DAY CARE OWNERS INDICTED FOR ABUSE OF NINE INFANTS AND TODDLERS

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that married couple Ilya Davydov and Ksenia Davydov have been indicted and charged with multiple crimes for allegedly abusing nine infants and toddlers at the day care center they operated from their Jamaica Estates home. The abuse is alleged to have included grabbing and kicking babies, shoving an…

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TEN ALLEGED TREN DE ARAGUA MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES INDICTED FOR GUN TRAFFICKING OPERATION IN QUEENS, THE BRONX AND MANHATTAN

  Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced today that 10 people have been indicted and variously charged with criminal sale of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon, conspiracy and other crimes for their alleged roles in a gun trafficking operation that conducted firearm sales throughout New York City…

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Your Weekly Update – January 24, 2025

Following a stand-off between a homeowner and a squatter in February 2024, my office successfully returned the property to the rightful owner and prosecuted the defendant for the illegal occupation. This week, that defendant pleaded guilty to a felony and is expected to be sentenced to two years in prison and five years’ post release supervision……

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KETAMINE TRAFFICKING OPERATION DISMANTLED IN FLUSHING

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today the indictment of four individuals charged with conspiracy, drug trafficking and other crimes following a long-term investigation into a narcotics organization based in Flushing. The investigation, dubbed “Operation Frostbite,” included a series of undercover drug buys and the use of electronic surveillance. District Attorney Katz said: “Those who…

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Your Weekly Update – January 17, 2024

Working in partnership with the NYPD and the New York City Sheriff, we shut down an unlicensed cannabis shop this week that operated at 103-17 Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills, blocks away from Yellowstone Park and Russell Sage Junior High School… (continued)

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TENANT CHARGED WITH MURDER OF BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT WHO WAS TRYING TO COLLECT UNPAID RENT

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Sandra Coto-Navarro has been charged with murder for allegedly killing her building’s superintendent, 55-year-old Jose Portillo, inside her apartment in Kew Gardens Hills. The victim reportedly entered the defendant’s apartment around 8:40 a.m. Tuesday to collect unpaid rent on behalf of the landlord. The super’s coworkers called the…

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TWO MEN CHARGED WITH PARTICIPATING IN INTERNATIONAL STOLEN MERCHANDISE RING AND DIVERTING PRODUCTS MEANT FOR LARGE BEAUTY RETAILERS

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Leudy Marte and Wilton Pena de Dios were charged with grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and conspiracy for their roles in a large-scale retail theft and fencing operation based in Kew Gardens Hills. The pair allegedly diverted more than $1 million in products from Sol…

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DA KATZ, NYPD AND SHERIFF’S OFFICE SHUTTER ILLEGAL CANNABIS SHOP IN FOREST HILLS

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced the closure of an unlicensed cannabis shop that operated at 103-17 Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills, blocks away from a public park and a junior high school. More than 30 pounds of marijuana, with a street value of approximately $38,200, were confiscated, as well hundreds of packages of cannabis…

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Your Weekly Update – January 10, 2025

My office recently partnered with the office of state Attorney General Letitia James to dismantle a text messaging scam that was targeting New Yorkers looking for remote work opportunities… (continued)

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COUPLE PLEAD GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED MURDER OF NEIGHBOR IN SUNNYSIDE PARKING SPOT ATTACK

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that married couple Arturo Cuevas and Daisy Barrera pleaded guilty yesterday to attempted murder in the second degree for stabbing and battering their neighbor, a 28-year-old man, during a March 2023 confrontation in Sunnyside over a parking space. The couple had previously fought with the victim over a parking…

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