Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 48-year-old Brett A. Rider of Kenmore was sentenced this morning before State Supreme Court Justice Deborah A. Haendiges to a determinate sentence of 10 years in prison followed by 10 years of post-release supervision. He will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release.

Over the course of several years, the defendant engaged in inappropriate, sexually harassing behavior while on-duty as an acting dispatch supervisor for the Town of Tonawanda Police Department. While off-duty, the defendant sexually assaulted three female employees.

Rider pleaded guilty to two counts of Attempted Rape in the First Degree (Class “C” violent felonies) and one count of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree (Class “D” violent felony) on March 24, 2022.

The counts of the plea include the following offenses:

• The defendant attempted to engage in sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion with a female victim in September 2009.
• The defendant subjected a second female victim to sexual conduct by forcibly touching her intimate parts in June 2017.
• The defendant also attempted to engage in sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion with a third female in November 2019.

Today, Judge Haendiges signed final no-contact orders of protection on behalf of all three victims.

DA Flynn commends the Town of Tonawanda Police Department for their work in the investigation.  

The case was prosecuted by Chief Lynette M. Reda of the Special Victims/Domestic Violence Unit and Assistant District Attorney Daniel J. Mattle of the Justice Courts Bureau.