Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announces that 32-year-old Sharee Bailey of Cheektowaga was sentenced this morning before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller to 10 years in prison followed by 5 years of post-release supervision.
The defendant pleaded guilty to one count of Robbery in the First Degree (Class “B” violent felony) in full satisfaction of the indictment for her involvement in a robbery that resulted in the murder of two victims in the City of Buffalo. Bailey was offered the plea agreement in exchange for her testimony in the trial against Ernest B. Green, Jr., Daniel Rodriguez and Wayne Robbins.
During the early morning of Friday, September 27, 2019, Green and Robbins, while acting in concert with one another, murdered two victims during the course of a robbery. Both victims were shot inside of a two-unit residence on Merrimac Street in the City of Buffalo. A short time later, Buffalo Police officers responded to a 911 call at the residence where they found both victims, 21-year-old Bethany B. Malloy and 26-year-old Shaquiel S. St. John, deceased.
A jury found Ernest B. Green, Jr., 41, of Buffalo and Wayne Robbins, 27, of Buffalo guilty of two counts of Murder in the First Degree and four counts of Murder in the Second Degree (Class “A-I” felonies). Both defendants were convicted of all counts in the indictment for the homicides of Bethany B. Malloy and Shaquiel S. St. John. Last month, Green and Robbins were sentenced to life in prison without parole, the maximum possible sentence for their convictions.
Ernest B. Green, Jr. and another co-defendant, Daniel Rodriguez, 41, of Buffalo, were sentenced to 75 years to life in prison. Both defendants received the maximum possible sentence for the murder of a woman and the attempted murder of her two children in the Town of Tonawanda. Jurors found Green and Rodriguez guilty, as charged, of one count of Murder in the Second Degree (Class “A-I” felony) and two counts of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree (Class “B” violent felonies).
During the early morning hours of Tuesday, August 27, 2019, the defendants, while acting in concert with one another, murdered the victim during the course of a home invasion robbery. Green and Rodriguez unlawfully entered the victim’s residence on Ebling Avenue in the Town of Tonawanda through a rear door. Once inside of the home, Green and Rodriguez intentionally shot the female victim and her two daughters. The victim, 31-year-old Danielle Cretacci, died at the scene.
The two juvenile victims were 8-years-old and 11-years-old at the time of the crime. One of the surviving victims pretended to be dead then watched from a window as the suspects fled before going to a neighboring house for help. Both victims were transported by ambulance to ECMC where they were hospitalized for their injuries.
Acting District Attorney Keane commends Captain Joseph Fennell, retired Detective Jeffrey Campanella and members of the Town of Tonawanda Police Department for their work in the Danielle Cretacci homicide investigation. He also commends Detectives Scott Malec, Mark White, and members of the Buffalo Police Department for their work in the Bethany Malloy and Shaquiel St. John homicide investigation. Acting DA Keane also recognizes the Amherst Police Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives as well as our office’s victim advocates Kimberly Rapp and Nicole Haffa.
The case was prosecuted by Chief Ryan D. Haggerty of the Narcotics/Intelligence Bureau, Assistant District Attorney Christopher S. Safulko of the Homicide Bureau and Assistant District Attorney Samantha N. King of the Narcotics/Intelligence Bureau.