Archive for August 2024
Your Weekly Update – August 30, 2024
My office recently secured a grand jury indictment on manslaughter, reckless driving and other charges against a driver accused of killing a 67-year-old pedestrian in 2019… (continued)
Read MoreROCKAWAY BEACH MAN INDICTED ON FIRST-DEGREE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE FOR SHOOTING AT NYPD OFFICERS IN EDGEMERE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Joel Kelly was indicted by a grand jury and arraigned on charges of attempted murder in the first degree, attempted assault in the first degree and other crimes for firing at two NYPD officers as they pursued him in Edgemere after responding to a call of shots fired…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN INDICTED ON MURDER CHARGE FOR BEATING 39-YEAR-OLD TO DEATH WITH CHAIR
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Rahmel Tedder was arraigned today on murder and other grand jury indictment charges for the July beating death of Michael Tobon, whom Tedder allegedly attacked with a chair while the victim was on the ground. District Attorney Katz said: “The defendant allegedly attacked the victim while he lay…
Read MoreDEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OFFICER CHARGED WITH RAPE OF WOMAN HE LURED TO HIS APARTMENT WITH PROMISE OF ACTING JOB
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Anthony Martin, a New York City correction officer, was indicted by a grand jury and arraigned on charges of first-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse and other crimes for an attack on a 20-year-old woman in March. District Attorney Katz said: “This defendant – a New York City correction…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN CHARGED WITH STEALING TORAH FROM FAR ROCKAWAY SCHOOL
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Saul Colon was arraigned today on charges of grand larceny and burglary for stealing a safe containing a Torah scroll from a Far Rockaway yeshiva in May. District Attorney Katz said: “This defendant and an accomplice allegedly broke into a religious school and showed profound disrespect for the…
Read MoreDRIVER ARRAIGNED FOR 2019 CHRISTMAS DAY CRASH THAT KILLED FATHER OF FOUR FROM LONG ISLAND
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Ravindra Dharamjit was indicted on manslaughter, reckless driving and other charges for killing a 67-year-old pedestrian on Christmas Day 2019. The defendant was allegedly speeding at nearly three times the posted speed limit when he killed the father of four, who was leaving a Christmas dinner at his…
Read MoreYour Weekly Update – August 23, 2024
This week we announced criminal charges against a Brooklyn man who is accused of attempted murder and other crimes for allegedly hitting an NYPD officer with a stolen car…(continued)
Read MoreBRONX MAN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER OF 23-YEAR-OLD SUBWAY COMMUTER WHO WAS STABBED WHILE EXITING STATION
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Randol Contreras was indicted by a grand jury and arraigned today on charges of attempted murder, assault and other crimes for the stabbing of a 23-year-old woman who was attacked while leaving the Jamaica-Van Wyck subway station in July. A good Samaritan distracted Contreras, stopping the assault, while…
Read MoreBROOKLYN MAN CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER HITTING NYPD OFFICER WITH STOLEN CAR
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Keyah Richardson was arraigned today on charges of attempted murder in the first degree, attempted assault in the first degree, assault, reckless endangerment and other crimes for allegedly ramming a stolen car into an NYPD officer who was investigating the theft. He is also accused of driving onto…
Read MoreSTATEMENT FROM DISTRICT ATTORNEY MELINDA KATZ ON HARVEY WEINSTEIN COURT APPEARANCE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said: “Today, defendant Harvey Weinstein was formally arraigned on a governor’s warrant issued by Governor Kathy Hochul, who exercised her authority for him to remain in New York State until his case in New York County is adjudicated. The defendant – who was convicted in California of forcible rape and…
Read MoreTHREE MEN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING, BURGLARY FOR DOUGLASTON HOME INVASION
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that three defendants — Ryan Dash, Brandon Dash and Jone Smith — are charged with kidnapping, robbery, burglary and other crimes for an alleged home invasion robbery in Douglaston on Saturday morning, in which they held eight people, including three children, hostage. The defendants are accused of physically restraining…
Read MoreMAN INDICTED ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES FOR STABBINGS ON SUBWAY PLATFORM AND GAS STATION IN OZONE PARK
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Feruz Radjabov was indicted by a grand jury and arraigned today on two counts of attempted murder, assault and other crimes in the random stabbing of a driver pumping gas in Ozone Park and a man standing on the platform at a nearby subway station. The commuter was…
Read MoreYour Weekly Update – August 16, 2024
We announced criminal charges this week against a former director of two Queens nursing homes for allegedly stealing more than 1,500 oxycodone pills, which were meant to be destroyed, from the facilities… (continued)
Read MoreBROOKLYN MAN SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON IN 2019 STABBING DEATH OF HOMELESS SHELTER RESIDENT
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Ricardo Henry was sentenced today to 17 years to life prison for the fatal stabbing of a 38-year-old homeless shelter resident in retaliation for a domestic violence assault that one of Henry’s friends believed to have taken place at the East Elmhurst shelter. District Attorney Katz said: “The…
Read MoreQUEENS WOMAN CHARGED IN 88-COUNT INDICTMENT WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY, CRIMINAL CONTEMPT AND OTHER CRIMES
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Elizabeth Grant, 56, has been charged in an 88-count indictment with aggravated cruelty to animals, criminal contempt and other crimes for allegedly having more than 20 dogs and cats in a filthy, two-story home in Jackson Heights. The animals did not have accessible water, were living in…
Read MoreFORMER DIRECTOR AT TWO QUEENS NURSING HOMES CHARGED WITH STEALING MORE THAN 1,500 OXYCODONE PILLS FROM FACILITIES
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Charles Gonder was arraigned on drug charges today following an investigation into his past employment as the nursing director at two nursing homes — the Regal Heights Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, and the Sapphire Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing of Central Queens. He is accused of stealing more…
Read MoreCRYPTOCURRENCY HACKER NETWORK DISMANTLED; SEVEN DEFENDANTS INDICTED FOR STEALING MORE THAN $300,000 IN BITCOIN FROM QUEENS RESIDENT
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that seven defendants have been indicted by a grand jury on charges of grand larceny, money laundering, identity theft and other related crimes following a long-term investigation into a hack of a private cryptocurrency wallet belonging to a Queens resident. Bitcoin was removed from the victim’s Blockchain.com wallet through…
Read MoreYour Weekly Update – August 9, 2024
The spirit of Queens communities shined brightly this week during National Night Out (NNO) Against Crime… (continued)
Read MoreQUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY MELINDA KATZ REQUESTS DISMISSAL OF 46 CASES CONNECTED TO FORMER NYPD DETECTIVE
Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz petitioned the Court today to vacate the convictions of 46 defendants whose cases involved a detective later convicted of perjury. After former NYPD Detective James Donovan plead guilty in 2023 to falsely testifying before a Queens grand jury, an extensive review was conducted of his previous cases by the…
Read MoreTWO HOLLIS MEN SENTENCED FOR MURDERING DICE GAME OPPONENT
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Mark Watson and Rodney Dunn were each sentenced today to 23 years to life in prison for the murder of 33-year-old Christopher McKnight, who was shot to death during a dice game in 2021. McKnight was winning when he was held up at gunpoint and shot. District Attorney…
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