INDICTMENT IN 2003 BUFFALO EAST SIDE MURDER
GROUNDBREAKING PARTNERSHIP LEADS TO INDICTMENT IN 2003 BUFFALO EAST SIDE MURDER
Ivory Payne indicted for the 2003 murder of Demetrius Bailey
ALBANY, NY (August 31, 2007) – Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo and
District Attorney Frank J. Clark announced today a Grand Jury indictment
for the 2003 murder of Demetrius Bailey in Buffalo’s East Side.
The indictment is the result of a groundbreaking partnership announced
in January between Attorney General Cuomo and District Attorney Clark to
share resources in order to more efficiently prosecute Buffalo
homicides.
“As I promised before taking office, I continue to offer assistance
and resources to counties that are dealing with a rash of violence
related to gangs and guns,” said Attorney General Cuomo. “Today’s
indictment is proof that this partnership to put killers behind bars is
working.”
Ivory Payne, 37, last known address of Fillmore Ave. in Buffalo was
indicted on one count of Murder in the 2nd Degree (class A-1 felony) and
one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 2nd Degree (class C
felony). Payne was arraigned this morning in Erie County Court before
Hon. Thomas P. Franczyk. Payne is currently incarcerated on an unrelated
charge.
Payne is accused of murdering Demetrius Bailey, 36, on August 2, 2003,
at the foot of East North St. in Buffalo. If convicted of the top count,
Payne faces a maximum sentence of 25-years-to-life in prison.
This indictment is the direct result of collaborative efforts by the
Attorney General’s Office and the Erie County District Attorney’s
Office. In January, Attorney General Cuomo offered the use of his staff
to Erie County District Attorney Frank J. Clark following a surge of
homicides in 2006 due in part to increased gang activity. Three
attorneys and an investigator from the Attorney General’s Office were
cross-designated to work closely with the district attorney’s office.
District Attorney Clark said, “This is a prime example of how
collaborative efforts of two law enforcement agencies can produce
positive results. But for the Attorney General’s assistance, this
matter might still be a cold case rather than a case awaiting trial.”
Cuomo praised Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown for his commitment to a
comprehensive anti-crime program and Buffalo Police Commissioner H.
McCarthy Gipson for the hard work of detectives assigned to the homicide
bureau who were instrumental in helping to obtain this indictment.
“An indictment in this case is the result of the hard work of the
Buffalo Police Department and the Attorney General’s office in
assisting the Erie County District Attorney’s office,” said Mayor
Byron W. Brown. “By working with our law enforcement partners we were
able to solve this crime, which is good news for the residents of the
City of Buffalo.”
The charges in this case are merely accusations and the defendant is
presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
The case was handled by Assistant Attorney General in Charge Russell T.
Ippolito Jr., of the Buffalo Regional Office with the assistance of AAG
Cydney Kelly, and Inv. Harry Frank.
Ivory Payne indicted for the 2003 murder of Demetrius Bailey
ALBANY, NY (August 31, 2007) – Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo and
District Attorney Frank J. Clark announced today a Grand Jury indictment
for the 2003 murder of Demetrius Bailey in Buffalo’s East Side.
The indictment is the result of a groundbreaking partnership announced
in January between Attorney General Cuomo and District Attorney Clark to
share resources in order to more efficiently prosecute Buffalo
homicides.
“As I promised before taking office, I continue to offer assistance
and resources to counties that are dealing with a rash of violence
related to gangs and guns,” said Attorney General Cuomo. “Today’s
indictment is proof that this partnership to put killers behind bars is
working.”
Ivory Payne, 37, last known address of Fillmore Ave. in Buffalo was
indicted on one count of Murder in the 2nd Degree (class A-1 felony) and
one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 2nd Degree (class C
felony). Payne was arraigned this morning in Erie County Court before
Hon. Thomas P. Franczyk. Payne is currently incarcerated on an unrelated
charge.
Payne is accused of murdering Demetrius Bailey, 36, on August 2, 2003,
at the foot of East North St. in Buffalo. If convicted of the top count,
Payne faces a maximum sentence of 25-years-to-life in prison.
