Archive for July 2024
STATEMENT FROM DISTRICT ATTORNEY MELINDA KATZ ON RANDOL CONTRERAS BEING CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said: “We have charged Randol Contreras with attempted murder. A young woman is fighting for her life after being stabbed in an unprovoked attack as she exited th...
Your Weekly Update - July 26, 2024
This past week, my office made significant headway in three vehicular crimes cases: (continued)
DEFENDANT SERVING TIME ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CONVICTION INDICTED ON MURDER CHARGES AFTER VICTIM PASSES AWAY
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jeffrey Thurston has been indicted by a grand jury on murder in the second degree for shooting former college athlete Malachi Capers after the vict...
SIX DEFENDANTS INDICTED FOR VOTER FRAUD RELATED TO JUNE 2023 NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL PRIMARY CAMPAIGN
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that six defendants are variously charged in a 161-count indictment with criminal possession of a forged instrument, falsifying business records, illega...
DELIVERY TRUCK DRIVER INDICTED FOR HIT-AND-RUN COLLISION THAT KILLED 16-YEAR-OLD PEDESTRIAN AND INJURED HER 8-YEAR-OLD SISTER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Boubacar Barry was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with criminally negligent homicide in the death of 16-year-old Jael Zhinin who was...
DRIVER WITH SUSPENDED LICENSE INDICTED FOR STRIKING E-BIKER WHILE FLEEING POLICE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Harold Vega was indicted by a grand jury on charges of assault, leaving the scene of an incident and other related crimes after allegedly slamming ...
PARENTS OF TEEN DRIVER SENTENCED ON CHILD ENDANGERMENT CHARGES IN GROUNDBREAKING CASE AFTER SON ALLEGEDLY KILLED 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN GRUESOME COLLISION
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that the parents of a teen driver – who was charged with manslaughter in the death of the 14-year-old passenger in the BMW he was driving – were sentenc...
Your Weekly Update - July 19, 2024
My office recently secured a prison sentence for a Long Island man who stole an East Elmhurst home from its elderly owner by using forged documents to facilitate the transaction... (continued)
SOUTH OZONE PARK MAN INDICTED FOR MURDER IN SHOOTING DEATH OF 24-YEAR-OLD AT BIRTHDAY PARTY IN 2022
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Curtis Benjamin was indicted by a grand jury and arraigned today on murder, attempted murder and weapon charges in the shooting death of 24-year-ol...
QUEENS VILLAGE MAN INDICTED FOR FATALLY STABBING STRANGER IN DELI
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jahshua Kelley was indicted by a grand jury and arraigned today on murder, assault and weapon charges in the fatal stabbing of a 40-year-old man in...
JAMAICA RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 36 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FATAL SHOOTING IN JANUARY 2020 AND SECOND HOMICIDE IN APRIL 2021
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Ashik Zaman was sentenced today to 36 years in prison for killing a 39-year-old man in 2020 in a dispute over money and for fatally shooting anothe...
ALLEGED VANDAL CHARGED WITH FELONY HATE CRIME AFTER TARGETED ATTACK ON RELIGIOUS STATUE IN FRONT OF CATHOLIC CHURCH
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jamshaid Choudhry has been charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime and other related crimes for allegedly smashing a Holy Family statue outs...
JAMAICA RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 36 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FATAL SHOOTING IN JANUARY 2020 AND SECOND HOMICIDE IN APRIL 2021
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Ashik Zaman was sentenced today to 36 years in prison for killing a 39-year-old man in 2020 in a dispute over money and for fatally shooting anothe...
Your Weekly Update - July 12, 2024
My office works every day to prevent gun violence and to stop the manufacture of ghost guns -- unregulated and untraceable firearms often made at home that have increasingly been found at crime scenes...
LONG ISLAND MAN SENTENCED TO THREE TO NINE YEARS FOR STEALING ELDERLY WOMAN’S EAST ELMHURST HOME
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Marcus Wilcher was sentenced today to three to nine years in prison for stealing an East Elmhurst home from its elderly owner by using forged docum...
SIX PEOPLE INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED GANG ASSAULT OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE CHECKING ON WELFARE OF UNATTENDED CHILDREN OUTSIDE LONG ISLAND CITY HOTEL
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that six people were arraigned on a grand jury indictment charging them with attempted assault in the first degree, attempted gang assault in the first ...
HOLLIS MAN INDICTED ON GUN CHARGES AFTER CACHE OF WEAPONS FOUND IN CAR DURING TRAFFIC STOP IN EAST ELMHURST
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Judd Sanson has been indicted by a grand jury and arraigned on charges of criminal possession of a weapon and other crimes after a traffic stop in ...
Your Weekly Update - July 5, 2024
My office is currently handling several open investigations into card skimming -- a type of theft that occurs when illegally installed devices on ATMs, cashier terminals, or fuel pumps capture card da...
REPUTED GANG MEMBER SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR DEADLY SHOOTING OF CORONA TEEN
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Dennis Vassilenko, a member of the Crips 8 Trey gang, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the murder of 17-year-old Eduardo Hernandez-M...