Frank Parlato

Crime and Justice·Featured·Prosecutorial Misconduct

October 1, 2025

Daily Mail Report: Sandusky Appeal Alleges Prosecutorial Conflict Over Trust

By Frank Parlato The Daily Mail reported that former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky has filed a new appeal alleging prosecutorial misconduct. The filing asserts that the two prosecutors who secured his

Featured·Investigative

October 1, 2025

A Conviction Built on Recovered Memories: An Overview of the Sandusky Case

By Frank Parlato Before we provide the newly discovered evidence, and for those who are unfamiliar with the Sandusky case, here is a brief overview: According to his 2012 conviction, former Penn

From Prosecution to Payday: How Sandusky’s Prosecutors Gained Control Over a Key Accuser’s $12 Million Fortune

By Frank Parlato Last week, Jerry Sandusky filed a Post Conviction Relief

Skeptical Scholar Frederick Crews’ Dying Wish Was to Overturn Sandusky Conviction – Now It May Come True

by Frank Parlato In the next few days we will have a

Schroeder Sees a ‘Tale of Two Cities, recalls Mario Cuomo

BY TONY FARINA Buffalo City Comptroller Mark Schroeder has not yet fully committed to running for mayor next year, but he is certainly acting

August 18, 2016

News

Bisons slugger, Chris Colabello, hitting bumps on the way back to the majors

BY ANDREW KULYK AND PETER FERRELL When it was announced that Chris Colabello was returning to the Buffalo Bisons back in mid July, the

August 18, 2016

Sports

THEATER | ON THE BOARDS

OPENING BURDEN, Torn Space Theater’s fourth and newest performance installation for Silo City. Aug 18-21, Thu-Sun at 6, 7, 8, & 9 p.m. 20 Childs St. (Silo City

August 18, 2016

Review: The Sheriff of Babylon

By Tom King (Author) and Mitch Gerads (Illustrator) DC Comics/ Vertigo (Publisher) It’s 2003 in Iraq: Saddam Hussein has fallen, and the U.S. military

August 18, 2016

Pulaski Association to honor local Polish leaders in healthcare

The General Pulaski Association will honor 19 Western New Yorkers of Polish descent who work in the health care field on Sunday, September 11, 2016.

August 18, 2016

Review: the vision volume

By Tom King (Author) and Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Illustrator) Marvel Comics (Publisher) In a Washington, D.C., suburb lives a family like any other: A

August 18, 2016

Trio of doctors to perform free cataract surgeries for one day

Cataract Surgeons, Dr. Kenneth D. Anthone, Dr. Amar Atwal and Dr. Ephraim Atwal, will provide cataract surgery at “no charge on Friday, October 7,

August 18, 2016

Health

POETRY: “Recently Single” BY Ruby Anderson

BY RUBY ANDERSON When did we bring back the pompadour? These men are all growing from the roots Leaning over bar counters and flexing

August 18, 2016

Star people offer an evening of Miles Davis

BY JACOB JAY The Buffalo jazz ensemble, Star People will perform the music of trumpeter Miles Davis at PAUSA Art House on Wadsworth Street

August 18, 2016

Music

Designer leather, awkward flirtations, and scientific breakthroughs…

BY CHUCK SHEPARD DESIGNER LEATHER The late fashion designer Alexander McQueen (who dabbled in macabre collections, himself), might appreciate the work of acolyte Tina

August 18, 2016

Jacobs’ plan saves county auto bureau 100k pens

Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs issued a press release this week announcing he saved county taxpayers $45,000 in pens. He reports that after becoming

August 18, 2016

News

Race for State Senate seat far from a lock for Jacobs

BY TONY FARINA The 60th District State Senate race has it all: what appears to be a serious GOP primary challenge from Kevin Stocker

August 18, 2016

Grant Ferry prostitution eases following Artvoice-Chronicle investigation

BY MATT RICCHIAZZI In the days after Artvoice and The Buffalo Chronicle published a story detailing the rampant open-air drug trade and prostitution economy that has engulfed the

August 17, 2016

News

Attorney General found guilty of perjury, obstruction, abuse of power

Barely four years after winning a landslide election as Pennsylvania’s first female Attorney General, Kathleen Kane was convicted Monday of perjury, obstruction, criminal conspiracy, and

August 17, 2016

News

Ciampoli, a Skelos apparatchik, in town to kick Stocker off ballot

John Ciampoli is the Nassau County Attorney who signed off on the Ab Tech deal that was designed to enrich Adam Skelos, the son

August 17, 2016

News

A primary of consequence for Democrats in the 60th District

BY MATT RICCHIAZZI The retired State Senator and widely respected elder statesman of local politics, Al Coppola is seeking the Democratic Party nomination for

August 16, 2016

News

Victims of Police ‘Dog Shootings’ Tell Their Tales of Horror

By Frank Parlato Last week Artvoice reported on claims that The Narcotics Division of the Buffalo Police Department shot two pit bulls while

August 11, 2016

News

From Courtroom to Canvas: Local Attorney LeRoi Johnson Takes The International Art Stage

by Kelsey Sandra Ables It’s easy to assume lawyers spend their nights flipping through pale yellow legal pads, filing cabinets and manila folders packed

August 11, 2016

Hertel Avenue businesses oppose it, Brown condones it, Schroeder says he will reverse Hertel Avenue meter plan, if elected mayor

BY MATT RICCHIAZZI City Comptroller Mark Schroeder said if he is elected mayor in 2017, he will reverse the controversial new Hertel Avenue metered

August 11, 2016

News

State Paying Millions to Defend Canalside Suit

By Tony Farina I wrote a story in this space last week that reported I had received nine responses from the state’s Empire State

August 11, 2016

News

West Side residents voice concerns of drugs, prostitution on Breckenridge near Grant St.

