Buffalo man sentenced to 25 years for fatal stabbing
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was sentenced to 25 years in prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision, for a fatal stabbing in 2022, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced Friday.
Around 10:20 p.m. on Dec. 19, 2022, 46-year-old Otis Johnson got into an argument with 56-year-old Katherine Crofton in her Riley Street apartment. During the fight, Johnson stabbed Crofton six times and she died from her injuries.
Johnson was arrested and charged with first-degree manslaughter the next day.
He was sentenced Friday as a second felony offender.
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