Lawyers for former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Joseph Bongiovanni on Tuesday sought a mistrial based on a jury note read aloud in federal court last week that they say could
The case against a former DEA agent accused of taking bribes in exchange for protecting a suspected marijuana trafficker and a Cheektowaga strip club owner is drawing to an end.
The topic of cash loomed large as Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Cooper cross-examined Lindsay Bongiovanni, with repeated questions about whether the couple paid cash for their purchases.
Federal prosecutors rested their case Tuesday after calling the last of 70 witnesses in their bribery trial of former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Joseph Bongiovanni.