Sex offender convicted of approaching minors in Clarence

Courtesy of the Erie County Prosecutor's Office

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A registered sex offender was convicted of approaching minors in October 2023 at a Clarence motel and failing to register his address, the Erie County Prosecutor's Office announced Tuesday.

John Dziedzic, 72, was sentenced to 364 days in prison.

On October 9, 2023, Dziedzic approached two minors and offered them marijuana in his motel room on the 900 block of Main Street in Clarence. New York State Police said at the time that two teenagers, ages 16 and 14, actually entered the room.

Dziedzic was found to have failed to register as a sex offender by failing to update his address on a state-issued form.

Police said last October that at the time of his arrest, Dziedzic was on parole for second-degree murder and was on the sex offender registry for a 1976 arrest for rape and kidnapping.

He pleaded guilty in April to one count of failure to register and/or verify as a sex offender and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Final orders of protection have been issued on behalf of the two minor victims, and will remain in effect for the next five years.