by John Flynn, Erie County D.A.
CHEEKTOWAGA, NY – Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 24-year-old Kaiyah S. Heinrich of the Town of Cheektowaga was sentenced this morning before Cheektowaga Town Court Justice James J. Speyer, Jr. to 3 years of probation.
An investigation began after the New York State Department of Health received information that the defendant was selling fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards through her Facebook account. On, March 10, 2022, defendant of knowingly and intentionally sold two falsified COVID-19 vaccination cards to an undercover investigator on Thruway Plaza Drive in the Town of Cheektowaga.
Heinrich pleaded guilty to two counts of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Third Degree (Class “A” misdemeanors) on May 17, 2022.