Archive for January 2022
QUEENS LAWYER CHARGED WITH POSSESSING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IMAGES AND OTHER CRIMES
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Eric Levi, a lawyer residing in Long Island City, Queens, has been charged with promoting a sexual performance by a child, possessing child s...
Your Weekly Update - January 28, 2022
Later this morning, I will attend the funeral of NYPD Officer Jason Rivera at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Officer Rivera and his partner, Officer Wilbert Mora, lost their lives in the line of duty after ...
Your Weekly Update - January 21, 2022
This week, we honored the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In these troubled times, it’s important to seek inspiration in his words and his vision – and to commemorate the values that sha...
Your Weekly Update - January 14, 2022
January marks National Human Trafficking Prevention Month and awareness is key to help combat this illegal and degrading industry. That is why my Office held a webinar this week on the warning signs o...
GRAN JIRI ENDIRÈK QUEENS NONM POU ATAK ASANSÈ SOU FANM; DEFANSÈ CHAJE AVÈK ABI SÈKS AK TANTATIV VÒL
Queens Distri a, Melinda Katz te anonse jodi a ke Ralph Toro, ki gen 62 zan, te akize pa yon gran jiri konte Queens e li te jwenn asiyasyon nan Tribinal Siprèm sou vòl, abi seksyèl ak lòt chaj.
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GRAND JURY INDICTS QUEENS MAN FOR ELEVATOR ATTACKS ON WOMEN; DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH SEX ABUSE AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Ralph Toro, 62, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and has been arraigned in Supreme Court on attempted robbery, sexual abuse an...
JURY CONVICTS QUEENS MAN OF MURDER IN STABBING DEATH OF HIS PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Anthony Hobson, 51, was convicted yesterday after a jury trial of murder and other crimes in the February 2019 knife attack on his girlfriend...
QUEENS DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 19 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER FOR KILLING MAN IN 2017
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jamel Cooks, 40, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter for a deadly summer shooting in Far Rockaway,...
MANHATTAN RESIDENT CONVICTED OF ROBBERY AND AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT IN HATE CRIME ATTACK ON MAN IN TRAIN STATION IN 2020
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Kevin Carroll, 39, has been convicted at trial of robbery and other charges for a vicious hate crime attack on a man waiting at the LIRR Jama...
BROOKLYN MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR BLOODY SHOOTING AT QUEENS MOTEL LAST YEAR
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Rawle Washington, 27, has been charged with attempted murder, assault and other crimes for injuring a man he allegedly shot at the Surfside M...
KONDANASYON DEFANS LAN A 18 ANE NAN PRIZON APWÈ LI TE PLEDE KOUPAB POU TIRE MENNAJ NAN MWA JANVYE 2019
Avoka Distri Queens Melinda Katz te anonse jodi a ke Vernon Jeffers, ki gen 44 ane, te kondane pou pase 18 tan nan prizon apwè ke li te plede koupab pou eseye asasinay. Akize a te tire viktim nan laka...
DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO SHOOTING GIRLFRIEND IN JANUARY 2019
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Vernon Jeffers, 44, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder. The defendant shot the victim in her ...
QUEENS MAN INDICTED IN MACHETE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER KILLED IN FEBRUARY 2021
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Osvaldo Diaz, 46, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on murder charges and other crimes. The defe...
QUEENS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN SHOOTING DEATH OF THE MOTHER OF HIS INFANT CHILD IN 2017
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Robert Rodriguez, 36, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree for shooting and killing a 21-year-old woman in September 2017.
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QUEENS RESIDENT CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR SHOVING MAN ONTO SUBWAY TRACKS IN MAY 2021
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Ronald Lacey, 23, has been charged with attempted murder, assault and other crimes for allegedly shoving a man onto the subway tracks at 21st...
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This past week saw momentous changes within our City government. Mayor Eric Adams was sworn in as the 110th Mayor of New York, Council Member Adrienne Adams was elected as the first Black City Council...
QUEENS WOMAN CHARGED WITH KILLING MAN FOUND DEAD IN HER BED; VICTIM WAS SHOT ONCE IN THE HEAD IN SEPTEMBER 2021
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Haiyan Deng, 31, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on murder, burglary and gun charges. The defe...