News Release from

The Honorable Sandra Doorley

Monroe County District Attorney
January 4, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMMUNITY RELATIONS COORDINATOR: Mary Wilmot
Monroe County District Attorneys Office
47 South Fitzhugh Street
Rochester, NY 14614
(585) 753-4532

Triple Murder Suspect Pleads Guilty to

Three Counts of Murder in the Second Degree
Rochester, NY- Today, 36 year old Andre McFarlane plead guilty to three counts of Murder in
the 2nd Degree for the February 22, 2014 Murder of three victims, 24 year old Michael Nelson,
24 year old Jaqueline Simmons, and 21 year old Jermeliah Simmons. As part of the plea
agreement, Andre McFarlane admitted his role in the 2014 murder of all three victims. Under
the terms of the plea agreement McFarlane will be sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for each
of the three counts of Murder, to be served concurrently. As part of his plea agreement
McFarlane is required to testify at the trial of his co-defendants and he waived his right to any
future appeal. McFarland, an illegal alien from Jamaica, will be deported back to Jamaica after
serving his 15 year to life sentence.
The case was prosecuted by First Assistant District Attorney Kelly Wolford and Second
Assistant District Attorney Timothy Prosperi.
"With this plea we not only have one person taking responsibility for the murders we also secure
testimony against the two other defendants in the case. McFarlane was not the individual who
shot and killed these three people; however because of his role in the murders, the information he
possesses about how the murders were carried out will be instrumental in securing convictions
for the two remaining defendants, said Assistant District Attorney Kelly Wolford. Todays
plea is the direct result of nearly two years of amazing work by members of the Rochester Police
Departments major crimes unit in conjunction with other state and federal law enforcement
agencies. It was their hard work and dedication that ensured each person responsible for these
murders was brought to justice.
Andre McFarlane will be sentenced on March 4, 2016 in front of Monroe County Court Judge
Vincent Dinolfo.
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