As Bongiovanni case heads to jury, here's a look at the charges and the defense's rebuttal

On the 13th day of testimony in Joseph Bongiovanni's bribery and corruption trial, Ronald Serio emerged as a pivotal witness naming names. Ser…

Testimony about the owner of Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club was inevitable because eight of the 15 bribery, obstruction of justice, false statemen…

Joseph Bongiovanni didn’t know about the Ronald Serio search warrants and surveillance by the Erie County Sheriff's Office, prosecutors say, a…

Prosecutors allege Joseph Bongiovanni's handling of the informant helped shield Ronald Serio and others in his drug-trafficking organization f…

Testifying for nearly four hours Wednesday, Louis Selva barely looked at the defense table where his friend since sixth grade, Joseph Bongiova…

Prosecutors have described "a bad situation" at Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club in Cheektowaga, where cocaine and other drugs were being distribute…

Louis Selva is expected to share with jurors insider information that only he and a few other people know about how and why – and for how much…

"This is a simple case about a dishonest and corrupt special agent who violated his oath and duty to enforce the drug laws of this nation in e…

Five weeks into Joseph Bongiovanni's bribery and corruption trial, prosecutors say unexplained cash deposits enabled him to break even financi…

"The evidence will show that those were rewards for a job well done," Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Tripi told jurors earlier in Bongiovanni'…

This question that jolted the investigation of a former DEA agent: What does it mean to be connected?

The woman's account on the eighth day of testimony in the Joseph Bongiovanni bribery trial bolstered Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Tripi's as…

Wednesday would have been the fifth day of deliberations, which began April 3 after 24 days of testimony and closing arguments in the trial of…

Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Tripi said in court prosecutors will seek to retry Bongiovanni as soon as possible on the unresolved charges.

The jury in the trial of former Drug Enforcement Administration Joseph Bongiovanni could not reach a verdict on bribery counts against him but…

Jurors heard opening statements Monday in a retrial in which ex-DEA Agent Joseph Bongiovanni is accused of accepting at least $250,000 in brib…

U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo has acquitted former Drug Enforcement Agent Joseph Bongiovanni of one of his bribery counts. 

Dale Kasprzyk, the former resident agent in charge of the DEA's Buffalo office, testified Tuesday that former agent Joseph Bongiovanni never t…

Katrina Nigro testified Monday during Bongiovanni's bribery and corruption retrial, offering an inside account of Pharaoh's, described by pros…

On the third day of testimony at Joseph Bongiovanni’s corruption retrial, a former dancer at Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club recalled meeting the t…

As his retrial starts Monday, former Drug Enforcement Administration Agent Joseph Bongiovanni can expect a lineup of former colleagues and bos…