{"id":22068,"date":"2017-06-06T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=22068"},"modified":"2017-06-06T11:01:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T15:01:38","slug":"erie-man-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-following-assault-car-jacking-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/erie-man-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-following-assault-car-jacking-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison Following Assault, Car Jacking Conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>BUFFALO – An Erie man involved in a 2015 carjacking in Dunkirk will spend 12 years in state prison.<\/p>\n

Acting U.S. Attorney James Kennedy, Jr.<\/strong> announced that 21 year-old Michael Gonzalez-Colon<\/strong> received his sentence Monday in U.S. District Court<\/strong>. Colon was convicted earlier this year of of carjacking and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.<\/p>\n

The charges stem from an incident that took place July 20, 2015 when Colon traveled with co-defendants Dimas Colon-Cruz<\/strong> and Denis Cruz<\/strong>, from Erie to Dunkirk on stolen all-terrain vehicles. Shortly after arriving in Dunkirk, the ATV’s were seized by the Dunkirk Police Department<\/strong>. The three men then assaulted two people in Dunkirk, striking both with a firearm, while also stealing a vehicle owned by one of the victims. The three were also connected to stealing another vehicle from a business in Fredonia. The stolen vehicles were recovered in Erie and an investigation led to the arrest of all three men.<\/p>\n

Charges are still pending against Dimas Colon-Cruz and Denis Cruz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BUFFALO – An Erie man involved in a 2015 carjacking in Dunkirk will spend 12 years in state prison. Acting U.S. Attorney James Kennedy, Jr. announced that 21 year-old Michael Gonzalez-Colon received his sentence Monday in U.S. District Court. Colon was convicted earlier this year of of carjacking and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":17327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[304,7664,7663,739,7220,7662],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Court-Gavel.png?fit=600%2C384&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-5JW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20575,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/dunkirk-man-pleads-guilty-to-cocaine-trafficking-in-federal-court\/","url_meta":{"origin":22068,"position":0},"title":"Dunkirk Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Trafficking in Federal Court","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"December 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"BUFFALO - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. 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