Zig gets 20 years in prison for buffalo stabbing murder

Zig gets 20 years in prison for Buffalo stabbing murder

February 10, 2022
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BUFFALO, NY – Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 58-year-old Anthony L. Daniels, also known as Tony Daniels, Tony Ziegler and “Zig,” of Buffalo was sentenced this morning before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio to a determinate sentence of 20 years in prison followed by 5 years of post-release supervision.

On July 29, 2020, at approximately 8:30 p.m., the defendant stabbed a man in the vicinity of East Ferry Street and Wohlers Avenue in the City of Buffalo. The victim, 64-year-old Daryl Carter of Lackawanna, died at the scene. Daniels pleaded guilty to one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree (Class “B” violent felony) on January 5, 2022. DA Flynn commends the Buffalo Police Homicide Squad for their work in the investigation.   The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Ryan D. Haggerty of the Homicide Bureau.

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