Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 21-year-old Jerwan Stone, III, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty before State Supreme Court Justice Christopher J. Burns to one count of Attempted Robbery in the Second Degree, a Class “D” felony.

On October 30, 2017, at approximately 3 p.m., the defendant robbed a juvenile victim who was contacted through the app “OfferUp.” The victim went to Tremaine Avenue in the Village of Kenmore to sell jeans and a pair of sneakers to the defendant. The defendant allegedly grabbed the victim, punched him in the face and stole the items.

Stone faces a maximum determinate sentence between 2 and 7 years in prison when he is sentenced on May 30 at 9:30 a.m. 

DA Flynn commends Det. Michael Wells of the Kenmore Police Department for his work in this investigation.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Rachel Kranitz McPhee and James Marra of the DA’s Felony Trials Bureau.