Incident

Date	May 11, 2014
Department	Buffalo Police Department
Officers	Adam E. O'shei , Robert Eloff
Address	Main Street Buffalo, NY

Incident Description

Air National Guardsman William C. Sager Jr. was gravely injured when he was pushed down a flight of stairs by Molly's Pub bar manager Jeffrey Basil. When the incident happened at Molly's, two off-duty Buffalo Police officers were there -- Adam O'Shei and Robert Eloff. Officer Eloff helped drag the unconscious Sager out of the bar after the push and handcuffed him at Basil’s request. After spending weeks in a coma at the hospital, Sager died. He was 28.

Outcome

Officer O'Shei was suspended for his involvement in the Molly's Pub incident that led to the death of a national guardsman but did not be face any charges. Eloff pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of Donald Hall, a friend of Sager. He resigned from the force as part of the plea. Eloff was sentenced to three months in federal prison and three months of home confinement in 2016 in connection to the incident.

Links

Buffalo Police officer not facing charges in Molly's pub incident
Buffalo Police officer Adam O'Shei was suspended for his involvement in the Molly's Pub incident that led to the death of a national guardsman but will not be facing any charges. - WGRZ
Former Buffalo cop receives prison for role in Molly's Pub death
A former Buffalo police officer has been sentenced to three months in prison and three months home confinement for his part in the scuffle that ended in the fatal injury of William Sager Jr. at Molly's Pub in May of 2014. - WBFO | Mark Wozniak
Basil sentenced to 18 years for fatal Molly's Pub shove
Jeffrey Basil, the former bar manager who pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the 2014 death of an Air National Guardsman, was sentenced to 18 years in prison in State Supreme Court. Basil, 37, took a plea deal in June after his initial conviction was thrown out due to juror misconduct. He faced between 15 and 21 years at sentencing. - WBFO | Omar Fetouh