Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that a jury has found 49-year-old Alonzo Ross of Buffalo guilty of one count of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree and one count of Assault in the Second Degree.

On May 15, 2018, the defendant beat his girlfriend, 70-year-old Sandra Kumro, on the head, face and body with the intent to cause her death.

Ross faces a maximum of 25 years to life in state prison when he is sentenced by State Supreme Court Justice Deborah A. Haendiges on July 15 at 2:00 p.m. He remains remanded without bail.

DA Flynn commends the investigative work of Detectives Eric Kross and Adam Stephany of the Buffalo Police Department.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Katharine S. Lavin of the DA’s Special Victims Bureau and Chief Lynette M. Reda of the DA’s Felony Trials Bureau.