Federal authorities are looking into the friendship between State Supreme Court Justice John L. Michalski and Peter G. Gerace Jr., the Cheektowaga strip club owner indicted last week as part of an ongoing investigation into organized crime.
Feds examine ties between judge hit by train and indicted strip club owner
Anthony Gerace and his brother, Peter G. Gerace Jr., in a family photo. The Geraces are the nephews of Joseph A. Todaro Jr., who federal law enforcement authorities have identified as the leader of the Buffalo Mafia.
Michael Masecchia, a longtime teacher at Grover Cleveland High School, is one of several local men targeted in an ongoing federal investigation.
The investigation, sources told The Buffalo News, began sometime after the ex-wife of Peter G. Gerace Jr. made claims on social media months a…
The general manager of a Cheektowaga strip club, which authorities call a haven for drug dealing and sex trafficking, is the international lea…
The fun-loving Judge John L. Michalski was the last person his friends expected to lie down in front of a slow-moving freight train, they told…
Michalski, who was questioned by FBI agents about a week before he was hit by the train, recently asked his superiors to allow him to end his …
Judge John Michalski was struck by a train in a Depew railyard last year, days after he was questioned by the FBI about his long-time friendsh…
Federal agents executed a search warrant at the Amherst home of State Supreme Court Judge John Michalski, who was hit by a train 13 months ago…
Sources said law enforcement officials are trying to determine whether an online retail clothing and jewelry business operated in the home has…
Federal and state law enforcement officers, who have been investigating the judge for several years, raided his home on March 24. But no charg…
Citing government concerns of possible witness intimidation, a judge refused Tuesday to unseal federal agents' requests for warrants to search…
Justice John L. Michalski, 59, was injured when a freight train struck him in Depew, authorities told The Buffalo News.
The indictment of Peter G. Gerace Jr. is the latest development in an investigation into organized crime in Buffalo, one that has already resu…
Federal prosecutors are looking for organized crime activities in a widespread investigation, just four years after the special agent in charg…
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