Seneca Niagara Casino Loaded Gun Incident Leads to Rapper’s Appearance in Court
A 22-year-old rapper appeared in court of law Thursday on charges he tossed a firearm from the roof of a parking construction at New House of York State’s Lucius Annaeus Seneca Niagara River Resort & Casino. He was ane of several men who were filming a strike video when the incident took place.
Markiez A. Davis of Niagara Falls, N.Y., pled not guilty to second-and third-degree criminal ownership of a weapon system and reckless endangerment inwards Niagara River County Court, the Buffalo News reported.
The incident began on Dec. 17 when gambling casino security measures guards spotted sixer men filming the video. One of them had a gun. The men had not received permission to live on the roof and thus, Niagara Falls police force were alerted.
Davis remained in custody later(a) this week at the Niagara Falls County Jail. He is beingness held without bail.
Firearm Almost Landed on Security Guards
When officers arrived, unity man allegedly tossed the firearm to the sidewalk. It nearly run into casino security department guards as it landed below, local TV station WIVB reported.
The small-arm was loaded at the time, the Buffalo News quoted Assistant District Attorney Calophyllum longifolium H. Stoelting. The firearm was later seized by police.
At first, the men cinematography the picture claimed no ane on the roof had a firearm, the word study said. Later, law also searched a motorcar connected to the pillowcase and found suspected marijuana and “a big amount of cash obscure inwards the trunk,” the Buffalo News said.
Davis was arrested utmost Friday. Police also discovered that Stuart Davis was on parole related to to a doom of 2⅓ to septenary years in prison for two robberies, the Buffalo News added, citing state prison house online records. That substance he should not feature had a small-arm in his possession and the incident is an alleged word of honor violation, the written report said.
If convicted, Stuart Davis could human face upwardly to 15 years inward prison for the second-degree felonious possession of a artillery charge.
Police get non said whether charges would live brought against the quint other men who were on the roof.
Earlier Gun Incident
In an unrelated incident, a Niagara Falls Falls man was sentenced inward Dec to 4 years in prison for his role in a 2019 shooting outside the Seneca Niagara Falls Casino. Julian Seright, 40, pleaded hangdog to second-degree outlaw ownership of a weapon.
In another incident, charges are pending against a midsection school teacher accused of an attempted sexual assault at Seneca Niagara Falls Casino lowest February. The defendant is Brian H. Lasher, 56, of Amherst, N.Y. He is charged with committing a third-degree criminal sexual urge act, third-degree attempted rape, and third-degree sexual urge abuse, the Buffalo News reported.
Last month, Lasher pleaded non guilty to the charges before Niagara Falls Falls City Margaret Court Judge James II J. Faso, Jr., the write up said. Lasher was placed on allow from his job as a midriff school day physical didactics teacher.