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Arkansas man admits to threatening protestors in North Buffalo [wivb.com]:

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An Arkansas man formerly of Cattaraugus County pleaded guilty Thursday to bail jumping and a hate crime for threatening protestors with a knife in North Buffalo, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Officials said Michael J. Cremen, 51, used racial slurs and had a knife while threatening protestors [wivb.com] during an August 2020 demonstration on Hertel Avenue.

After being released on his own recognizance following the hate crime, Cremen repeatedly failed to appear in court and a bench warrant was issued, according to officials. Cremen was later taken into custody in December 2022 [wivb.com] in Arkansas for bail jumping before being extradited to Western New York.

Cremen was charged with one count of second-degree menacing as a hate crime and one count of second-degree bail jumping. He faces a maximum of four years in prison when he is sentenced on Jan. 12.

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