Archive for October 2022
ACCUSED BUS HIJACKER CHARGED FOR UNLAWFULLY SEIZING MTA BUS IN CAMBRIA HEIGHTS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Dwayne Gaddy has been charged with grand larceny, robbery, reckless endangerment and other crimes for allegedly commandeering a crowded MTA bus in Cambria Heights on Thursday morning with what appeared to be a handgun. All of the approximate 30 passengers were able to escape from the bus…
Read MoreYour Weekly Update – October 28, 2022
The recent string of subway crime has affected us all and the violence simply must end. There are basic rights that New Yorkers should have in this City, and one of them is the right to safety when commuting to work, using the subway to take our children to school, and knowing we will return…
Read MoreCOUPLE INDICTED A THIRD TIME ON KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULT CHARGES
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that defendants Destiny Lebron and Gil Iphael have been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on kidnapping, assault and other charges for an August attack in Richmond Hill. The defendants, who have two other pending cases, face up to 25 years in…
Read MoreQUEENS BOWLING LEAGUE TREASURER INDICTED FOR STEALING DUES AND PRIZE MONEY DURING COVID
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Robert Vickers has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on charges of grand larceny and other crimes for allegedly stealing dues and prize money from members of a Queens County bowling league in 2020. District Attorney Katz said, “As alleged,…
Read MoreBROOKLYN MAN FACES ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE FOR SUBWAY SHOVE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Lamale McRae was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on charges of attempted murder and other crimes for allegedly shoving onto the train tracks at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenue subway station a man waiting on a train and an eight-year-old bystander. District Attorney Katz said: “As alleged, this defendant…
Read MoreYour Weekly Update – October 21, 2022
This week, I announced a guilty plea by a defendant for the 1976 killing of an 81-year-old World War I Veteran… (continued)
Read MoreDISTRICT ATTORNEY KATZ SECURES INDICTMENT OF UNLICENSED DRIVER IN DEADLY HIT-AND-RUN OF 5-YEAR-OLD BOY
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Xavier Carchipulla has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on charges of criminally negligent homicide and other crimes. The defendant, who is not licensed to drive, is alleged to have been the driver of a 2018 Dodge RAM that fatally…
Read MoreDISTRICT ATTORNEY MELINDA KATZ CHARGES QUEENS MAN WITH MANSLAUGHTER IN SUBWAY SYSTEM DEATH
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Carlos Garcia, 50, has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a 48-year-old man shoved onto the subway tracks yesterday at the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue station following a physical altercation. District Attorney Katz said: “The subway system is a vital lifeline for the millions of New…
Read MoreDA KATZ SECURES INDICTMENT OF ALLEGED DRUG DEALER FOR SELLING DEADLY NARCOTICS IN SOUTHEAST QUEENS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, joined by New York City Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell, announced today that Emendjer Mathurin has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on charges of criminal sale of a controlled substance for allegedly supplying a large amount of narcotics, including cocaine and fentanyl,…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN KILLING OF WWI VETERAN MISSING SINCE 1976
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Martin Motta, 75, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the 1976 killing of an 81-year-old World War I Veteran. Motta faces 20 years in prison. District Attorney Katz said: “This long-cold case marks the first successful application in New York City of forensic genetic genealogy. No matter…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN INDICTED ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES FOR SHOOTING CORRECTION OFFICER IN JAMAICA
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Mark Gibbs, 23, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on attempted murder, assault and other charges. The defendant allegedly fired multiple shots into a crowd on the street during an altercation on the street last July. Defendant Sevaughn Green,…
Read MoreDA KATZ CHARGES QUEENS MAN WITH MURDER IN QUEENS SUBWAY SHOOTING DEATH OF 15-YEAR-OLD
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Keyondre Russell, 18, has been charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly shooting and killing a 15-year-old following a dispute on an A train in Far Rockaway. District Attorney Katz said, “Just tragic. At a bare minimum, we in New York City have…
Read MoreYour Weekly Update – October 14, 2022
Yesterday, I was joined by New York City Police Department Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell in announcing that a 16-year-old former student has been charged with making a terroristic threat, reckless endangerment, and other crimes for allegedly orchestrating a phoned bomb threat to St. Francis Preparatory High School on April 25, 2022… (continued)
Read MoreQUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY MELINDA KATZ APPOINTS 49 NEW ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced the appointment of 49 new assistant district attorneys, the largest class to ever join the Queens District Attorney’s Office. “I am proud to welcome this diverse group of talented professionals into the Queens District Attorney’s Office. I look forward to working with them in support of this Office’s…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN DEADLY SHOOTING
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Nazieer Basir, 22, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the deadly shooting of a 22-year-old man in Ozone Park, Queens in December 2020. District Attorney Katz said, “This case is as appalling as it is completely senseless. In pleading guilty, the defendant took responsibility for killing an…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN INDICTED ON MURDER CHARGES FOR DEADLY MOTHER’S DAY HIT-AND-RUN CRASH THAT KILLED LOCAL MOM
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Roosevelt Rose, 56, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on charges of murder, reckless driving and other crimes for the fatal hit-and-run crash that resulted in the death of 49-year-old Florence Ngwu outside of her home in Jamaica. The…
Read MoreFORMER STUDENT CHARGED WITH MAKING TERRORISTIC THREAT TO BOMB QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, joined by New York City Police Department Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell, announced today that a 16-year-old former student has been charged with making a terroristic threat, reckless endangerment, and other crimes for allegedly orchestrating a phoned bomb threat to St. Francis Preparatory High School on April 25, 2022. The defendant…
Read MoreMASPETH MAN ARRAIGNED IN STABBING DEATH
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Olmedo Osorio, 46, has been indicted by a Queens grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on murder and other charges for allegedly stabbing a 55-year-old man to death during a dispute across from a Queens bar on September 19, 2022. District Attorney Katz said, “As alleged,…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ASSAULTING POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS STRUCK IN EYE WITH CROWBAR
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Andres Tabares, 40, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison on assault charges for striking a police officer with a crowbar causing severe physical injuries. Police officers were pursuing two defendants who were attempting to burglarize a home on April 16, 2019, in Kew Gardens, Queens…
Read MoreYour Weekly Update – October 7, 2022
October marks National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to work together to provide additional resources and avenues of support for DV victims. No-one deserves to suffer the trauma of intimate partner abuse and we must eliminate the stigma attached to being a survivor… (continued)
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