Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announces that a 17-year-old male from Buffalo pleaded guilty this morning before Youth Part Judge Brenda Freedman to one count of Assault in the First Degree (Class “B” violent felony).
On Friday, November 1, 2024, at approximately 1:00 a.m., Buffalo Police responded to a reported stabbing on the 1900 block of Seneca Street. The adolescent offender, who was 17 years old at the time of the incident, intentionally stabbed the victim with a pocket knife during a neighborhood dispute. The victim, a 43-year-old man, was taken by ambulance to ECMC. The victim was hospitalized for several days after undergoing surgery for injuries to his chest and abdomen.
The adolescent offender faces a maximum of 25 years in prison when he is sentenced on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. If adjudicated as a youthful offender, the maximum sentence is 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison. He remains remanded to the custody of the Erie County Youth Services Center.
DA Keane commends Detective Courtney Halligan and Officer Brendan Cullen of the Buffalo Police Department for their work in this investigation.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney James L. Harrington of the Raise the Age/Motor Vehicle Theft Insurance Fraud Unit.
