PITTSBURGH Richard Bracey was sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring to launder drug-trafficking proceeds between 2017 and 2019, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
Bracey, age 44, was sentenced by United States District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan. Judge Ranjan directed that the prison sentence be served consecutively to the federal prison sentence Bracey was serving for first-degree murder at the time of the crime. Judge Ranjan also directed that Bracey serve one year of supervised release following his prison sentence.
Bracey was incarcerated at USP-Lee in Virginia when he conspired to launder the proceeds of the distribution of Schedule I synthetic cannabinoid controlled substances. Such substances have caused severe illness and deaths throughout the United States in recent years.
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A magisterial district judge has reinstated a criminal homicide charge that Erie police filed against a city man in a fatal shooting in late September and held the charge for court.
Erie 3rd Ward District Judge Tom Carney recently reinstated the homicide charge against 22-year-old Tajh D. Easter that Carney had dismissed following Easter s preliminary hearing in mid-January after the Erie County District Attorney s Office filed a motion asking Carney to reconsider the decision.
Easter is charged with 20-year-old Erie resident Duane E. Buckner III in the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Dayquan Holloway and the wounding of another 25-year-old man at a residence in the 800 block of Walnut Street where a house party was taking place on Sept. 27. Buckner is also charged with homicide and other offenses and was held for court on all charges following the Jan. 14 preliminary hearing.
The Erie County District Attorney's Office says Jason R. Graham admitted to knowingly and unlawfully entering a home on Military Road in the City of Buffalo.
Stolen vehicle leads to officer firing shot at suspects, two teens arraigned
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Two 16-year-old males have been arraigned on multiple charges after allegedly stealing a vehicle and fleeing the police, leading to a Buffalo police officer allegedly firing a shot.
The Erie County District Attorney s Office says officers responded to a report of a vehicle stolen from Kenmore on Peter Street in Buffalo around 10:57 a.m. February 2. Officers found two occupants in the vehicle who allegedly refused to exit and drove off nearly striking an officer. The officer allegedly fired at shot at the suspects.
Two years into his tenure as an appointed Erie County judge, Marshall J. Piccinini is seeking election to a full 10-year term on the local bench.
Piccinini, a former assistant U.S. attorney in Erie who handled the pizza bomber case, announced his election bid on Tuesday in an address livestreamed on his campaign s Facebook page.
Piccinini was sworn in as an appointed Common Pleas Court judge in June 2019. Since then he has handled a range of cases: civil and criminal cases and family law and juvenile law matters. He said he has enjoyed the ability to actually help people solve their problems as a judge.