BUFFALO — G. Steven Pigeon, at one time one of the most powerful Democratic political power brokers in New York state, looked thin and gaunt, his suit coat sagging on

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9979209

BUFFALO — G. Steven Pigeon, at one time one of the most powerful Democratic political power brokers in New York state, looked thin and gaunt, his suit coat sagging on his shoulders, as he stood before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller on Friday morning.

Pigeon wore a blank expression as Boller addressed him, not as a political kingmaker, but as a convicted sex offender.

Just days before Christmas, Pigeon would face his sentence for his November guilty plea to one count of first-degree sexual abuse, a class D violent felony. The charge stemmed from an incident involving a 9-year-old girl, six years ago.

The victim, Erie County prosecutors said, was someone that Pigeon knew. Prosecutors said Pigeon had taken the young girl out for a Christmas celebration.

  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    363·
    11 months ago

    glad to know destroying a kid’s life with one of the most morally heinous crimes in the world gets less punishment as… checks notes possessing a piece of the wrong plant

  • PDFuego@lemmy.world
    10·
    11 months ago

    Jesus, adblock detectors are one thing, but news sites are even blocking private mode now. People not reading past headlines is enough of a problem already without it being enforced.

    • GravelPieceOfSword
      2·
      11 months ago

      Firefox private mode (my default) seems to work fine with the site.

      Ublock origin and all doing their jobs too: I see a pretty clean page!

      • PDFuego@lemmy.world
        2·
        11 months ago

        On the Connect app on mobile I get

        Private mode detected! In order to read our site, please exit private/incognito mode or login to continue.

        I could copy it into Firefox easily enough, but if they don’t want me looking at their site then I won’t 🤷‍♀️