Guilty Plea in Mann Act Case

A former state judge and legislator has admitted to recruiting prostitutes for events sponsored by a national fraternal organization, the Royal Order of Jesters. Seventy-three-year-old Ronald Tills of Hamburg pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the Mann Act, by taking prostitutes in a motor home to conventions in Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2005 and 2006. He faces at least 21 months in prison. A retired Lockport Police Captain and a former law clerk have already pleaded guilty in the case.