Assault

(WNY News Now) – A Buffalo resident pleads guilty to violent felony after injuring victim in a dispute over money.Buffalo, N.Y. – Joel A. Brown, 45, of Buffalo, has pleaded guilty to one count of Attempted Assault in the First Degree, a Class “C” violent felony. Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announced the plea, which was entered before State Supreme Court Justice Paul B. Wojtaszek.The charges stem from a September 9, 2024, incident in the Town of Tonawanda. Around 4:08 p.m., police responded to a reported shooting on the 300 block of Kenmore Avenue. A 36-year-old man, suffering gunshot wounds to his hand and lower torso, was rushed to ECMC by Twin City ambulance for treatment.Investigators determined the shooting occurred during a dispute over money. Brown fired mul...

(WNY News Now) – A Rochester man who admitted to participating in violent protests and assaulting officers has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison.ROCHESTER, N.Y. — JohnMichael Santiago, 25, of Rochester, New York, was sentenced to 33 months in prison after pleading guilty to civil disorder and assaulting a federal officer, U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced. Santiago’s conviction stems from a series of protests that escalated into confrontations with law enforcement in September 2020, following the public release of information regarding Daniel Prude’s death in police custody.Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Moynihan detailed that on September 4, 2020, protests began in Rochester in response to the Prude case, with a group of demonstrators damaging property and overtu...