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You are here: Home / News / Local News / Erie Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison Following Assault, Car Jacking Conviction

Erie Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison Following Assault, Car Jacking Conviction

June 6, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

BUFFALO – An Erie man involved in a 2015 carjacking in Dunkirk will spend 12 years in state prison.

Acting U.S. Attorney James Kennedy, Jr. announced that 21 year-old Michael Gonzalez-Colon received his sentence Monday in U.S. District Court. Colon was convicted earlier this year of of carjacking and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

The charges stem from an incident that took place July 20, 2015 when Colon traveled with co-defendants Dimas Colon-Cruz and Denis Cruz, from Erie to Dunkirk on stolen all-terrain vehicles. Shortly after arriving in Dunkirk, the ATV’s were seized by the Dunkirk Police Department. The three men then assaulted two people in Dunkirk, striking both with a firearm, while also stealing a vehicle owned by one of the victims. The three were also connected to stealing another vehicle from a business in Fredonia. The stolen vehicles were recovered in Erie and an investigation led to the arrest of all three men.

Charges are still pending against Dimas Colon-Cruz and Denis Cruz.

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Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Buffalo Federal Courthouse, Denis Cruz, Dimas Colon-Cruz, Dunkirk Police Department, James Kennedy Jr, Michael Gonzalez-Colon

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