The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that 51-year-old Gregory Trotter, of Williamsville, pleaded guilty to impeding an FBI investigation.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, in September 2022, an FBI Special Agent arranged to meet with Trotter, who was an Amherst Police detective at the time, regarding his involvement in a 2019 investigation of the alleged theft of a Rolex watch belonging to Peter Gerace.
Investigators said Trotter was questioned about his contact with Gerace and was asked multiple times whether Gerace had reached out to him while the investigation was active and Trotter said no…