Archive for July 2020

BROOKLYN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO AGGRAVATED VEHICULAR HOMICIDE FOR A 2018 CRASH THAT KILLED A MAN AND TWO DOGS

Queens District Melinda Katz today announced that a Brooklyn man has pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide, assault and other crimes for getting behind the wheel of a car and driving after c...
July 31, 2020

QUEENS MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ASSAULT IN SHOOTING OF FORMER SUNY BUFFALO FOOTBALL PLAYER

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that a 27-year-old Hollis, Queens man has been charged with attempted murder and other crimes for allegedly shooting a former student athlete outs...
July 29, 2020

QUEENS MAN CHARGED IN SHOOTING DEATH

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that a Queens resident has been charged with murder for allegedly shooting a man in the middle of a street in Corona on June 30, 2020. District A...
July 28, 2020

MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED RAPE AND ASSAULT IN ATTACK ON WOMAN INSIDE FOREST PARK

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that a 32-year-old man has been charged with attempted rape and other crimes for allegedly assaulting a 51-year-old woman as she walked in Forest ...
July 28, 2020

BASKETBALL COACH SENTENCED IN ONE-PUNCH DEATH OF MAN VISITING QUEENS FOR WEDDING IN 2018

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that a 37-year-old basketball coach from North Carolina has been sentenced to probation and community service following a jury conviction for assa...
July 23, 2020

DISBARRED ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH BILKING CASH FROM CLIENTS

District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that a disbarred lawyer, who had an office in Fresh Meadows, Queens has been charged with 3 counts of grand larceny. The defendant allegedly stole more t...
July 21, 2020

QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY MELINDA KATZ ISSUES WARNING ABOUT BUSINESS EMAIL SCAMS

Business transactions that require good faith and trust are increasingly being conducted online and through email. Due to the coronavirus pandemic and increasing reliance on technology, transactions o...
July 15, 2020

ARRAIGNMENT UPDATE: BRONX MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER IN KNIFE ATTACKS THAT INJURED TWO SEPTUAGENARIAN MEN ON SUBWAY TRAIN

Defendant Patrick Chambers, 46, of the Bronx, was arraigned late yesterday afternoon in the hospital before Queens Criminal Court Judge Scott Dunn. The defendant is charged with attempted murder in th...
July 15, 2020

QUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO SEXUALLY ABUSING TWO CHILDREN

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that a 64-year-old homeless man has been sentenced to 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to 2 counts of sexual abuse in the first degree. The...
July 14, 2020

BRONX MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER IN KNIFE ATTACKS THAT INJURED TWO SEPTUAGENARIAN MEN ON SUBWAY TRAIN

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that a 46-year-old Bronx resident has been charged with attempted murder, assault and other crimes for allegedly stabbing 2 men on a subway train ...
July 13, 2020

QUEENS MAN CHARGED WITH SEX TRAFFICKING TEENAGE GIRLS

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that a 29-year-old Queens man has been charged with sex trafficking and other crimes for allegedly holding 2 teenage girls against their will at a...
July 9, 2020

MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN STABBING DEATH OF LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND INSIDE QUEENS HOME

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that a Queens man has been formally charged with fatally stabbing his partner inside their Jackson Heights apartment after an early morning argume...
July 8, 2020

BRONX RESIDENT CHARGED IN HIT-AND-RUN BOX TRUCK CRASH THAT KILLED MAN AND DAMAGED NUMEROUS VEHICLES

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that a 37-year-old Bronx man has been charged with murder in the second degree and other crimes in connection with a deadly collision on Metropoli...
July 2, 2020