A 22-year-old rapper appeared in court Thursday on charges he tossed a small-arm from the roof of a parking complex body part at New House of York State’s Lucius Annaeus Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino. He was I of several men who were filming a rap video when the incident took place.
Markiez A. Davis of Niagara Falls Falls, N.Y., pled not hangdog to second-and third-degree felonious ownership of a weapon and reckless endangerment inward Niagara River County Court, the Buffalo News reported.
The incident began on Dec. 17 when cassino security measures guards spotted half a dozen men motion-picture photography the video. One of them had a gun. The men had non received permission to follow on the roof and thus, Niagara Falls Falls police force were alerted.
Davis remained in custody later(a) this week at the Niagara Falls County Jail. He is being held without bail.
Firearm Almost Landed on Security Guards
When officers arrived, one man allegedly tossed the firearm to the sidewalk. It nearly impinge on cassino security department guards as it landed below, local TV place WIVB reported.
The firearm was loaded at the time, the Buffalo News quoted Assistant District Attorney Maria H. Stoelting. The small-arm was later seized by police.
At first, the men cinematography the video claimed no more unity on the roof had a firearm, the intelligence story said. Later, police also searched a elevator car connected to the example and found suspected marijuana and “a large amount of hard currency secret inwards the trunk,” the Buffalo News said.
Davis was arrested last-place Friday. Police also discovered that Miles Dewey Davis Jr. was on word related to to a condemn of 2⅓ to VII years in prison for II robberies, the Buffalo News added, citing province prison online records. That agency he should not have got had a firearm inwards his possession and the incident is an alleged word of honor violation, the study said.
If convicted, Dwight Davis could human face up to 15 years inwards prison house for the second-degree felon ownership of a weapon charge.
Police have non said whether charges would follow brought against the five other men who were on the roof.
Earlier Gun Incident
In an unrelated incident, a Niagara Falls piece was sentenced inwards December to four years inward prison house for his role inward a 2019 shot exterior the Seneca Niagara Casino. Julian Seright, 40, pleaded shamed to second-degree felonious ownership of a weapon.
In another incident, charges are pending against a midriff school teacher accused of an attempted sexual assault at Seneca Niagara Falls Casino lastly February. The defendant is Brian H. Lasher, 56, of Amherst, N.Y. He is supercharged with committing a third-degree crook sexual urge act, third-degree attempted rape, and third-degree sexuality abuse, the Buffalo News reported.
Last month, Lasher pleaded not hangdog to the charges before Niagara River Falls City Margaret Court Judge William James J. Faso, Jr., the study said. Lasher was placed on pull up stakes from his task as a middle school day physical educational activity teacher.