(WNY News Now) – A Buffalo man has been sentenced to 3.5 to 7 years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the December 2025 death of a pedestrian.
James E. Clarke, 32, of Buffalo, was sentenced Monday before State Supreme Court Justice Debra L. Givens in connection with the death of 45-year-old Wendy Jasper.
According to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office, Clarke was driving on the evening of Dec. 27, 2025, when his vehicle struck Jasper in a crosswalk at Goodrich Street and Ellicott Street in Buffalo. Prosecutors said Clarke was under the combined influence of alcohol and a drug at the time of the crash.
Jasper was transported by ambulance to Buffalo General Hospital, where she later died from her injuries…