Former Town of Tonawanda Police Dispatch Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting Employees

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 48-year-old Brett A. Rider of Kenmore pleaded guilty this morning before State Supreme Court Justice Deborah A. Haendiges 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.

Over the course of several years, the defendant engaged in inappropriate, sexually harassing behavior while on-duty as an acting dispatch supervisor for the Town of Tonawanda Police Department. While off-duty, the defendant sexually assaulted three female employees.

The counts that the defendant plead to include:

• The defendant engaged in sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion with a female victim in September 2009.
• The defendant subjected a second female victim to sexual conduct by forcibly touching her intimate parts in June 2017.
• That he 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, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. He remains held without bail.

Orders of protection remain in place for all three victims.

DA Flynn commends the Town of Tonawanda Police Department for their work in the investigation.

The case was prosecuted by Chief Lynette M. Reda of the Special Victims/Domestic Violence Unit and ADA Daniel Mattle of the Justice Courts Bureau.

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