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Around the time Simon Gogolack reported the overdose death of Crystal Quinn – a former exotic dancer who had agreed to cooperate in the federal government’s sex- and drug-trafficking case

Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford reversed a magistrate judges December order that had set conditions for John Ermins release.

Thankfully, the most impactful stories of the past 12 months did not include a racist mass shooting or a Christmas weekend blizzard that claimed 47 lives, although community leaders and

"Its the governments position that Crystal Quinn was murdered, and it was staged to look like an overdose," Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Cooper said in court Thursday.

Items seized from the Outlaws clubhouse and homes lead to the unmistakable conclusion that members of the club will harm informants, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Tripi said in court.

John Ermin, who has been identified by prosecutors as general manager of the Pharaoh’s strip club, was charged with possessing firearms while being a user of controlled substances.

In a criminal complaint, filed in United States District Court, the FBI claims Gregory Trotter made false statements, when questioned by authorities, about his connection to Peter Gerace, Jr.

The complaint alleges Detective Gregory Trotter made false and fraudulent statements to FBI agents.

Federal prosecutors will be allowed to use nearly 460,000 documents taken from the cellphone of Peter Gerace Jr. as evidence in the trial of the Pharaohs strip club owner.

A strip club in Western New York is at the center of an investigation into organized crime.