Archive for March 2023
Your Weekly Update - March 31, 2023
Hate-motivated incidents of violence are especially pernicious. The perpetrators of these terrible acts strike... (continued)
DEFENDANT SENTENCED FOR FATAL SHOOTING OF GROCERY EMPLOYEE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Dewayne Henry was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting a 65-year-old grocery clerk during a botched robbery in Jamaic...
LONG ISLAND MAN INDICTED ON SEX TRAFFICKING CHARGES
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Cleveland Sterling was arraigned on charges of sex trafficking, robbery and other crimes for allegedly forcing two victims to engage in prostitutio...
DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH HATE CRIMES FOR MULTIPLE SWASTIKA INCIDENTS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Antoine Blount was charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime and aggravated harassment for allegedly drawing swastikas on the sidewalk in fron...
WOMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER AND ARSON FOR NYCHA APARTMENT FIRE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Tandika Wright was arraigned on murder, arson and other charges in the death of a neighbor found inside a burning New York City Housing Authority a...
QUEENS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO WEAPONS POSSESSION FOR CACHE OF ILLEGAL GHOST GUNS IN BAYSIDE HOMES
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Andrew Chang pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon stemming from a March 2022 ghost gun bust.
District Attorney Katz said: “This defen...
QUEENS MEN CONVICTED FOR DEADLY RICHMOND HILL SHOOTING
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Shakim Allen and Dreshaun Smith were convicted of murder and other charges for shooting two brothers, killing one, during a Richmond Hill robbery i...
BRONX MAN CONVICTED FOR SHOOTING INTO MTA BUS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Melvin Adams was convicted of attempted murder for shooting at an MTA bus and striking two passengers in August 2021. Adams’ did not like how someo...
16-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH HATE CRIME IN FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK ATTACK OF JEWISH MAN
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that a 16-year-old male was charged today with assault as a hate crime for an attack in Flushing Meadows Corona Park during which the defendant is accus...
Your Weekly Update - March 24, 2023
This week's gang takedown was perhaps the largest ever in Queens: a 151-count indictment brought against 33 reputed gang members, five of whom are charged with murder... (continued)
DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON FOR MANSLAUGHTER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Atekel Donaldson was sentenced to 17 years in prison for the death of a 15-year-old getting off of a city bus in Far Rockaway in February 2018.
Di...
DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS FOR DEADLY SHOOTING
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Edson Giron Figueroa was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2021 shooting death of a 25-year-old.
District Attorney Katz said: “This is a cas...
33 REPUTED GANG MEMBERS INDICTED ON MURDER, GUN VIOLENCE CHARGES
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, joined by NYPD Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell, announced one of the largest gang takedowns in the history of the office, a 151-count indictment brought agai...
QUEENS MAN SENTENCED FOR SEX TRAFFICKING TEENAGE GIRLS AT JAMAICA HOTEL
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Tyrone “Angel” Miles was sentenced today to seven years in prison for sex trafficking of a child. The defendant, along with co-defendant Bryant Lo...
Your Weekly Update - March 17, 2023
A major victory was achieved this week with the takedown of a firearm and drug trafficking operation... (continued)
SON CHARGED IN STABBING DEATH OF MOTHER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Dennis Cho was arraigned today, accused of murder in the stabbing death of his 59-year-old mother inside their Flushing home. According to the cha...
MAN SENTENCED FOR SEX TRAFFICKING TEENAGE GIRL
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Quan Raheem Booker was sentenced today to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to sex trafficking a 16-year-old girl for several days inside a ...
QUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS FOR FATAL SHOOTING
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Tyseam McRae was sentenced to 22 years in prison for manslaughter, assault and robbery for three separate incidents, including the fatal shooting o...
MAN INDICTED FOR KIDNAPPING, RAPING AND ASSAULTING THREE YOUNG WOMEN
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Andres Portilla was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with kidnapping and sexually assaulting three young women whom he kept captive in...
Your Weekly Update - March 10, 2023
Earlier this month, a 44-year-old woman was thrown to the ground in Corona and repeatedly kicked and punched... (continued)
DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH ANTI-ASIAN ATTACK IN CORONA
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Elijah Fernandez and Natalie Plaza are charged with assault as a hate crime for their alleged involvement in a hate-motivated assault in Corona on ...
QUEENS MAN INDICTED IN FATAL CAR CRASH
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Kassun Brown has been charged with manslaughter and drunk driving in connection with a fatal car crash in St. Albans. Brown is accused of speeding ...
DISTRICT ATTORNEY KATZ HOSTS 8TH ANNUAL MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION
The Queens District Attorney's Office hosted its 8th Annual Mock Trial Competition over the weekend, with Rutgers School of Law defeating 15 other teams from top-tier, nationally ranked law school...
NEW JERSEY MAN INDICTED FOR EXECUTION-STYLE MURDER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Ron Reeder was indicted for an execution-style murder in broad daylight in September 2021. Wearing a mask and garments typically worn by Hasidic Je...
PIONEERING USE OF STATUTE RESTORES HOME TO DEED FRAUD VICTIMS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that a house in St. Albans was returned to its rightful owners, a disabled veteran and his family, through the first-ever use of a state law enacted to ...
QUEENS MAN CHARGED WITH POSSESSING ARSENAL OF ILLEGAL WEAPONS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Grzegorz Blachowicz was charged with criminal possession of weapons after search warrants executed at his home and a storage unit uncovered an ...
Your Weekly Update - March 3, 2023
A home in St. Albans was returned to its rightful owners this week through the first-ever use of a state law enacted to help deed fraud victims... (continued)
HOUSECLEANING COMPANY AND CEO PLEAD GUILTY IN WAGE THEFT CASE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, joined by New York State Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon, announced that the MPStar Pros housecleaning company and its chief executive officer pleaded guilty ...