Buffalo man admits to assaulting his defense attorney
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man pleaded guilty Friday to an assault charge for punching and injuring his defense attorney in 2022, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Londarr S. Ward, 40, assaulted his defense attorney during a meeting inside the Erie County Correctional Facility on Sept. 27, 2022, officials said. Ward punched the victim with a closed fist, causing facial, shoulder and chest injuries.
Ward, who was charged with second-degree assault, faces a maximum of seven years in prison when he is sentenced on Sept. 23.
Ward committed the assault while in pre-trial custody after he was arrested in connection with a series of convenience store robberies, according to officials. He was sentenced to 46 years in prison as a second violent felony offender in April on charges of four counts of first-degree robbery and one count of fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property.
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