Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announces that 72-year-old John E. Dziedzic was sentenced this morning before Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case to 364 days in jail.
On Monday, October 9, 2023, New York State Police troopers responded to a complaint of a suspicious person at a motel on the 900 block of Main Street in the Town of Clarence. The defendant approached two juveniles and offered them marijuana to come to his motel room. Upon further investigation, it was discovered that the defendant had failed to register as a sex offender by not updating his address on a form issued by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. The next day, the defendant was arraigned in Clarence Town Court and remanded due to his prior felony convictions.
Dziedzic pleaded guilty to one count of Failure to Register and/or Verify as a Sex Offender (Class “E” felony under New York Corrections Law) and two counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Class “A” misdemeanors). The defendant pleaded guilty to the highest count in the indictment against him on April 23, 2024.
Today, final orders of protection were issued on behalf of both juvenile victims, which remain in effect for the next five years.
Acting DA Keane commends the New York State Police Criminal Investigation Bureau, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision parole officers and the Buffalo Police Department for their work in this investigation.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Rachel Kranitz McPhee of the Special Victims/Domestic Violence Bureau.