A Southern Tier man with a history of drug-related charges has become entangled in the FBI’s probe into the death of a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case.
Simon P. Gogolack, 39, of Wellsville, was taken back to the Niagara County Jail after a brief appearance in federal court Wednesday afternoon.
A key witness in the bribery, sex- and drug-trafficking trial of strip club owner Peter G. G…
According to court papers, Gogolack was arrested earlier this month on drug and firearms charges as part of the FBI investigation into the death of Crystal Quinn, 37, of Lancaster. Quinn died on Aug. 1 in a Wellsville home owned by Gogolack, and Gogolack found her body.
None of the charges against Gogolack accuse him of causing Quinn’s death, but a sworn statement from an FBI agent says Gogolack admitted giving two drugs to the woman before she died.
A former exotic dancer, house cleaner and collections worker, Quinn was expected to testify in the upcoming trial of Peter Gerace Jr., a strip club owner accused of drug trafficking, sex trafficking and paying bribes to a federal DEA agent.
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