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Federal judge denies Gerace request to reopen a pre-trial release process

Peter Gerace Jr. was arrested and charged with witness tampering and taken into custody back in March.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A federal judge has denied a request to reopen the pre-trial release process for Peter Gerace Jr., the owner of Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club.

Gerace was arrested and charged with witness tampering and taken into custody back in March. A different judge had previously denied a similar request. Gerace is scheduled to head to trial in January in connection to a drug, sex trafficking and bribery case involving undercover DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni.

The judge also denied a request by the U.S. Attorney's Office to issue a gag order for the case citing comments made to the media.

All parties are scheduled to be back in court on Oct. 31 to argue a change of venue motion.

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