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The former DEA Agent stands trial for allegedly taking bribes from drug dealers in exchange for protection.

John Ermin was the general manager of Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club whose owner Peter Gerace is also under indictment in wide ranging federal case.

Accused of taking bribes from drug dealers with ties to the mafia, in exchange for tipping them off to investigations, informants and shielding them from prosecutors

Jurors will begin deliberating today in the trial of former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Joseph Bongiovanni. Heres a breakdown of the charges and how his defense lawyers rebut them.

Federal prosecutors rested their case Tuesday after calling the last of 70 witnesses in their bribery trial of former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Joseph Bongiovanni.

Prosecutors said they obtained a recording from an investigator during the government’s investigation into the July death of Crystal Quinn, a witness in the Gerace case. The recording, they say,

On the 13th day of testimony in Joseph Bongiovannis bribery and corruption trial, Ronald Serio emerged as a pivotal witness naming names. Serio identified or confirmed the roles of more

Testimony about the owner of Pharaohs Gentlemens Club was inevitable because eight of the 15 bribery, obstruction of justice, false statement and other charges Joseph Bongiovanni faces involve Peter Gerace

A former agent is accused of taking bribes to protect operators of large-scale drug ring in Western New York.

Jury selection began Monday with the federal court trial of former DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni, more than four years after his arrest.