Archive for November 2023
QUEENS MAN SENTENCED FOR SHOOTING CORRECTION OFFICER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Mark Gibbs was sentenced today to 11 and a half years in prison for wounding an off-duty correction officer during a shootout in broad daylight on a busy Jamaica street in July 2022. His co-defendant, Sevaughn Green, is awaiting sentencing. District Attorney Katz said: “This kind of reckless…
Read MoreFLUSHING PAIR CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF MORE THAN $600,000 WORTH OF DRUGS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Amanda Chen and Sheng Lin were charged with 17 counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal use of drug paraphernalia after a search of their Flushing penthouse apartment uncovered $654,000 worth of drugs and $37,502 in cash. District Attorney Katz said: “We will not allow…
Read MoreLONG ISLAND MAN SENTENCED FOR MURDER OF PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Goey Charles was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for the October 2020 murder of his pregnant girlfriend, 29-year-old Vanessa Pierre. Charles abandoned her body on the side of the Horace Harding Expressway in Bayside. District Attorney Katz said: “We asked for the maximum sentence…
Read MoreYour Weekly Update – November 24, 2023
I created the first cold case unit in Queens to pursue justice for homicide victims regardless of how much time has passed. My office works tirelessly to bring closure to grieving families and assure them they are not forgotten… (continued)
Read MoreBROOKLYN MAN SENTENCED FOR STEALING WIDOW’S HOME BY POSING AS HER SON
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Christopher Williams was sentenced for stealing the home of an elderly widow by posing as her son, then selling the property and cashing in more than $200,000. Williams, 43, of Morgan Avenue in Brooklyn, was sentenced yesterday by Queens Supreme Court Justice Leigh K. Cheng to a term…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN CAR CRASH THAT KILLED NYPD OFFICER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Kassun Brown pleaded guilty today to manslaughter for speeding through a stop sign in St. Albans and crashing into another vehicle, killing its driver, an off-duty NYPD officer, Michael Ellis. District Attorney Katz said: “The defendant’s recklessness prematurely took the life of a young NYPD officer. We welcome…
Read MoreNEW JERSEY MAN CHARGED WITH INSURANCE FRAUD IN THEFT OF $2.6 MILLION
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that David Liu was charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the theft of $2.6 million from a trust fund. Liu is accused of transferring the money to bank accounts he created using an alias and spending the cash to buy Cartier jewelry and other luxury items. District…
Read MoreYour Weekly Update – November 17, 2023
I joined the Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice this week for the groundbreaking of Hope House, a residential alternative to incarceration that will provide transformative care to offenders suffering from serious mental illness… (continued)
Read MoreHOMEOWNER CHARGED IN TRIPLE HOMICIDE WITH STABBING TENANTS AND GIRLFRIEND TO DEATH
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that David Daniel was charged today with murder in the stabbing deaths of two tenants and his girlfriend inside his St. Albans home. After the attack, Daniel turned himself in to police. District Attorney Katz said: “The bloody crime scene was the result of extraordinary brutality. In court, what…
Read MoreSEXUAL PREDATOR SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR RAPING CHILD RELATIVES
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jason Brown was sentenced today to 40 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting two child relatives beginning when the youngest of the girls was 8 years old and the oldest victim was 10. District Attorney Katz said: “This sexual predator stole the innocence of two young…
Read MoreLONG ISLAND MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERING PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Goey Charles was convicted of murder in the October 2020 death of his pregnant girlfriend, 29-year-old Vanessa Pierre. He dumped her body on the side of the Horace Harding Expressway in Bayside and drove away. District Attorney Katz said: “We achieved justice for Vanessa. The verdict does not…
Read MoreQUEENS DRIVER INDICTED IN DEATH OF ELDERLY PEDESTRIAN
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Rony Zino was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with criminally negligent homicide in the death of a 75-year-old woman he is accused of hitting with his truck as she was crossing a street in Ridgewood with the aid of a walker. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz…
Read MoreYour Weekly Update – November 10, 2023
I was joined by NYPD officials this week to announce the indictment and arrests of three defendants on the heels of a seven-month investigation into gun trafficking that included a series of undercover buys in the parking lot of a P.C. Richard & Son in Astoria… (continued)
Read MoreSTATEN ISLAND MAN CHARGED WITH GRAND LARCENY IN THEFT OF $1.4 MILLION FROM QUEENS APPAREL COMPANY
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Glenn Jakers was charged with grand larceny, accused of siphoning $1.4 million from Eric Javits, Inc., a Long Island City apparel company where he worked as the controller. The money was used to buy luxury items, for personal expenses and to fund The G.O.A.T. bar on Staten Island.…
Read MoreMASSACHUSETTS MAN FACES ASSAULT AND FIREARMS CHARGES IN SHOOTING OF WOMAN OVER FAMILY DEBT
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Minliang Zheng was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon in the cold-blooded shooting a 45-year-old woman, allegedly over her male relative’s unpaid financial debt. The defendant fled to Massachusetts and was extradited to New York this week. District Attorney Katz said: “The defendant shot the…
Read MoreINTERSTATE GUN TRAFFICKING RING DISMANTLED
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that three defendants were indicted on the heels of a seven-month investigation into gun trafficking that included a series of undercover buys in the parking lot of a P.C. Richard & Son in Astoria and a wiretap on the defendants’ phones. The investigation netted 109 illegal firearms and…
Read MoreYour Weekly Update – November 3, 2023
My office secured the indictment of a Queens man on drug and gun charges after a search of an abandoned home in Bellerose uncovered millions of dollars worth of heroin, fentanyl and cocaine and a stockpile of firearms… (continued)
Read MoreMILLIONS IN DRUGS AND GUNS SEIZED FROM ABANDONED HOME
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Victor Rodriguez was indicted on drug and gun charges after a search of an abandoned home in Bellerose uncovered millions of dollars worth of heroin, fentanyl and cocaine and a stockpile of firearms. A contractor hired after the recent sale of the property stumbled upon the stash. The…
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