr.
Courtesy of Niagara County Sheriff's OfficePatrick Lakamp can be reached at plakamp@buffnews.com
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