The motion would be filed with Erie County Judge Michael L. D'Amico, the judge who sentenced Ortiz in 2006.

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The Erie County Medical Examiner's Office established a command post at the scene and had investigators there, a statement from the office said.

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One of the speakers, Dr. Richard Judelsohn (recently deceased), was a longtime pediatrician and the medical director for the Erie County Department of Health in New York.

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The Erie County Clerk's office received 852 applications from residents seeking their first pistol permit in January and February, nearly double the number during those months last year.

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Republicans took control of the Virginia Assembly (giving them control over both houses of the Legislature), won a special election in a GOP open seat in the Washington State House (to return the body to deadlock), and won the Erie County (New York) executive's race.

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