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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Dunkirk man was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury on charges that he kidnapped a minor and engaged in labor and sex trafficking, the U.S. Attorney’s office announced. Augusto Mateo Francisco, 32, was charged with two counts of forced labor, one count of kidnapping a minor, and one count […]
BUFFALO — A Dunkirk man faces federal charges related to the alleged sexually trafficking of a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant, the U.S. Attorney in Western New York reported Friday.
Prosecutors said 52-year-old Lisa Hughes of Hamburg was sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy to serve a year of probation and fined $1,000.
U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced Tyler Collins, 27, of Buffalo, who was convicted of assaulting a federal officer and causing a bodily injury, was sentenced to time served (approximately nine months) and three years' supervised release by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
The U.S. Attorney's Office announced a federal grand jury returned a 23-count indictment charging a Niagara Falls woman with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.