BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A former Buffalo police officer was ordered to do 50 hours of community service for hitting an officer who was conducting a looting investigation during the Christmas blizzard of 2022, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.
Cariol Horne, 57, interfered with police officers when they attempted to arrest two women who were allegedly looting from a store on Bailey Avenue in Buffalo just before 11 p.m. on Christmas Day 2022.
Prosecutors said Horne “prevented the officer from performing his official duties by means of intimidation, physical force and interference” by arguing with officers, pointing her finger in their face and hitting him in the chest…