(WNY News Now) – LOCKPORT – In a decisive move, Niagara County Court sentenced a Niagara Falls woman to a decade in state prison for a harrowing attack in Niagara Falls.
Niagara County District Attorney Brian D. Seaman announced that Shawnquilla N. Armstrong, age 32, of Niagara Falls, was sentenced today in Niagara County Court by Judge Caroline Wojtaszek to serve the next ten years in State Prison for her conviction of two counts of Attempted Assault in the First Degree. Armstrong was sentenced to serve five years for each count, to run consecutively for a total of ten years.
The case arose from an incident that occurred September 17, 2023, on which date Armstrong intentionally ran over several individuals with a white Chevrolet SUV on Pierce Avenue in the City of Niagara Falls. “This defendant intentionally drove her vehicle up onto a sidewalk and into a group of people. The tire of her SUV came within inches of running over one individual’s head. It was by sheer luck that nobody was killed,” said Seaman.
The case was investigated by the Niagara Falls Police Department, and prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Carrington Crossley and Nichole Sands.
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