Archive for March 2022
RÈN GASON TE KONDANE A 19 AN NAN PRIZON NAN KOUT KOUTO LANMÒ MADANM LI.
Queens Distri a, Melinda Katz te anonse jodi a ke Jawad Hussain, ki gen 60 tan, te kondane pou pase 19 ane nan prizon pou madanm li ak blese pitit fi li an janvye 2019.
Avoka Distri a Katz te di: "Na...
QUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 19 YEARS IN PRISON IN STABBING DEATH OF HIS WIFE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jawad Hussain, 60, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for fatally stabbing his wife and injuring his daughter in January 2019.
Distric...
QUEENS GRAND JURY INDICTS DEFENDANT ON MURDER CHARGES IN DEATH OF MAN SHOT THROUGH WALL DURING BOTCHED DRUG HEIST
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Joseph Barahona, 19, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on murder, burglary and attempted robbery...
MANHATTAN MAN INDICTED ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES FOR BRUTAL BLUDGEONING ATTACK ON WOMAN IN SUBWAY
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that William Blount, 57, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on attempted murder, assault and other cha...
Your Weekly Update - March 25, 2022
This week marked a historic moment with the confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was nominated to serve on the United States Supreme Court by President Joe Biden. Judge Jackson - an Am...
QUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON IN DEATH OF WOMAN HIT BY STRAY BULLET IN SEPTEMBER 2020
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Issam Elabbar, 32, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for firing an illegal gun in the middle of the night that killed a woman. The vic...
FORMER COLLEGE LACROSSE PLAYER CONVICTED AT TRIAL OF ASSAULT FOR STABBING TEAMMATE IN 2019
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Matthew Stockfeder, 23, has been convicted by a jury for assault in the first degree. The defendant and the victim had been former lacrosse t...
QUEENS MAN CONVICTED AT TRIAL OF MURDER IN BOTCHED SOUTH RICHMOND HILL HOME INVASION IN 2016
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Kristof Williams, 27, has been convicted at trial of murder in the second degree and other crimes for his participation in a botched home inv...
OZONE PARK WOMAN AND JUVENILE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR KNIFE ATTACK NEAR JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jamia Dean, 20, and a sixteen-year-old juvenile have been charged with attempted murder, assault and other crimes for allegedly hitting and s...
MANHATTAN MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR 2020 ROBBERY AND HATE CRIME
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Kevin Carroll, 39, has been sentenced to 18 years-to-life in prison after a jury convicted the Manhattan resident of robbery and aggravated h...
Your Weekly Update - March 18, 2022
This week, President Biden signed into law the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, bipartisan legislation passed by Congress... (continued)
TWO QUEENS MEN INDICTED FOR SEX TRAFFICKING TEENAGE GIRLS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Mario Serrano and Shaquille Lopez, both 23, have been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court. Both men – actin...
QUEENS WOMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN DEATH OF IMMIGRATION LAWYER STABBED IN HIS FLUSHING OFFICE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that XiaoNing Zhang, 25, has been charged with murder and possession of a weapon in the death of a well-known Queens immigration lawyer. The defen...
QUEENS MAN BUSTED FOR BOGUS UNION MEMBERSHIP CASH CON
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jofre Ortega, 54, has been charged with grand larceny and other crimes for allegedly conning people eager to join the Mason Tenders Local 79 ...
QUEENS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER FOR STABBING WOMAN TO DEATH IN 2020
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Edwin Sarmiento, 31, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree for stabbing a 30-year-old woman to death in February 2020.
Dist...
Your Weekly Update - March 11, 2022
This week marks National Consumer Protection Week, a time to spread awareness about trending scams and fraudulent activity and help consumers understand their rights... (continued)
MARYLAND RESIDENT CHARGED WITH 336 COUNTS OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON AND OTHER CRIMES IN LARGEST BUST OF "GHOST GUN" KITS IN NEW YORK STATE
Pictured are some of the ghost gun components recovered as a result of the Queens District Attorney's Investigation.
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Wenli Bai, 57, has...
QUEENS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN STABBING DEATH OF HIS WIFE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jawad Hussain, 60, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault for the January 2019 fatal stabbing of his wife and for injuring his daught...
QUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR 2012 KILLING OF VICTIM WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND AMID BEACH DEBRIS FOLLOWING HURRICANE SANDY
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Thyron Aycock, 48, has been sentenced to 25 years-to-life in prison following his conviction after trial of murder in the beating death of a ...
QUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 19 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO STABBING TO DEATH HIS SON-IN-LAW IN 2019
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Marco Ortiz, 48, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after pleading guilty last month to manslaughter in the first degree. The defendant...
QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY HOSTS MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION
This weekend, March 4-6, 2022, the Queens District Attorney's Office hosted its 7th Mock Trial Competition, the first under Queens DA Melinda Katz. Due to Covid concerns, 16 law schools from around th...
Your Weekly Update - March 4, 2022
Yesterday, I was joined by our law enforcement partners to announce that four Queens residents have been arrested and dozens of firearms seized following four early morning raids this week... (continu...
QUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER; DEFENDANT STABBED TWO MEN IN SOUTH OZONE PARK IN 2017
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Terrence Harry, 40, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted at trial of attempted murder. The defendant stabbed two me...
FOUR QUEENS RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH POSSESSING ARSENALS OF ILLEGAL "GHOST" GUNS IN BAYSIDE AND FLUSHING HOMES (PHOTOS)
QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY MELINDA KATZ working with the NYPD bust four individuals and seize an arsenal of illegal weapons, including these assault machine guns, from four homes in Queens County. &nbs...
QUEENS DEFENDANT CONVICTED AT TRIAL FOR RAPE OF HOUSEGUEST IN 2019
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Ahmed Shamim, 35, has been convicted at trial for the rape of a woman in Jackson Heights, Queens, in January 2019.
District Attorney Katz sa...