Archive for May 2020
QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY MELINDA KATZ ANNOUNCES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COLD CASE UNIT
District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today the creation of the first Cold Case Unit in Queens County. This specialized Unit is dedicated to investigating and solving the borough’s oldest and most ...
QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY MELINDA KATZ ISSUES WARNINGS TO PARENTS ABOUT ONLINE CHILD PREDATORS
The spread of the coronavirus has brought new challenges and responsibilities to all the parents and guardians in Queens County. With schools closed many teens and preteens are finding more time to ex...
QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT TO HOLD VIRTUAL MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE CEREMONY
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and Acting Queens Borough President Sharon Lee together will host a Virtual Memorial Day Observance Ceremony on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at www.queens...
QUEENS VILLAGE MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN STABBING DEATH OF HIS 22-YEAR-OLD HALF BROTHER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that a 29-year-old Queens Village man has been charged with murder, criminal possession of a weapon and other crimes for a deadly stabbing that en...
QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY MELINDA KATZ ANNOUNCES HUMAN TRAFFICKING BUREAU
District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced the creation of a Human Trafficking Bureau that is exclusively dedicated to combating human trafficking in Queens County. This newly formed Bureau will c...
UPDATE FROM QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY MELINDA KATZ ON EXPEDITING DISPOSITIONS OF CRIMINAL CASES TO AVOID KEEPING DEFENDANTS AT RIKERS ISLAND DURING PANDEMIC
The Queens District Attorney’s Office had its first pre-indictment felony plea this week during this on-going health crisis. The Office has taken other felony pleas in Supreme Court, post-indictment d...
QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY MELINDA KATZ INTRODUCES THE OFFICE’S CONVICTION INTEGRITY UNIT
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that the new Conviction Integrity Unit she established on January 1, 2020, has been actively working to make sure that no one has been wrongfully ...
TWO CREWS OF DRUG DEALERS AND GUN TRAFFICKERS DISMANTLED IN QUEENS FOLLOWING LONG-TERM INVESTIGATIONS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, joined by New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, today announced that two interconnected dangerous and complex illegal enterprises selling drugs and fire...