By Matt Ricchiazzi Upper West Side residents are complaining of drug sales and rampant prostitution near the corner of Breckenridge and Grant Streets, a

August 11, 2016

News

NEWS OF THE WEIRD

Leading Economic Indicators ■ Ronnie Music Jr., 45, won a scratch-off lottery prize last year of $3 million in Waycross, Georgia, and must surely

August 11, 2016

Background check for Job at County Jail discloses warrant for child endangerment; Fired bus driver claims he didn’t know the YouTube cartoon was sexually explicit

It didn’t turn out the way he planned it. David Dole, 34, of Buffalo recently applied for a Sheriff’s Deputy position within the Jail

August 11, 2016

News·Uncategorized

THEATER/ON THE BOARDS: Listings of live local theater, presented by Irish Classical Theatre

OPENING THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, comedy by William Shakespeare presented by Chautauqua Theater Company, directed by Andrew Borba. Aug 12-19. Bratton Theater, Chautauqua

August 11, 2016

Quinn’s Travel Plans Unmoved by ECC’s Problems

By Tony Farina Even as the date approaches for the long-delayed groundbreaking of the STEM building at the Erie Community College North campus, now

August 11, 2016

News

Flaherty Camp Releases Poll Showing Him With Big Lead in Erie County District Attorney’s Race

By Tony Farina The Democratic primary for Erie County district attorney won’t be decided until voters cast their ballots on Sept. 13, but the

August 11, 2016

GRAPHIC TRAFFIC presented by Queen City Bookstore

plutona By Jeff Lemire (Author) and Emi Lenox (Illustrator) Image Comics (Publisher) Review by Maia Bankhead. Ever since The Death of Superman arc gave

August 11, 2016

Look for Trump to Defeat Pravda

BY JIM OSTROWSKI My election predictions are not primarily based on the polls. When I picked John Kerry to win the Democratic nomination in

August 11, 2016

SYT: JEFF DUNHAM; Tue; 8/16; 7:30 pm Hamburg Fairgrounds

JEFF DUNHAM; Tue; 8/16; 7:30 pm Hamburg Fairgrounds Gen adm $40/ Reserved $50 Jeff Dunham is arguably the greatest ventriloquist of all time (with

August 11, 2016

Music

SYT: Drake and Future; Fri 8/12 6:30pm; First Niagara Center

Drake and Future Fri 8/12; 6:30 pm First Niagara Center Tickets start at $120 Canadian superstar Drake will be coming to Buffalo fresh off

August 11, 2016

Music

SYT: ROB THOMAS & COUNTING CROWS; SAT 8/13 6:45pm; Seneca Niagara Casino

ROB THOMAS & COUNTING CROWS Seneca Niagara Casino Tickets Start at $36 SAT 8/13 6:45pm Alternative Rock bands The Counting Crows and Rob Thomas are in

August 11, 2016

Music

SYT: STYX; Tue. 8/16; 6:30pm; Artpark

Tue. 8/16; 6:30pm STYX w/Special guests Tim Montana & The Sherdnecks Artpark • tickets $12 Artpark offers 70’s/80’s progressive rock band Styx as part of

August 11, 2016

Music

SYT: Asleep At The Wheel; WED 8/17; 7:pm; Sportsmens Tavern

ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL Sportsmens Tavern $45 adv/$50 at door Nine-time Grammy Award winner and voted Best Country and Western Band by Rolling Stone

August 11, 2016

Music

Poetry: Call Me Cunning; by Josh Smith

Call Me Cunning by Josh Smith I poke hornets’ nests. I run toward the bright light of a fire. I drill holes in the

August 11, 2016

Mascia takes city to court to overturn Brown’s removal of him based on ‘illegal speech’

BY FRANK PARLATO Former Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA) Commissioner, Joe Mascia, 71, who was removed by Mayor Byron Brown from office in May,

August 4, 2016

News

Charges of election fraud, voter intimidation surface in 60th district race

BY TONY FARINA The battle for the key 60th District State Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Marc Panepinto after one term, is now

August 4, 2016

News

Flynn fires back at Flaherty camp in battle for DA

BY TONY FARINA The battle for the job of Erie County district attorney is turning into a war of words between Acting DA Michael

August 4, 2016

News

Attorney seeks charges against Buffalo Police in dog ‘shooting spree’

The Buffalo Police Department reported their Narcotics Division executed a series of search warrants during the week of July 25-29, arresting several individuals and

