Sheriff Michael Filicetti

How do you celebrate 250 years? Parades in Lockport, North Tonawanda, Pendleton, and Niagara Falls, fire works displays all over Niagara County and a visit with our Vietnam Veterans! God bless our great country! What a tremendous weekend of celebration.

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Prior felon going to prison for five years cyberstalking
Thursday, June 18, 2026

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of New York
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Daniel Richter, 47, of Middle Island, NY, who was convicted of cyberstalking, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.

Between December 24, 2023, and March 27, 2024, Richter sent hundreds of threatening and sexual emails via the internet to Victim 1’s personal email address. He threatened not only Victim 1, but members of her family as well. For instance, over a two-day period in February 2024, Richter sent over 50 email messages to Victim 1’s personal email address, including one email mentioning Victim 1’s son by name. He also sent multiple emails and/or Google voicemails to Victim 1 on an almost daily basis, which became more threatening as time progressed. Richter threatened to visit Victim 1 in person and threatened to kill her. In March 2024, Richter traveled from California to the Western District of New York, where he was arrested at a local hotel. Law enforcement found photos of Victim 1, handwritten notes of Victim 1’s phone number, as well as a black knit ski mask, and several bottles of women’s hair dye in Richter’s hotel room.

In September 2020, Richter was convicted of interstate communication of threat to injure in the Western District of New York and was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Franz M. Wright. The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Michael Filicetti, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Acting Special Agent-in-Charge Brendan Dunford.

The 2025 Niagara County Sheriff's Office Annual Report is now available digitally at https://www.niagarasheriff.com/annualReports. Follow the link to check out the great work various divisions within the Niagara County Sheriff's Office have been doing this past year!