Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 23-year-old Sarion McGee of Milwaukee, Wisconsin pleaded guilty yesterday morning before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller to two counts of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree (Class “D” felonies).

On Sunday, June 12, 2022, at approximately 10:00 p.m., Canisius College Public Safety officers were conducting a routine check of parking tags on vehicles near the Koessler Athletic Center on Main Street in the City of Buffalo where they observed a magazine from a handgun in plain view on the front passenger seat of the defendant’s vehicle. When confronted by public safety officers, the defendant, who was recruited to play basketball at the college, was found in possession of two loaded, illegal handguns. The weapons were found inside of a fanny pack on his person.

McGee faces a maximum of 7 in prison when he is sentenced on Friday, February 3, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. He remains released on bail set at $100,000 cash, bond or partially secured bond.

DA Flynn commends the Canisius College Department of Public Safety and the Buffalo Police Department for their work in this investigation.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Nicholas C. Bussi of the Felony Trials Bureau.