EDITOR’S NOTE: The headline on this story has been changed. The original headline mistakenly omitted the word “former.” As per the ECDA’s office, the defendant was “a newly hired Assistant District Attorney who started on June 10, 2024, and his employment was immediately terminated following his arrest on July 24, 2024.”
LOCKPORT — Niagara County District Attorney Brian D. Seaman announced that De’Lenci N. Shannon-Brown, age 29, entered a guilty plea in Buffalo City Court to the crime of Criminal Possession of Cannabis in the Third Degree, a class A misdemeanor, and Driving While Ability Impaired, a traffic infraction. Shannon-Brown had been charged with felony level cannabis possession, driving while impaired by a drug, and official misconduct related to his employment with the Erie County District Attorney’s Office. Buffalo City Court Judge Rebecca Town imposed a fine and driver’s license suspension for Shannon-Brown’s sentence.
Seaman stated: “After careful consideration of the defendant’s conduct, but also his background and surrounding circumstances, we determined that a misdemeanor resolution was proper for this case. Fortunately no sensitive information from the District Attorney’s Office made it into the wrong hands because of the defendant’s conduct. A criminal conviction, however, is a serious matter. Because the defendant is a licensed attorney he will have to answer to the Grievance Committee for his conduct.”
