Jurors will begin deliberating today in the trial of former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Joseph Bongiovanni. Here's a breakdown of the charges and how his defense lawyers rebut them.
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"The evidence will show that those were rewards for a job well done," Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Tripi told jurors earlier in Bongiovanni's bribery and corruption trial.
This question that jolted the investigation of a former DEA agent: What does it mean to be connected?
The report provided Wednesday by the state medical examiner states Nex Benedict, 16, took a fatal combination of two drugs commonly known as Benadryl and Prozac.
On the 13th day of testimony in Joseph Bongiovanni's bribery and corruption trial, Ronald Serio emerged as a pivotal witness naming names. Serio identified or confirmed the roles of more than two dozen people who he said helped him grow, buy, sell or transport illegal drugs.
Joseph Bongiovanni didn’t know about the Ronald Serio search warrants and surveillance by the Erie County Sheriff's Office, prosecutors say, and testimony in the former DEA agent's bribery trial revealed that the reluctance of sheriff's detectives to use a DEA database helped keep their Serio investigation from becoming known to Bongiovanni.
Prosecutors allege Joseph Bongiovanni's handling of the informant helped shield Ronald Serio and others in his drug-trafficking organization from investigation.
We can only report on the known facts at the time. We would rather be accurate than first. Anything less would be a disservice to Nex Benedict, the editorial states.
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Police are investigating the death of a nonbinary student, Nex Benedict, who died after being involved in a fight inside an Owasso High School restroom.
Testifying for nearly four hours Wednesday, Louis Selva barely looked at the defense table where his friend since sixth grade, Joseph Bongiovanni, sat.