This indictment is the direct result of collaborative efforts by the
Attorney General’s Office and the Erie County District Attorney’s
Office. In January, Attorney General Cuomo offered the use of his staff
to Erie County District Attorney Frank J. Clark following a surge of
homicides in 2006 due in part to increased gang activity. Three
attorneys and an investigator from the Attorney General’s Office were
cross-designated to work closely with the district attorney’s office.
District Attorney Clark said, “This is a prime example of how
collaborative efforts of two law enforcement agencies can produce
positive results. But for the Attorney General’s assistance, this
matter might still be a cold case rather than a case awaiting trial.”
Cuomo praised Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown for his commitment to a
comprehensive anti-crime program and Buffalo Police Commissioner H.
McCarthy Gipson for the hard work of detectives assigned to the homicide
bureau who were instrumental in helping to obtain this indictment.
“An indictment in this case is the result of the hard work of the
Buffalo Police Department and the Attorney General’s office in
assisting the Erie County District Attorney’s office,” said Mayor
Byron W. Brown. “By working with our law enforcement partners we were
able to solve this crime, which is good news for the residents of the
City of Buffalo.”
The charges in this case are merely accusations and the defendant is
presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
[EmpireStateNews.Net]
The case was handled by Assistant Attorney General in Charge Russell T.
Ippolito Jr., of the Buffalo Regional Office with the assistance of AAG
Cydney Kelly, and Inv. Harry Frank.
HIGHWAY CONTRACT APPROVED 6 - 1
A report from someone who was in attendance at the eight am special meeting held by Supervisor Mohan shared that NO media was in attendance. Was the meeting set to avoid media scrutiny?
This was an unprecedented time and way to hold a public meeting - allegedly for our convenience. It should NOT have been done like this on an issue of this magnitude - the infamous highway contract. With no public or media to interplay with the Board there was minimal discussion and everyone was out in a flash.
Dan Ward objected to the way the meeting was handled. He also voiced concern about the fact being obscured that due to Mohan’s obstinacy and incompetence all we got was delay and $50K per month in extra costs for 18 months for NO BENEFITS to the Town or taxpayers!
This meeting seemed to be deliberately designed to inconvenience all to avoid the glare and scrutiny of the media until it can be managed and manipulated later.
I’ve been told Mohan may hold a press conference later in the day. That should be enough time to put the right ’spin’ on the story.
By the way, the Highway contract was approved-6-1 , McGuire absent.
CANCER SOCIETY FOCUSES ITS ADS ON THE UNINSURED
Americans are deep into listening to potential Presidential candidates promises and the American Cancer Society is putting big bucks into a new kind of commercial. Instead of telling us we need to stop smoking they are going to be targeting the fact that too many Americans are underinsured.
“In a stark departure from past practice, the American Cancer Society plans to devote its entire $15 million advertising budget this year not to smoking cessation or colorectal screening but to the consequences of inadequate health coverage.”
“The campaign was born of the group’s frustration that cancer rates are not dropping as rapidly as hoped, and of recent research linking a lack of insurance to delays in detecting malignancies.”
“Though the advertisements are nonpartisan and pointedly avoid specific prescriptions, they are intended to intensify the political focus on an issue that is already receiving considerable attention from presidential candidates in both parties.”
“The society’s advertisements are unique, say experts in both philanthropy and advertising, in that disease-fighting charities traditionally limit their public appeals to narrower aspects of prevention or education.”
[read whole story]
GOT ARACHNOPHOBIA? HERE’S YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE
When I saw the video of this park in Texas I was creeped out! Over 2 acres of park covered with webs? Want to go for a picnic?
“Most spiders are solitary creatures. So the discovery of a vast web crawling with millions of spiders that is spreading across several acres of a North Texas park is causing a stir among scientists, and park visitors.”
“Sheets of web have encased several mature oak trees and are thick enough in places to block out the sun along a nature trail at Lake Tawakoni State Park, near this town about 50 miles east of Dallas.”
“The gossamer strands, slowly overtaking a lakefront peninsula, emit a fetid odor, perhaps from the dead insects entwined in the silk. The web whines with the sound of countless mosquitoes and flies trapped in its folds.”
[read whole story]
BUSH WILL OFFER RELIEF FOR SOME ON HOME LOANS
In recent months there has been great anxiety over the mortgage crisis in our country. The Democrats have said that the presidents has not been involved enough, that he has remained on the sidelines without doing anything to help. That is about to change as Bush plans to announce several steps today to help Americans who have credit problems meet the rising cost of their housing loans.
