DA: Man accused of killing his wife and dismembering her body has died
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and last updated 2020-12-29 12:13:41-05
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â The Erie County District Attorney s Office announced the man accused of killing his wife, dismembering her body and burying her in the backyard of their Broadway Street home has died.
54-year-old Mohammed Mused was indicted on one count of second degree murder in October for allegedly killing his wife, 42-year-old Muna Abdulrahman, on March 18, 2020. Officials say he died at ECMC on December 24, 2020. He was scheduled to return to court on January 27, 2021.
The district attorney s office says due to HIPAA no comment will be made on Mused s cause of death.
Local woman faces hefty prison sentence for duping man out of nearly $180K
She said she needed the money for medical expenses
Posted at 3:36 AM, Dec 23, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-23 03:36:23-05
LEON, N.Y. (WKBW) â A Leon woman faces some serious prison time after pleading guilty to duping a man out of nearly $180,000 she said was for out-of-state medical bills.
The Erie County District Attorney s Office says 33-year-old Ashley Knopf pleaded guilty to a felony second-degree grand larceny charge in State Supreme Court Tuesday.
She admitted she befriended the 62-year-old victim and convinced him she needed money to pay for medical treatment at out-of-state facilities. Between December 2018 and February 2020, she stole $177,488 from the man. The evidence showed she was in Western New York the entire time.
Updated: 3:30 PM EST December 22, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. A Cattaraugus County woman has pleaded guilty to taking nearly $180,000 from an unsuspecting man.
According to the Erie County District Attorney s Office, Ashley Knopf, 33, admitted to stealing $177,488 from a 62-year-old victim between December 2018 and February 2020.
The District Attorney s Office says Knopf befriended the victim and convinced him she needed the money to pay for medical bills that she acquired while attending out of state facilities. However, evidence showed that Knopf was in Western New York the whole time.
Knopf pleaded guilty to one count of grand larceny in the second degree, a class C felony. Knopf will be sentenced in March, and faces five to 15 years in prison.
By Dan Herbeck
While his wife and three daughters slept in their bedrooms just steps away, Kenneth A. Poloncarz was murdered outside his West Seneca home during a booming thunderstorm early on the morning of April 23, 1977.
His killer fired two shotgun blasts that struck Poloncarz, 33, in the upper body in his driveway on Garry Drive.
The crime occurred around 4:45 a.m., after Poloncarz had spent time bowling and socializing at the old Lucky Strike Lanes in Lackawanna and a nearby tavern.
Forty-three years later, his widow, Paulette, and daughter, Krissy Pittner, still think about that horrific night.
They also think about the man who was charged with murdering their father, and why the case against him was never pursued.
Updated: 3:07 PM EST December 17, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. A Buffalo man will serve 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges in two different gun cases.
Styles Salter, 30, was sentenced Thursday as second violent felony offender.
Salter pleaded guilty to one felony count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon on January 31, according to the Erie County District Attorney s Office. He posted bail but did not show for his August 5 sentencing, and a bench warrant was then issued for his arrest.
Days later, on August 8, Salter was observed by Buffalo Police with a gun in his waistband near Zenner and Scajaquada streets, after they were called to the scene. After a search, police determined that it was a loaded gun and that he was in possession of a felony amount of cocaine.