A former federal agent accused of protecting drug dealers with ties to the local mob fears he can't get a fair trial if he has to stand trial together with a strip club owner facing a sex-trafficking count.
Ex-DEA agent, strip club owner should be tried together, judge says
From the Complete coverage: The case of ex-DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni series
A former dancer at Pharaoh’s Gentlemen’s Club testified Tuesday at ex-DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni’s corruption trial, saying drug use at the club was widespread.
Defense lawyer James P. Harrington, 78, has a recurring medical issue, and told a federal judge last week that he is making the request on "th…
Robert C. Singer and Parker R. MacKay on Wednesday took charge of Joseph Bongiovanni's defense in the bribery trial. They will have 89 days to…
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…
Federal authorities have charged Peter Gerace Jr. with bribing a federal agent and conspiring to engage in drug trafficking and human traffick…
Phlycia Hunt, 32, was arrested on drug possession charges filed by the FBI this week relating to two incidents in October 2021 and October 2022.
U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. recused himself Wednesday from a high-profile bribery, sex- and drug-trafficking case less than two mo…
Peter Gerace Jr. now faces fresh charges that he defrauded the government of $2 million in Covid aid for Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club in what is…
The government called the gag order necessary, saying that Steven M. Cohen, the lawyer for Peter Gerace Jr., the owner of Pharaoh’s Gentlemen’…
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 …
The arrests have implications for Peter Gerace Jr., the owner of the Cheektowaga club, who faces up to life imprisonment in the high-profile case.
Prosecutors will not be free to say Mafia or La Cosa Nostra – or even soldier and connected – whenever they please, although U.S. District Jud…
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 ordered separate trials Wednesday for Peter Gerace Jr., owner of Pharaoh’s Gentlemen’s Club, and retired …
U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. ruled Monday that prosecutors may identify some witnesses only as "protected witness" because of conce…
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…
Some local defense attorneys and Italian American organizations say they are outraged over Joseph M. Tripi’s repeated references to “Italian o…
Cheektowaga strip club owner Peter G. Gerace Jr. is accused of paying some of the $250,000 in bribes reportedly accepted by now retired U.S. D…
A judge has declined to dismiss criminal charges against former DEA Agent Joseph Bongiovanni, saying there is no evidence that the Justice Dep…
Schoolteacher Michael Masecchia, a father figure to some students and widely admired by faculty colleagues, was sentenced to seven years in pr…
The indictment of Peter G. Gerace Jr. is the latest development in an investigation into organized crime in Buffalo, one that has already resu…
The general manager of a Cheektowaga strip club, which authorities call a haven for drug dealing and sex trafficking, is the international lea…
Federal prosecutors are looking for organized crime activities in a widespread investigation, just four years after the special agent in charg…
