Man pleads guilty to manslaughter after man found dead in Cheektowaga home

A Tonawanda man has pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter after police found another man dead inside a Cheektowaga home.

According to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office, on September 30, 2024, police responded to a home on the 400 block of Cayuga Avenue in Cheektowaga for a possible homicide and found 59-year-old Scott Bellanca dead inside the home.

The DA said an investigation determined that 29-year-old Joseph Saraceno of the City of Tonawanda stabbed Bellanca and shot him with a shotgun…

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