Niagara County DA announces sentencing, guilty plea

Submitted by the Niagara County District Attorney’s Office

Niagara County District Attorney Brian D. Seaman announced one drugged driver, who injured a pedestrian, was sentenced to state prison; while another motorist plead guilty to assault in the second degree, also for striking a pedestrian, and will also receive a state prison sentence.

Amber N. Clark, age 43, of North Tonawanda, was sentenced Aug. 6 to spend the next one to three years in state prison. Clark previously plead guilty in County Court to the crimes of vehicular assault in the second degree and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash resulting in serious physical injury. Clark admitted to driving while under the influence of methamphetamine on Sept. 20, 2024, striking an e-bicyclist at the intersection of Niagara Falls Blvd and 47th Street in the City of Niagara Falls, and thereby causing serious physical injury to the victim before fleeing the scene.

The case was investigated by the Niagara Falls Police Department's crash investigation unit and the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office. it was prosecuted by vehicular crimes Bureau Chief Christine Savoia. Sentence was imposed by Supreme Court Justice Mario A. Giacobbe.

Joshua Myles-Jones, 38, of North Tonawanda, plead guilty in County Court on July 15 to the crime of assault in the second degree. Myles-Jones admitted to recklessly causing serious physical injury to a pedestrian on April 17 on Payne Avenue in North Tonawanda, when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a man who was walking on the sidewalk. Myles-Jones then fled the scene. 

Myles-Jones faces between three and seven years in state prison, as a second felony offender, when he returns to court to be sentenced by County Court Judge John Ottaviano. The case was investigated by the North Tonawanda Police Department and was prosecuted by Savoia.

Seaman said, “As these two cases demonstrate, driving a vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and reckless operation of any kind, can lead to disastrous consequences for innocent people. When that happens, there must be a severe consequence for the callous individual who causes these injuries.”