BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Buffalo firearms instructor will do jail time for actions that New York State Attorney General Letitia James says put the public at risk.
Dennis Brennan, longtime owner of the Peace Officer Training Academy in Buffalo, was sentenced for failing to provide proper security guard and peace officer training courses then falsifying documents that said those courses had been completed.
The 66-year-old South Wales resident was sentenced Monday by State Supreme Court Judge Christopher Burns to four months in prison followed by three years of probation. Brennan pleaded guilty in July to to one count of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree and one count of scheme to defraud in the first degree. Brennan's firearms license was revoked and he was ordered to surrender all of his weapons.
"By giving the green light for uncertified individuals to carry guns, Dennis Brennan has put our community at risk for greater gun violence," James said. "It is illegal and immoral for anyone to use fraudulent and deceitful behavior in an effort to line their own pockets and endanger the lives of New Yorkers in the process. My office will continue to do everything in its power to protect New Yorkers and to hold individuals such as Brennan accountable for their destructive actions."
