Buffalo Police Officer Lance Woods is an alleged killer who has been charged with the murder of Alexis Skoczylas
According to police reports would perform a welfare check in Sanborn New York where they would discover the body of thirty five year old Alexis Skoczylas.
Police would quickly learn that her boyfriend Buffalo Police Officer Lance Woods was missing. Soon a joint police operation would be conducted and Woods would be taken into custody
Officer Lance Woods worked as a school resource officer
Lance Woods has been charged with murder
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A Buffalo police officer has been arrested and charged with murder following the discovery of a woman’s body at a residence on Saturday evening.
Lance L. Woods, 53, faces one count of murder in the second degree in the death of Alexis Skoczylas, 35, of Sanborn, according to a press release from the Lewiston Police Department.
Officers were dispatched to a residence on Buffalo Street in Sanborn at approximately 5:14 p.m. on Saturday for a welfare check on a female resident. Upon arrival, officers located Skoczylas deceased inside the residence. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Woods, an off-duty Buffalo police officer, was arrested following a coordinated effort between multiple law enforcement agencies. He is a school resource officer, holding the rank of police officer, a spokesman told WGRZ.
He was processed and transported to the Niagara County Jail for arraignment.
Buffalo Police Interim Commissioner Craig Macy said the Lewiston Police Department contacted Buffalo Police’s 911 dispatch lieutenant at approximately 1 a.m. in connection with the homicide. Lewiston Police were seeking Woods’ location.
“Buffalo Police detectives worked in coordination with Lewiston Police, sharing resources to support the apprehension of Woods, including using investigative resources to attempt to locate the vehicle Woods was believed to be driving,” Macy said in a statement.
The case has been referred to the New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation under New York State Executive Law Section 70-b, which governs officer-involved deaths.
The Buffalo Police Internal Affairs Division is reviewing the timeline of events, Macy said.
The investigation remains active, and additional information will be released as it becomes available, according to Lewiston Police.
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Buffalo Police confirmed Sunday afternoon that an off-duty officer has been arrested and charged with murder, following the discovery of a woman’s body in Niagara County.
Lewiston Police say Alexis Skoczylas, 35, was found dead in a home in the hamlet of Sanborn late Saturday afternoon. They then contacted Buffalo Police to help them find the whereabouts of 53-year-old Lance Woods.
The Buffalo News reported that according to relatives of the victim, she and Woods were married with two children but Skoczylas had recently filed for divorce.
“At approximately 1 a.m. today, the Buffalo Police 911 Dispatch Lieutenant was contacted by the Lewiston Police Department in connection with a homicide in Niagara County. Lewiston Police were seeking the location of off-duty Buffalo Police Officer Lance Woods,” said Interim Police Commissioner Craig Macy in a written statement. “Buffalo Police detectives worked in coordination with Lewiston Police, sharing resources to support the apprehension of Woods, including using investigative resources to attempt to locate the vehicle Woods was believed to be driving. Woods has subsequently been arrested and charged with Murder.”
Woods was not on duty at the time of the homicide, investigators added.
Under New York State law, as with any death involving a police officer, the Attorney General’s Office has been notified. Macy says the Buffalo Police Internal Affairs division is also looking into the incident.
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