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Matthew Spina

Matthew Spina

Staff Reporter at The Buffalo News

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  • Local News
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Recent Articles

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Medical examiner faults Erie County Holding Center staff for ... - Buffalo News

Sean Riordan’s family has been working with a lawyer to gather his medical records and videos of him compiled over his final hours. The autopsy is one piece of a larger puzzle, said Tracie Riordan, his sister. “It’s very apparent my brother was sick and needed medical attention and did not receive it,” she said.
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Judges suspend law license of HoganWillig founder Corey J. Hogan - ...

A core violation involved “entering into a business relationship with a client where he and the client have differing interests,” the ruling indicates.
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Hogan, stripped of his law license, states his case to the legal .....

Corey J. Hogan, in an email to lawyers in the region, vows to challenge the suspension of his law license and defends the actions that led a panel of judges to bar him from practicing law for two years.
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Court records pull back the curtain on Buffalo Police Department's ...

Lawyers for the group Black Love Resists in the Rust, which argues that Mayor Byron W. Brown’s “Strike Force” set up checkpoints targeting drivers of color, have gathered up internal emails and records. Here’s what they revealed.
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A list of 33 Erie County inmates who have died since June 2005

June 29, 2005: Erie County Correctional Facility inmate Nathan Frailey, 53, dies. Public records provide few details. Frailey’s in-custody death came to light in recent weeks after aides to the
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CAO inches toward transparency as its leader fires back

Community Action Organization of Western New York still bars the general public from its meetings. But it says it will stream audio of its board
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A list of 32 Erie County inmates who have died since Howard became ...

June 29, 2005: Erie County Correctional Facility inmate Nathan Frailey, 53, dies. Public records provide few details. Frailey’s in-custody death came to light in recent weeks after aides to the
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City Hall arson suspect was raised by a forceful critic of police b...

If alive today, Loretta Renford would be crushed, said a former state Assembly member, to learn that her now 20-year-old grandson has been accused of throwing a burning basket into
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Grandfather, veteran, neighbor, friend: Now dead from Covid-19

Walter H. Monahan had served on a destroyer during the Vietnam War, and from then on, the Navy was in his blood. When his tours ended, he was asked where
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One of Grand Island’s great volunteers lost to Covid-19

Raised during the Great Depression, Luigi D’Orazio learned how to do things for himself. He became so adept at plumbing, electrical work and carpentry that he built the home on
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After Covid-19 patient’s condition turned grave, wife made tough call

Even when they attached her husband to a ventilator at Buffalo General Medical Center, Karen Catalano remained hopeful.
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Family mourns Covid-19 victim who loved to laugh and work

During the week of March 16, Denise Grenier displayed the symptoms of a cold, but she was mostly lethargic. There was no fever or cough. By March 24 she was
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After Innate’s crash, Collins lends more than $250,000 to aide who ...

A small circle of people close to Rep. Chris Collins dumped their shares in Innate Immunotherapeutics just before the stock price crashed in June 2017. One who didn’t get out
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Inmate’s death should be ruled homicide, scathing state report finds

A state health board’s report says Erie County jail staff failed to respond properly as an inmate declined mentally and physically, leading to her
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DA wants attorney general or special prosecutor to examine inmate's...

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn Jr. says his office cannot investigate the death of Holding Center inmate India Cummings but thinks the state Attorney General’s Office or a
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Cattaraugus DA to examine Erie County inmate’s death

The Cattaraugus County District Attorney’s Office, headed by Lori Pettit Rieman, will serve as a special prosecutor to determine whether criminal charges should be filed against Erie County Holding Center
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In prosecutors’ crosshairs, Erie County deputy hires a lawyer

Kenneth P. Achtyl has hired a defense lawyer to deal with the federal and state prosecutors deciding whether to charge him for the bloody arrest of a Bills fan who
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Jail deputy sues his boss, Sheriff Howard, alleging defamation

Jeremiah Nolan Jr. filed a lawsuit against Sheriff Howard and other sheriff’s officials for wrongful termination and defamation, among other
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Accountants urge anti-poverty agency to improve tracking of $50M a ...

The head of the Community Action Organization of Western New York posted the agency’s latest annual financial report online to prove “our finances are in order.” The financial report told
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Citizens win court case forcing Erie County sheriff to accurately r...

The citizens began researching a court case after Sheriff Howard in an interview with The Buffalo News justified his staff decisions to label certain suicide attempts as inmate disturbances or
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Erie County to appeal court decision against sheriff that gives cit...

Lawyers for Erie County say they plan to appeal a judge’s decision that places an extra layer of oversight on Sheriff Timothy B. Howard and his jail staff. The decision