A Tonawanda, N.Y., man was arraigned Monday before District Judge Dominic Cercone for two criminal cases: an alleged assault in 2016 and alleged trespassing in 2017.
Both cases were filed in 2017.
Damien L. Coley, 35, of 852 Highland Ave., is free on a total of $20,000 unsecured bail in both cases.
Coley is charged in one case with simple assault and criminal conspiracy, second-degree misdemeanors; disorderly conduct, a third-degree misdemeanor; possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, misdemeanors; public drunkenness and harassment, summaries. He’s charged in the second with defiant trespassing, a third-degree misdemeanor; and disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, both summaries.
In the simple assault case, Coley is accused in an early morning assault at the Country Fair in Bradford that included several defendants — co-defendants who have already been convicted and sentenced on the allegations.
Coley has not been convicted of any charges in either case.
According to court records, at 2:34 a.m. Dec. 18, 2016, multiple people were involved in a fight inside the convenience store. Bradford City Police were called, and while officers were trying to disperse the crowd, Coley was standing near them, appearing intoxicated, talking to himself and pacing.
Police asked Coley to leave, and he allegedly became confrontational and stating they had his driver’s license. He started pulling items out of his pockets, and a small baggie of marijuana fell out, the criminal complaint stated.
When police later viewed security footage from the store, they saw Coley punch Matson Stewart multiple times while Stewart was on his back, and he was pulling on Stewart’s legs while Stewart was on the ground, according to the criminal complaint.
The criminal complaint from the second case stated that at 4:27 p.m. Jan. 6, 2017, Bradford City Police were dispatched to the Uni-Mrt on Chestnut Street for a report of a disorderly patron. The patron — an intoxicated Coley — allegedly walked into Uni-Mart, sat at a table and began pounding on the table and making threatening comments to the clerk.
The clerk told Coley to leave several times, and when Coley refused, the clerk called police. Coley left, then walked back in the store to tell the clerk “he’d be back to take care of him,” court records stated.
Coley is scheduled to appear in Central Court Oct. 11.
