Patrick Lakamp

In my 28th year at The Buffalo News, I find stories in spreadsheets and courtrooms. So I like data and depositions a lot. A Missouri and Syracuse grad.

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Salman Rushdie testifies at his attacker's federal terrorism trial: "He attacked me very violently," Rushdie told jurors. At first Rushdie thought he was being punched but quickly realized he was being slashed. "I was shouting out to people, 'What's happened to my eye?'"

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Former DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni appeals his conviction in federal court, citing prosecution tactics and organized crime references among other issues. https://t.co/EbfvVm8oHi

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The complete statement from former DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni at his sentencing in January. https://t.co/V3WSctuwdV

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Two federal judges in Buffalo hold different views on the Trump administration’s stance that many ICE detainees are not entitled to bond hearings seeking release. Which one presides over detainees’ habeas corpus petitions can make all the difference. https://t.co/mTs4IROrQa

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Former DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni sentenced to 5 years for corruption conviction. https://t.co/ZdJhlMCz6s

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From an Amherst mansion to a federal prison. The drug trafficker who said he bribed a DEA agent gets 2 year prison sentence. https://t.co/7nAYrCETho

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Michael Masecchia, who said a DEA agent provided him sensitive law enforcement information for years to protect his marijuana trafficking operation, gets an early release from prison for medical reasons. https://t.co/WkkaaqfrbB

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@gggaughan @BuffaloGuild I was always smarter after reading a story from Mark - a pillar of our newsroom.

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An 8th-grader weighed in on the topic of gender identity. It was in line with President Trump's beliefs. A school suspension followed. And so did his mom's federal lawsuit. https://t.co/7WXOhSmEaU

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A Capitol rioter from Amherst thanked President Trump for his prison release but Jan. 6 pardons have come with pushback from judges dismissing charges for other defendants. https://t.co/qvbrs7dfye

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Firefighters dousing a small fire with a lot of smoke on Central Terminal property. No structure looks involved.

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Another Western New Yorker charged in Jan. 6 Capitol breach investigation. Feds say Buffalo woman chanted 'our house' along with the crowd as mob overtook a police line inside the Capitol. https://t.co/jMpNFChV2A

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One of two Niagara County women facing Jan. 6 Capitol riot charges "stood on the outside ledge facing a crowd of rioters, raised her hands above her her head as if in triumph and danced side to side," according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday. https://t.co/ujKf9yTu72

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Judge orders release of Howard Hinkle, one of last people to interact with Crystal Quinn in the days before her death. He allegedly warned the former Pharaoh’s Gentlemen’s Club dancer about a bounty on her life. Prosecutors to appeal. https://t.co/tm49hv9sNk

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Hormoz Mansouri, once an insider in Western New York politics, pleads guilty to pandemic fraud. "He did something that he never felt conceivable," his lawyer says. https://t.co/zPZ27kBfmr

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Lifelong friend testifies Joseph Bongiovanni was reluctant - even mad - when first asked to help childhood friends who grew up to be marijuana traffickers. But prosecutors say loyalty to them led him to share DEA intelligence. https://t.co/uhZSOFWEg4

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Judge declines to dismiss indictment over the death of Pharaoh's witness, but he wants prosecutors on case replaced for missing a court-ordered deadline to turn over information about evidence to defense lawyers. https://t.co/IV9lQjBVIY

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Good work by @_JustinOConnor in today’s @TheBuffaloNews. Data, context and good interviews. Looking forward to following this young journalist’s work in coming years wherever his career takes him. Grateful for his work in Buffalo this summer.

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"It appeared like they were friends." - Retired FBI Agent Thomas Herbst on his 2009 meeting with Peter Gerace and Joseph Bongiovanni, which was covered during Day 2 of testimony in ex-DEA agent's bribery and corruption trial. https://t.co/uXB72rx1mT