Cheektowaga strip club owner Peter G. Gerace Jr., who is the nephew of the man prosecutors claim runs the Buffalo Mafia, on Monday became the second person accused of bribing a Buffalo Drug Enforcement Administration agent to avoid arrest for drug dealing.
Pharaoh's owner charged with bribing DEA agent as feds investigate Buffalo Mafia
About 100 people will testify at the trial, and there are safety concerns about “seven, eight or nine” of the witnesses, Assistant U.S. Attorn…
A judge has declined to dismiss criminal charges against former DEA Agent Joseph Bongiovanni, saying there is no evidence that the Justice Dep…
Citing government concerns of possible witness intimidation, a judge refused Tuesday to unseal federal agents' requests for warrants to search…
Michael Masecchia, a longtime teacher at Grover Cleveland High School, is one of several local men targeted in an ongoing federal investigation.
The investigation, sources told The Buffalo News, began sometime after the ex-wife of Peter G. Gerace Jr. made claims on social media months a…
Federal authorities are looking into the friendship between State Supreme Court Justice John L. Michalski and Peter G. Gerace Jr., the Cheekto…
The general manager of a Cheektowaga strip club, which authorities call a haven for drug dealing and sex trafficking, is the international lea…
Defense teams for Joseph Bongiovanni, a retired Drug Enforcement Administration agent and Peter Gerace Jr., owner of Pharaoh’s Gentlemen’s Cl…
Federal prosecutors are looking for organized crime activities in a widespread investigation, just four years after the special agent in charg…
Attorneys for former DEA agent Joseph Bongviovanni say federal prosecutors have “imagined the existence” of a powerful Buffalo mob family.
Joseph C. Bella III “is absolutely not a member of any organized crime,” attorney Thomas J. Eoannou said. “I think the government is trying to…
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"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…
