Tonawanda man sentenced for 2023 machete killing

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Tonawanda man received the maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison for killing a man with a machete in Buffalo’s Riverside neighborhood in 2023, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.

Adalberto J. Bermudez Jr., 48, killed 39-year-old Jose Barreto-Gonzalez with a machete on Sept. 23, 2023 at the Shaffer Village apartments on Isabelle Street. Bermudez was found guilty of second-degree murder in April 2026 following a six-day trial.

Bermudez was arrested in November 2024.

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