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LONG ISLAND SON INDICTED WITH HIS MOTHER FOR GUNNING DOWN MAN EXTRADITED FROM FLORIDA AND ARRAIGNED ON MURDER CHARGES
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Raymond Jackson, 22, who has been on the run since he allegedly shot to death a man in September, has been apprehended and returned to Queens to face charges. The defendant was indicted for murder and other crimes along with his mother, Avita Campbell, who has been…
Read MoreTWO DRIVERS CHARGED IN SEPARATE DEADLY CRASHES
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Christian Carrion-Rivera, 26, has been charged with possessing stolen property and fleeing the scene of an incident without reporting a death for a 9 a.m. car crash on Tuesday. The DA also announced that Jason Bical, 34, has been charged with vehicular assault, drunk driving and other…
Read MoreCITING EVIDENCE OF IMPROPER DISCRIMINATION IN JURY SELECTION BY AN ADA IN THE 1990S, QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY FILES JOINT MOTION WITH DEFENSE TO REVERSE TWO CONVICTIONS
Citing decades-old evidence of improper discrimination based on race, sex, religion, and ethnicity in jury selection, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that she has filed a joint motion with the defense counsel at the law firm Covington & Burling, LLP, to vacate the convictions of Santiago Valdez and Paul Morant. Both men were…
Read MoreSTATEMENT BY DISTRICT ATTORNEY MELINDA KATZ
Today, in court, this Office joined in a motion to vacate two significant convictions from over twenty years ago. This decision is based on clear evidence of unconstitutional discrimination in jury selection. Specifically, a set of notes found in the trial files of a single ADA, who resigned from the office in the late 1990s,…
Read MoreDEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN STABBING DEATH OF LONG ISLAND MAN
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that John Daves, 34, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the September 2018 stabbing death of a 25-year-old Long Island man, who was patronizing a food cart in Jackson Heights, Queens when he was attacked. District Attorney Katz said, “A minor dispute while ordering at a food cart escalated…
Read MoreQUEENS COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTS HOMELESS MAN IN SHOOTING DEATH OF DELI WORKER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Steven Cohen, 63, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on murder, attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and other charges for allegedly shooting and killing a 26-year-old deli worker on October 26, 2020. District Attorney Katz said, “The…
Read MoreBRONX MAN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER IN KNIFE ATTACKS THAT INJURED TWO ELDERLY MEN ON SUBWAY TRAIN
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Patrick Chambers has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and was arraigned in Supreme Court on attempted murder charges and other crimes. The defendant allegedly stabbed two elderly men on a subway train in July 2020 in unprovoked attacks. District Attorney Katz said, “The defendant…
Read MoreCOUPLE CHARGED WITH GRAND LARCENY FOR STEALING MORE THAN $500,000 FROM DEAF, BLIND AND BED-RIDDEN WOMAN
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Luz and Rosendo Tejeda, of Manhattan, have been charged with grand larceny and other crimes for allegedly swindling a disabled woman and her elderly mother out of more than $500,000. The couple is accused of switching bank accounts to have the victim’s monthly annuities deposited into their…
Read MoreD.A. KATZ ANNOUNCES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHIEF KELLY SESSOMS-NEWTON AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS THOMAS E. DEWEY MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING WORK
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Kelly E. Sessoms-Newton, Bureau Chief of the Domestic Violence Bureau is the Queens County recipient of the sixteenth annual Thomas E. Dewey Medal. The Thomas E. Dewey Medal is awarded each year by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York to an outstanding assistant…
Read MoreLONG ISLAND MAN INDICTED FOR MURDER IN DEATH OF PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND WHOSE BODY WAS PULLED FROM AUTO AND DUMPED ON QUEENS EXPRESSWAY
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Goey Charles, 30, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and was arraigned in Supreme Court on murder charges in the October death of his pregnant girlfriend. District Attorney Katz said, “The defendant is accused of committing a despicable, irreparable act of domestic violence –…
Read MoreQUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY CO-HOSTS GUN BUY BACK EVENT WITH NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS SATURDAY
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and the New York City Police Department are hosting a Gun Buy Back event this Saturday at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Long Island City this coming Saturday. District Attorney Katz said, “This is our third Gun Buy Back event of 2020. Every gun turned in this…
Read MoreGUN RUNNERS INDICTED BY QUEENS COUNTY GRAND JURY FOR TRAFFICKING ILLEGAL FIREARMS USING THE IRON PIPELINE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that a crew of gun runners led by Jamaica resident Jessica Heyliger was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court, following a grand jury handing up a 182-count indictment. The defendants are variously charged with criminal sale of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon, conspiracy and other crimes. Between…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 21 YEARS IN PRISON FOR MANSLAUGHTER IN STABBING DEATH OF DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Dahe Lin, 77, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of his daughter-in-law in broad daylight just outside their home in Ridgewood, Queens, in March 2019. District Attorney Katz said, “This defendant viciously attacked the wife of his son and…
Read MoreLAGUARDIA AIRPORT WORKER SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR USING CELL PHONE TO RECORD WOMAN IN BATHROOM
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Samuel Rodriguez, 39, was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to using his cell phone to secretly record “pretty girls” using a public restroom at LaGuardia Airport where he worked in December 2018. District Attorney Katz said, “In pleading guilty, this defendant admitted to…
Read MoreQUEENS GRAND JURY INDICTS MAN IN STABBING DEATH OF HIS WIFE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Manuel Villar, 50, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on murder charges and other crimes for fatally stabbing to death his wife in the apartment they shared with their sons. The slaying occurred early in the morning in…
Read MoreQUEENS COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTS MAN IN SHOOTING DEATH OF WORKER HIT BY STRAY BULLET
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jerald Bethea has been indicted by a grand jury and arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on murder and gun charges for shooting and killing a worker who was doing his job in the Astoria Houses in April 2020. The innocent bystander was hit by a bullet that…
Read MoreTWO MEN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING FOLLOWING HOME INVASION
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that defendants Tex Ortiz and Wilbert Wilson have been charged with kidnapping, burglary and other crimes for allegedly taking five people hostage – including a nine-month-old infant and a 92-year-old woman. The defendants are accused of bursting into a Richmond Hill home this past Tuesday and demanding money…
Read MoreMAN CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER, DWI IN EARLY MORNING CRASH THAT KILLED HOSPITAL WORKER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Alamin Ahmed, 22, has been arraigned on charges of vehicular manslaughter, driving while under the influence and other charges for the early Friday morning car crash that killed a hospital worker. “Few choices are more selfish than driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs,”…
Read MoreQUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY MELINDA KATZ FILES JOINT MOTION WITH DEFENSE TO VACATE MURDER CONVICTION AND RELEASE A MAN INCARCERATED FOR NEARLY 26 YEARS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that she has filed a joint motion with the defense to vacate the murder conviction of Ernest “Jaythan” Kendrick, who has been incarcerated for nearly 26 years. This motion is based on newly discovered witnesses and the results of agreed-upon DNA analysis, which contradict significant aspects of the…
Read MoreDA Katz Photo Kendrick Case
QUEENS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY MELINDA KATZ with a team of investigators and staff from the Office’s Conviction Integrity Unit visiting the crime scene where a 70-year-old woman was stabbed to death in 1995 on the grounds of the Ravenswood Houses.
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