August 4, 2016

News

Green Giants Part II: David Kowalski

BY KELSEY SANDRA ABLES After a rejuvenating retreat to the Adirondack Mountains, environmentalist David Kowalski came back to reality: a severe drought in Buffalo

August 4, 2016

News

Champion Mike Brown to hold seminar in Blasdell; MMA safer than the Bloodsport days of Frank Dux

BY FRANK PARLATO Former Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) featherweight champion, Michael Thomas “Mike” Brown will conduct a seminar on Thursday, Aug. 11, from 6:30-9:30

August 4, 2016

Sports

Bisons disastrous month leaves team reeling

BY ANDREW KULYK & PETER FARRELL June 30 was a happy day at Coca Cola Field as the Buffalo Bisons were unpacking their things

August 4, 2016

Sports

Dark Night: a true Batman story

BY GABRIEL ALLANDRO As a Black man, I often am filled with mind-blanking rage at the depths of racism in our society – depths

August 4, 2016

TV & Film

Righting Bad History: American intervention in the Middle East caused the crisis

BY JIM OSTROWSKI This is an excerpt from the brand new book, The Impeachment of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for High Crimes

August 4, 2016

News of the Weird: ‘Big Porn’ gives bacK

“Big Porn” Gives BacK ■ (1) In June, the online mega-website Pornhub announced a program to help blind pornography consumers by adding 50

August 4, 2016

The Fall of Troy at The Waiting Room

THE FALL OF TROY The Waiting Room, Tuesday, August 9th at 7:30 pm Tickets range, $20 to $25 American post-hardcore trio Fall of Troy come to

August 4, 2016

Drums Along the Waterfront to perform at Ralph Wilson Stadium

DRUMS ALONG THE WATERFRONT TOUR Ralph Wilson Stadium, Sunday, August 7th at 7:00 pm Tickets starting at $51 Drums Along The Waterfront, Sanctioned by

August 4, 2016

Chenville to appear with Black Map at the Rapids Theater

CHEVELLE WITH BLACK MAP Rapids Theatre, Sunday, August 7th at 8pm $25 advance, $30 at the door American rock trio Chevelle, based out of Chicago, formed

August 4, 2016

The Sportsman hosts The Shuffling Madness

THE SHUFFLING MADNESS Sportsmen Tavern Friday, August 5th at 9:30pm $10 p/ person The Shuffling Madness re-creates the music of Jethro Tull with astonishing

August 4, 2016

Prince George to headline Town Ballroom

PRINZE GEORGE The Leopard Lounge at Town Ballroom Friday, August 5th at 10PM Up and coming Indie band from Maryland writes sparse but deftly

August 4, 2016

Mike Marinaccio and Friends to play at Pausa

MIKE MARINACCIO AND FRIENDS Pausa Art House Thursday, August 4th at 8:00 pm $7 p/person Keyboardist/Vocalist Mark Marinaccio brings his nine-piece horn band to perform

August 4, 2016

Bruce Bruce to get loose at Helium

BRUCE BRUCE — Helium Comedy Club Friday, August 5th 7:30 pm & 10:00 pm Saturday, August 6th 7:00 pm & 9:30 pm Sunday, August 7th

August 4, 2016

On the Boards…

ONGOING THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, comedy by William Shakespeare presented by Shakespeare in Delaware Park, directed by Steve Vaughan, starring Bonnie Jean Taylor,

August 3, 2016

Did Politics Have a Hand in the Pigeon Prosecution?

Everyone had at least one brush with Pigeon By Frank Parlato A POLITICAL QUESTION The question of whether politics was a motive for

July 28, 2016

News

News of the Weird

WEIRD NUMBERS MAKING THE NEWS RECENTLY ■ The Transportation Security Administration announced in May that it had collected $765,000 in loose change left behind

July 28, 2016

The Impeachment of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton For High Crimes in Syria and Libya

By Jim Ostrowski This week, my brother Mike and I published “The Impeachment of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for High Crimes in Syria

July 28, 2016

DOT To Conduct Formal EIS To Study Skyway Removal First Step in Planning Alternative Infrastructure

By Frank Parlato The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) agreed last week to spend an unspecified sum of taxpayer money on a

July 28, 2016

News

Corps of Engineers to Use Herbicide to Kill Hydrilla in Erie Canal

In an attempt to eradicate the invasive aquatic plant hydrilla in the Erie Canal, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, will be

July 28, 2016

News

It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! No, It’s the Nickel City Comic Convention!

By W. Dalton Weir Why not Buffalo? Why can’t we have a comic convention in the Nickel City?” That was the question that rang

July 28, 2016

Around and About

By Tony Farina Flaherty Camp Slams Dem Party Boss for ‘Hypocrisy’ The race for Erie County District Attorney is a real political donnybrook as

July 28, 2016

News

‘Jason Bourne’ An Action Thriller That Consistently Delivers the Goods

By Mike Hudson Matt Damon is a fine actor and the fifth installment of his Bourne film series, “Jason Bourne,” is a two-hour plus,

July 28, 2016

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