“Officials said Mr. Bush would call for the Federal Housing Administration to change its federal mortgage insurance program in a way that would let an additional 80,000 homeowners with spotty credit records sign up, beyond the 160,000 likely to use it this year and next.”
“The administration is offering his plan, which will include what one official called jawboning of lenders to persuade them not to foreclose on some borrowers, at a time of growing attacks on Mr. Bush from Democrats who say he has remained on the sidelines amid increasing anxiety over whether millions of Americans could end up losing their homes. Other elements of the plan would need legislative action, requiring Mr. Bush to win over the Democratic leadership in Congress.”
[read whole story]
WARD ADDRESSES CONCERN ABOUT MENNONITE MEETING HOUSE
It appears that the People Inc. plans to use the Mennonite Meeting House have collapsed. I believe this would be an excellent opportunity to recapture the true history and essence of this edifice and convert it into an authentic Mennonite Museum. We are blessed to have such a historic and original building, that most other communities do not have, so instead of running from this part of our early heritage, we should exploit and showcase it.
Mennonite Museums, though few in number, are very popular tourist attractions because they are rare and different. The Mennonites who originated in Switzerland, or Germany, are no
longer here, nor are the descendants, but they once were very prominent in the early history of Amherst and Clarence. Since they were always a minority and persecuted by both Catholics and Protestants alike, they have no local “fan club” of German-Americans to urge us to recognize and remember them. But they were real and they were here, and made many local contributions to pioneer life on the Niagara Frontier. We should do better to remember them, and should be able to make money on the enterprise as well.
I think we should get the Amherst Museum, and others in the community, involved to see if
this would be a viable project. I believe that there would be Federal and state grants available to do the restoration, and, who knows, we might even get some of the Mennonites themselves who would help us in the restoration. In any event, the end result should be faithful to the original structure and its purpose. If we can’t save and preserve one of the oldest standing religious structures in Erie County, what does that say about our values and priorities?
AMHERST DEMOCRATS OPEN HEADQUARTERS
Amherst Democrats have opened their local headquarters at 2250 Wehrle Dr. They welcome eveyone to stop in for a visit.
PRESS RELEASE FROM AMHERST HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR TREE TAKEDOWNS
Amherst Highway Superintendent Robert Anderson begins Phase 3 of tree takedown work. We have completed the removal of Phase 1 and Phase 2 trees in the Town of Amherst. Phase 1 trees include all critical/dangerous trees. The Phase 2 trees removed were heartwood damaged trees that would not survive long-term. Moving into Phase 3 we are asking for residents input in regard to tree(s) they would like reviewed for possible takedown. This phase will concentrate on “matchstick” or “Charlie Brown” trees that may survive but no longer serve any useful purpose. If you feel you have one of these trees in front of your property that meet these criteria please e-mail us at checkmytree@amherst.ny.us or call 839 - 6707 and leave a message. All notifications should be submitted by September 7th.
ED RATH TO OPEN CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS
Erie County Legislature candidate Ed Rath III is inviting the pubic to the grand opening of his campaign headquarters on Saturday, September 1, 2007.
Rath, the endorsed Republican, Independence, and Conservative candidate, is running to succeed Dr. Barry Weinstein in the Erie County Legislature – 15th District (Amherst).
A Senior Energy Consultant for NOCO Energy Corp., Rath and his wife Amy live in Amherst with their three daughters.
Ed Rath Campaign HQ Opening
Saturday, September 1, 2007
724 Maple Road – Williamsville
(next to Blockbuster on the corner of N. Forest)
9 AM
For more information on Ed Rath’s campaign, or to volunteer, please call 440-5210.
MARK MANNA KNOWS WHAT HE HAS TO DO TO WIN IN NOVEMBER
Mark Manna, one of the three democrats seeking a seat on the Amherst Town Board is pounding the pavement hard. He has been ringing doorbells and knocking on doors all over town introducing himself and answering the questions people ask.
Manna is a man who realizes personal contact with the voters is the only tried and true way for the voters to meet this one of the six men who will be running for the Town Board.
