BUFFALO (WBEN) - Erie County District Attorney John Flynn announce that 46-year-old Jason Lanning of Depew was virtually sentenced Thursday morning to one year in jail followed by 10 years of sex offender probation. He will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release.
Lanning admitted to engaging in sexual intercourse with a female victim without her consent in the summer of 2016 at a location in the Village of Depew. The defendant, a former Trooper who was terminated from the New York State Police in 2010, also admitted that he falsely represented himself as a Trooper to gain the trust and personal information from two other female victims in September 2019.
Lanning pleaded guilty to one count of Rape in the Third Degree and two counts of Criminal Impersonation in the Second Degree on December 9, 2020.





