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Public Integrity Prosecutor for 10 years
100% conviction rate on homicide cases
100% conviction rate on arson cases
Supervised close to 100 employees

FATAL SHOOTING

DMV FIREBOMBING

Victim escaped .22-caliber killer but fell prey to drugs, police say
Calvin R. Crippen escaped the murderous hands of racist Joseph
Christopher 15 years ago, but he may have met his end in drugrelated violence at the hand of a friend.

Judge locks up apologetic DMV arsonist

Deputy District Attorney Mark A. Sacha and James Quinn
Auricchio, head of the Erie County district attorneys Revenue
Crimes Bureau, told the judge an investigation continues into
the former Buffalo used car dealer who masterminded the
arson and the now-jailed middleman who recruited Birdwell.

Buffalo News April 16, 1996

Man convicted of murder to avoid drug debt

Marvin Kenny Barber was convicted Friday of killing Calvin R.
Crippen 16 months ago so he didnt have to pay off his drug debt
to the victim.
Buffalo News August 8, 1997

ARSON AT HELLENIC ORTHODOX CHURCH

Teen guilty in fire at church
Deputy District Attorney Mark Sacha told the judge the churchs
pastor agreed to the plea.
Buffalo News June 15, 2001

ERIE COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SCANDAL

2003 - 2005

Buffalo News April 24, 2008

Second DMV arsonist pleads guilty

A second man has pleaded guilty in the investigation of an
arson-for-hire scheme designed to intimidate state Motor Vehicle
officials in a dispute over licensing problems with a fugitive Buffalo
car dealer.
Buffalo News May 3, 2008

Arson suspect seized in Australia

A former Buffalo used-car dealer who fled the country to avoid
prosecution in an arson has been captured in Australia, the U.S.
attorneys office said Tuesday.
Buffalo News January 13, 2010

Car dealer admits hiring arsonists

Special panel to investigate highway case

Sheriff Patrick Gallivan and District Attorney Frank J. Clark say a
special grand jury will probe the Town of Aurora highway district.

Buffalo News July 30, 2011

Buffalo News September 16, 2003

Man, sister indicted in $180,000 arson

Deputy District Attorney Mark Sacha told the judge Picciones sister
may be the subject of further charges. The crime, prosecutors said,
occurred before Piccione hired someone to torch the building.

2nd man convicted in garage scandal

Former county laborer stole, misused equipment
Commenting in his office after the verdict, Erie County District
Attorney Frank J. Clark lauded prosecutors Mark A. Sacha,
Steven Meyer and David S. Kelly and the special grand jury
that spent eight months probing the scandal.
Buffalo News April 23, 2005

KENMORE AVENUE RESTAURANT SHOOTING

Police make arrest in 2007 homicide
Salvatore M. Vacanti, 24, of Colvin Boulevard was arraigned
Thursday afternoon in Buffalo City Court on charges of
second-degree murder for allegedly shooting 44-year-old
Monty V. Massimi as he left Jacobis Restaurant and Pizzeria,
914 Kenmore, on April 3, 2007.
Buffalo News September 13, 2008

Drug dealer gets 17 years in slaying

Salvatore M. Vacanti, a major marijuana dealer, was chided
about his lifestyle Monday by a judge who sentenced him to
17 years in prison for the execution-style slaying of a reputed
drug underworld rival.

LOVEJOY BAR ARSON

Buffalo News June 11, 2008

Piccione gets 20 years for bar arson

Deputy District Attorney Mark A. Sacha and prosecutor Paul E.
Bonanno asked the judge to impose the maximum-allowable
prison term of 25 years on Piccione, a previously convicted cocaine
trafficker suspected of running an illegal side business at the bar.
Buffalo News December 16, 2008

ERIE COUNTY CHILD PROTECTION DEPARTMENT

ADOPTION SCAM
Guilty pleas entered in adoption scam
A former Erie County child protection investigator pleaded guilty
to criminal contempt and other charges in a 2005 adoption scam.
Also pleading guilty was the mother of the child Anthony Noble
tried to adopt. Both face jail terms up to one year on the adoption
ploy linked to Godfreys now 4-year old daughter, prosecutors
Susan H. Sadinski and Mark A. Sacha said.
March 22, 2009

Buffalo News March 24, 2009

ELMWOOD AVENUE ARSON

Coffee shop owner convicted of arson
Prosecutors Mark A. Sacha and Amy B. Benedict proved Coldiron
had applied for about $290,000 in business insurance on the
shop about a month before the fire and that he had been awaiting
an insurance company inspection of his business at the time of
the arson.

MARK A. SACHA, ESQ.

Buffalo News July 28, 2009

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BIOGRAPHY OF MARK A. SACHA ESQ.

EXPERIENCE
2010 to Present

Law Office of Mark A. Sacha

Trial Lawyer specializing in criminal defense

1987 to 2009

Erie County District Attorneys Office

Assistant District Attorney and Deputy District Attorney

Special Investigations prosecutor reporting to District Attorney Kevin Dillon

Chief
Buffalo City Court Bureau
Chief
Narcotic Bureau
Chief
Grand Jury Bureau
Deputy District Attorney
Lead Public Corruption Prosecutor
Designated Acting District Attorney by District Attorney Frank J. Clark

1984 - 1987

Private Practice

EDUCATION
1984

SUNY at Buffalo

Juris Doctor

1980

SUNY at Buffalo

Bachelor of Arts

Karr Parker Scholarship

Varsity Basketball Starting Guard

1975

Cheektowaga Central High School

Voted Most Likely to Succeed
Regents Scholarship
Basketball MVP School All Time Scoring Leader

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Member of Leadership Buffalo - Class of 2000

Erie County Stop DWI Award - 1998
Co-Chair - Northeast YMCA Partner With Youth Campaign - 1996