Davis calls inmates in his work program ‘nonviolent.’ One was convicted in pistol-whipping

Erie County Executive Brenton Davis has said all the county prison inmates who participated in his Community Works Program by clearing snow in late 2024 were “nonviolent.”

Court records challenge that characterization.

The records show that one of the inmates was convicted of pistol-whipping a woman after pointing a handgun at her face and threatening to shoot her at a music studio in Millcreek Township in January 2023…

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