LOCKPORT — Niagara County District Attorney Brian D. Seaman announced that Patrick J. Washington, III, 20 years old, of Buffalo, plead guilty this afternoon to Manslaughter in the First Degree in the death of 26 year old Xavier T. Gober of Niagara Falls. Washington admitted to intentionally running Gober over with his vehicle on October 15, 2024 on Hyde Park Blvd. in the City of Niagara Falls, causing his death.
The defendant faces up to 25 years in State Prison when he returns to be sentenced by County Court Judge Caroline Wojtaszek on September 2nd. The case was investigated by the Niagara Falls Police Department and prosecuted by First Assistant District Attorney Doreen Hoffmann and Assistant District Attorney Carrington Crossley.
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