Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 30-year-old Matthew Negroni, Sr. of Buffalo pleaded guilty before Erie County Court Judge James Bargnesi to one count of Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child in the First Degree, a Class “B” violent felony.

The defendant admitted to engaging in course of sexual conduct, which included at least one act of oral sexual conduct, over a period of time no less than three months in duration in 2017 with a child less than 11 years at a location in the City of Buffalo.

Negroni faces a maximum of 25 years in prison followed by a maximum of 10 year term of post-release supervision when he is sentenced on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 9:30 a.m.

DA Flynn commends Detective Jeff Banes of the Buffalo Police Department, Investigator Helena Mulawka of the New York State Police, and Nicole Haffa of the Erie County District Attorney’s Office Victim Assistance Bureau for their work in this investigation.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Bethany A. Solek of the DA’s Special Victims Bureau.