LOCKPORT — Former Falls attorney and political operative Nicholas D’Angelo still doesn’t have a deal with Niagara County prosecutors to settle charges accusing him of election fraud crimes.
Much like a June 23 hearing in State Supreme Court in Lockport, D’Angelo’s defense attorney, Brain Melber, suggested during a Friday proceeding before Justice Debra Givens that a deal had been struck. But after roughly 90 minutes of the lawyers in the case shuttling in and out of Given’s chamber, the justice announced they would return Aug. 25 for yet more proceedings.
The lengthier repeat of the June 23 hearing was once again centered on what has been described as a “legal issue” that needs “further clarification.” Sources with knowledge of the matter tell the Gazette that the “issue” is centered on how the term “intent to defraud” in the charges should be interpreted.
Melber indicated that if the issue can be resolved by the next hearing date, D’Angelo would be ready to accept a plea offer.
Outside the courtroom, neither Melber nor Assistant Niagara County District Attorney Robert Zucco would comment on the case to reporters.
D’Angelo, 30, has pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree identity theft, two counts of second-degree forgery, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, two counts of making a campaign contribution in other than the true name of contributor and two counts of first-degree attempted tampering with public records in...
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