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Former dispatcher pleads guilty to sex assault

Prosecutors: Brett Rider harassed victims on duty, attacked them off duty

Brett Rider faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted rape and sexual assault of 3 co workers.
Erie County DA's office

Buffalo, NY (WBEN) A former town of Tonawanda police dispatch supervisor pleads guilty to sexually assaulting employees.

48-year-old Brett A. Rider of Kenmore admitted to sexually assaulting three female employees off-duty. Prosecutors add Rider engaged in inappropriate, sexually harassing behavior while on-duty as an acting dispatch supervisor for the Town of Tonawanda Police Department.


Rider pleaded guilty to 2 counts of Attempted Rape in the First Degree, class "C" violent felonies, and 1 count of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, a class "D" violent felony. Rider admitted to engaging in sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion with a female victim in September 2009. He also subjected a second female victim to sexual conduct by forcibly touching her intimate parts in June 2017., and also engaged in sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion with a third female in November 2019.

Under this plea, the maximum sentence is 10 years state prison followed by 10 years post-release supervision when he is sentenced on May 31

Prosecutors: Brett Rider harassed victims on duty, attacked them off duty