Archive for April 2026
FORMER CORRECTION OFFICER CHARGED WITH FILING PHONY DOCUMENTATION FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Nadia Shihata announced that James Wilson was arraigned on charges of grand larceny and offering a fals...
DELIVERY DRIVER CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED ROBBERY FOR ATTACKING CARLOAD OF WOMEN IN WOODHAVEN; ASSAULTING MOTORISTS AND BYSTANDER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Dauri Batita has been charged with attempted robbery, assault and other crimes for ramming into a carload of women with his cargo van, striking ano...
QUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDERING MAN DURING SOUTH OZONE PARK DRIVE-BY SHOOTING
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Lovepreet Singh was sentenced to 17 years to life in prison for the murder of 31-year-old Satnam Singh during a drive-by shooting in South Ozone Pa...
QUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO UP TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TARGETING EX-GIRLFRIEND FOR ATTACK
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Brayahan Agudelo was sentenced to 13.8 to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to strangulation, stalking, burglary and other crimes for attack...
GUY RIVERA SENTENCED TO 115 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR FATAL SHOOTING OF NYPD DETECTIVE JONATHAN DILLER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER OF NYPD SERGEANT
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Guy Rivera was sentenced to 115 years to life in prison today after being convicted by a jury of aggravated manslaughter in the first degree and at...
TEENAGER CHARGED WITH MURDER FOR SHOOTING DEATH OF 15-YEAR-OLD JADEN PIERRE IN ROY WILKINS PARK
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Zahir Davis was arraigned and remanded today on charges of murder in the second degree, gang assault in the first degree and criminal possession of...
Your Weekly Update - April 24, 2026
This week I announced a 131-count indictment against two individuals who allegedly sold 38 illegal guns to undercover officers in Queens and the Bronx. The defendants … (continued)
DRIVER CHARGED WITH RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT AND RIOT FOR CHAOTIC CAR MEETUP ALONG MIDDLE VILLAGE-MASPETH BORDER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Asil Assaidi was charged with reckless endangerment, riot and other related crimes for performing dangerous, fiery driving stunts near two gas stat...
TWO MANHATTAN MEN INDICTED FOR SELLING 38 ILLEGAL GUNS TO UNDERCOVER OFFICERS IN QUEENS AND THE BRONX
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and New York City Police Department Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced today that Mouhamadou Sylla and Ncodjigui Sanogo are variously charged in a 131-cou...
QUEENS MAN CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ABUSING 6-YEAR OLD IN JAMAICA DEPARTMENT STORE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Angel Farias was charged with sexual abuse and other crimes for touching a 6-year-old girl in a department store. Farias encountered the child, wit...
OWNER OF CLEANING COMPANY SENTENCED IN WAGE THEFT CASE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Christian Perez was sentenced to five years of probation after paying more than $28,000 in restitution to 30 former employees of cleaning com...
FUGITIVE AND CODEFENDANT EXTRADITED TO FACE BURGLARY CHARGES AFTER FLEEING TO PANAMA
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Juan Acevedo was arraigned and remanded today on grand jury indictment charges of escape, criminal contempt and criminal mischief for fleeing the c...
WOMAN CHARGED WITH ARSON AND ASSAULT FOR SETTING FIRE AT THREE LOCATIONS IN MASPETH, THROWING A BRICK THROUGH A STOREFRONT WINDOW AND INJURING TWO
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Shaniqua Fort was charged with arson, assault, reckless endangerment and other crimes for allegedly setting fires at several storefront locations a...
SOUTH OZONE PARK MAN INDICTED FOR MURDER OF WIFE WHOSE REMAINS WERE FOUND IN SEPARATE LOCATIONS ALONG BROOKVILLE AND CROSS BAY BOULEVARDS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Rupchand Simboo was indicted on charges of murder and tampering with evidence for the homicide of his 33-year-old wife, Salisha Ali. The victim’s b...
Your Weekly Updated - April 17, 2026
This week we announced that a Bayside woman was sentenced to jail time and restitution for stealing millions of dollars from 13 victims of an investment scam called pig butchering. The defendant befri...
WOODSIDE MAN INDICTED ON FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT CHARGES FOR SLASHING TWO VICTIMS ON BROADWAY IN ASTORIA
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Antonio Quinones was indicted and arraigned on charges of assault, attempted assault and criminal possession of a weapon for attacking two pe...
JACKSON HEIGHTS MAN SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE KIDNAPPING AND RAPE OF MULTIPLE VICTIMS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Andres Portilla was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the kidnapping and rape of three young women including two minors. He brutally beat one tee...
HOLLIS MAN CONVICTED FOR FATAL BEATING OF PAWN SHOP OWNER DURING 2022 ROBBERY
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Rodolfo Lopez-Portillo was convicted by a jury of fatally beating Arasb Shoughi during a pawn store robbery in March 2022. The defendant sold two w...
BAYSIDE WOMAN SENTENCED FOR PIG BUTCHERING SCAM THAT TARGETED VICTIMS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY; $2.5 MILLION IN RESTITUTION SECURED
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Tiffany Yang was sentenced today to 120 days in jail after paying a total of $2.5 million in restitution for her role in a pig butchering scam that...
Your Weekly Update - April 10, 2026
A Maspeth man was charged this week with murder in the second degree, arson in the first degree and other crimes for killing four people in a March house fire…(continued).
MASPETH MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER AND ARSON FOR SETTING FIRE AT FLUSHING HOME THAT KILLED FOUR AND INJURED OTHERS, INCLUDING TWO FDNY MEMBERS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Roman Amatitla was charged with eight counts of murder in the second degree, arson in the first degree and related charges for setting a fire that ...
Your Weekly Update - April 3, 2026
The defendant who shot and killed Detective Jonathan Diller was convicted this week of aggravated manslaughter in the first degree, attempted murder in the first degree and criminal possession of a we...
GUY RIVERA CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER IN THE FIRST DEGREE FOR FATAL SHOOTING OF NYPD DETECTIVE JONATHAN DILLER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE FOR ATTEMPTING TO SHOOT NYPD SERGEANT SASHA ROSEN
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Guy Rivera was convicted of aggravated manslaughter in the first degree and other crimes for fatally shooting NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller in Far...
DA MELINDA KATZ SWEARS IN FOUR NEW ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today the appointment of four new Assistant District Attorneys to the Queens District Attorney’s Office. The new ADAs received their degrees from New Yo...