Dead rats the government says were meant to intimidate a witness appear to have helped keep strip club owner Peter G. Gerace Jr. incarcerated ahead of his bribery, sex- and drug-trafficking trial.
Judge refuses to release strip club owner ahead of bribery, sex- and drug-trafficking trial
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Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club on Aero Drive in Cheektowaga during a December 2019 raid.Â
The mother and roommate of a prosecution witness against Peter Gerace Jr. found dead rats on their cars where the witness lives, according to federal prosecutors. Lawyers for Gerace have said there is no evidence linking the rats to him. The photo comes from a court filing submitted by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Federal prosecutors claim strip club owner Peter G. Gerace Jr. arranged sex for John L. Michalski, a State Supreme Court justice who later die…
U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. recused himself Wednesday from a high-profile bribery, sex- and drug-trafficking case less than two mo…
Peter Gerace Jr. now faces fresh charges that he defrauded the government of $2 million in Covid aid for Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club in what is…
The government called the gag order necessary, saying that Steven M. Cohen, the lawyer for Peter Gerace Jr., the owner of Pharaoh’s Gentlemen’…
During a court proceeding Friday, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo characterized the new trial start date as "cast in stone."
A key witness in the bribery, sex- and drug-trafficking trial of strip club owner Peter G. Gerace Jr. has died, underscoring the risks of any …
FBI agents executed a search warrant at an Allegany County home last week while investigating the death of a former exotic dancer who was goin…
The FBI is investigating the Aug. 1 death of Crystal Quinn, 37, at a friend's home in the Allegany County Village of Wellsville.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo also declined to reconsider a prior court order that has detained Peter Gerace Jr., the owner of Pharaoh’…
A judge has denied prosecutors' requests to access information about when Peter Gerace Jr. left his home on earned leave while he was on on pr…
Joseph Barsuk, a former Batavia chiropractor, was indicted on a sex-trafficking conspiracy count, as well as sex trafficking by coercion, and …
Federal authorities have charged Peter Gerace Jr. with bribing a federal agent and conspiring to engage in drug trafficking and human traffick…
Robert C. Singer and Parker R. MacKay on Wednesday took charge of Joseph Bongiovanni's defense in the bribery trial. They will have 89 days to…
Phlycia Hunt, 32, was arrested on drug possession charges filed by the FBI this week relating to two incidents in October 2021 and October 2022.
Defense teams for Joseph Bongiovanni, a retired Drug Enforcement Administration agent and Peter Gerace Jr., owner of Pharaoh’s Gentlemen’s Cl…
Peter G. Gerace Jr. was arrested Friday after being accused of sending threatening Facebook messages to a potential witness against him in 2019.Â
