Defense lawyers for Joseph Bongiovanni asked a federal judge to set aside his guilty verdicts, saying that what the Drug ...

Ronald Serio, the drug trafficker who said he paid at least $250,000 in bribes to Drug Enforcement Administration Agent ...

A former drug dealer, a Buffalo schoolteacher with alleged mafia ties, and a DEA agent all wound up at the center of one of the city’s biggest federal cases.

Eight months after retiring from the DEA, Joseph Bongiovanni, 55, was accused of taking $250,000 in bribes from drug dealers whom he believed to have ties to “Italian organized ...

Prosecutors have charged Joseph Bongiovanni, a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent, of accepting $250,000 in bribes from drug dealers and providing them with information about ...

Federal judge releases Michael Masecchia, ex-Buffalo teacher once sentenced for drug-related charges. Discover the details surrounding his release.

After two decades as a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, Joseph Bongiovanni found out what it was like to be the target of a criminal investigation at 6 a.m. on June 6, 2019. He awoke with ...

They said Gerace got away with these crimes for a decade, in part because of his relationships with law enforcement, including bribing his high school friend, former DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni.

Tottenville High School 2025 Valedictorian, Nicholas Palermo, (left), and 2025 Salutatorian, Alexandra Daryaeva, (right).