LOCKPORT – There was applause Monday in Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas’ courtroom as she dismissed all charges against a Town of Lockport woman who succeeded in the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment.
Victoria R. Russell, 29, of Oriole Drive, pleaded guilty to a felony drug charge last year for selling Suboxone to police informants in 2011. But Russell made it through diversion without a single penalty sanction.
The news wasn’t so good for Angela M. Colavecchia, 38, of Walnut Avenue, Niagara Falls, who was sentenced to a year in jail by County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III for violating probation on her conviction for selling cocaine in the Falls in 2010.
Victoria R. Russell, 29, of Oriole Drive, pleaded guilty to a felony drug charge last year for selling Suboxone to police informants in 2011. But Russell made it through diversion without a single penalty sanction.
The news wasn’t so good for Angela M. Colavecchia, 38, of Walnut Avenue, Niagara Falls, who was sentenced to a year in jail by County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III for violating probation on her conviction for selling cocaine in the Falls in 2010.