BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Niagara Falls man has pleaded guilty to an assault charge in connection with injuring a gas station cashier during a robbery in January 2024, the Niagara County DA’s Office said Thursday.
Darrion Cotton, 59, hit the worker in the head with a hammer during a robbery at a gas station at Buffalo Avenue and 63rd Street around 7 a.m. on Jan. 19, 2024. She suffered serious injuries.
Cotton pleaded guilty to first-degree assault. He had also been facing two robbery counts when he was initially charged…