LOCKPORT – Two men were named in an indictment unsealed Tuesday with injuring two others in a knife fight outside a tavern on Main Street in Lockport about 2 a.m. April 12.
Lamont C. Washington, 25, of Cottage Street, Lockport, and Quentin Holliday, 21, of Rumbold Avenue, North Tonawanda, pleaded not guilty to two counts each of first- and second-degree assault. Washington also was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
Defense attorney Ann Nichols said Washington, who appeared in court with his left arm in a sling, also was seriously hurt in the melee. She said Washington had undergone surgery for severed tendons in his arm, and may face another operation.
Deputy District Attorney Doreen M. Hoffmann said Holliday, who was not arrested by Lockport police at the time, was indicted after a direct investigation by the District Attorney’s Office and was identified by a witness who was shown a photo array.
Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas set bail at $100,000 for Washington, who has a previous state prison record for third-degree robbery, and $50,000 for Holliday, who has no prior felonies.
Lamont C. Washington, 25, of Cottage Street, Lockport, and Quentin Holliday, 21, of Rumbold Avenue, North Tonawanda, pleaded not guilty to two counts each of first- and second-degree assault. Washington also was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
Defense attorney Ann Nichols said Washington, who appeared in court with his left arm in a sling, also was seriously hurt in the melee. She said Washington had undergone surgery for severed tendons in his arm, and may face another operation.
Deputy District Attorney Doreen M. Hoffmann said Holliday, who was not arrested by Lockport police at the time, was indicted after a direct investigation by the District Attorney’s Office and was identified by a witness who was shown a photo array.
Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas set bail at $100,000 for Washington, who has a previous state prison record for third-degree robbery, and $50,000 for Holliday, who has no prior felonies.