AKRON MAN PLEADS GUILTY FOR ASSAULTING SHERIFF’S DEPUTY

Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announces that Michael A. Trybuskiewicz, 41, of Akron, pleaded guilty this morning before State Supreme Court Justice Betty Calvo-Torres to one count of Assault in the Second Degree (Class “D” felony). The defendant pleaded guilty to the sole count of the indictment.

On Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at approximately 4:30 p.m., an Erie County Sheriff’s Office deputy saw the defendant, who was wanted on an arrest warrant, driving at the intersection of Route 93 and Route 5 in the Town of Newstead. When the deputy approached the vehicle, the defendant refused the deputy’s commands and placed the vehicle into drive in attempt to flee. The defendant’s actions caused the deputy to be dragged by the vehicle as he drove away. The victim was taken by ambulance to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital where he was treated for injuries to his head, shoulder, ankle and elbow. The defendant was later taken into custody by the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office. 

Trybuskiewicz faces a maximum of seven years in prison when he is sentenced on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. He remains held without bail pending sentence.

DA Keane commends the Erie County Sheriff’s Office for their work in these investigations.  

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Megan E. Mahoney of the Felony Trials Bureau. 

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The president dismissed the protests, which drew an estimated 7 million people at 2,600 events nationwide, as "very small, very ineffective," posted AI-generated video of himself dumping feces on attendees' heads and threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act.

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Vice President JD Vance shared a doctored video of Trump placing a crown on his head while Democratic leaders bowed, and the White House official account shared his post. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) claimed the protesters "hate America" and wanted to "dismantle capitalism" and "erase our founding principles.”

"He may not be a king by law," Tesfaye wrote. "But in posture, and in the eyes of his defenders, Donald Trump already wears the crown. So he wants to define criticism as disloyalty. Mike Johnson wants to define protest as hate. Fox News wants to define mass mobilization as marginal. And yet none of it is working."

Millions protested Saturday against the president and his policies, but Tesfaye said the Republican reaction shows why those demonstrations are necessary to preserve democracy.

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