Posts by Renea Henry
BROOKLYN MAN INDICTED IN HOLIDAY PACKAGE THEFT SPREE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Oliver Rodriguez was indicted and charged with multiple counts of burglary in a mail theft spree that targeted six apartment buildings in Lindenwood beginning on Christmas Day and continuing into the new year. District Attorney Katz said: “We are charging that the defendant spoiled Christmas for many families,…
Read MoreBROTHERS CHARGED AFTER SEIZURE OF HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVES, GHOST GUNS IN THEIR ASTORIA APARTMENT [PHOTO]
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Andrew and Angelo Hatziagelis were indicted on 130 counts of criminal possession of a weapon and related charges after an arsenal of improvised explosive devices and ghost guns, including assault rifles, was found inside an Astoria apartment they shared with their mother and another brother. Instructions for making…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED IN THEFT OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Papa Diakhate was sentenced to a maximum of three years in prison for stealing more than $1 million in federal pandemic relief funds for bogus companies he created and spending over $350,000 of the money on personal expenses, including travel and luxury goods. District Attorney Katz said: “At…
Read MoreMAN INDICTED IN BRUTAL, RANDOM ATTACK THAT LEFT WOMAN BLIND IN ONE EYE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Waheed Foster was found fit to stand trial and arraigned today on an indictment charging him with attempted murder in connection with the violent, unprovoked assault that left a subway rider blind in one eye after she was beaten in September 2022 at the Howard Beach/JFK station on…
Read MoreMAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER IN STABBING SPREE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jermain Rigueur was arraigned today for attempted murder and assault following a two-day stabbing spree in Springfield Gardens and Jamaica during which four people were attacked, including three within an hour on Wednesday. District Attorney Katz said: “New Yorkers peacefully going about their business very nearly lost their…
Read MoreJACKSON HEIGHTS MAN SENTENCED FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A CHILD RELATIVE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Edgar Chalco was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting a child relative beginning when the girl was 5 years old. District Attorney Katz said: “A child should be able to trust family and know that they are safe. Instead, this young victim was…
Read MoreMAN SENTENCED AFTER PULLING GUN IN CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AND THREATENING TO KILL WIFE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Thomas Saxton was sentenced today to seven years in prison for pulling a gun in Cohen’s Children Medical Center and threatening to kill his wife as she held their 2-year-old, who had just been discharged from surgery. Responding officers recovered two loaded guns, ammunition and cocaine from Saxton…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED FOR KILLING NYPD OFFICER IN HIGH SPEED CRASH
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Kassun Brown was sentenced today to up to 12 years in prison for speeding through a stop sign while drunk and crashing into a car driven by an off-duty NYPD officer, Michael Ellis, who suffered a traumatic brain injury and broken neck in the collision and later died…
Read MoreLONG ISLAND DRIVER INDICTED ON AGGRAVATED VEHICULAR HOMICIDE CHARGE IN FATAL LIE CRASH
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that a grand jury indicted Reginald Nash on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, aggravated vehicular assault and driving under the influence, among numerous other charges, in connection with a high-speed, three-car collision last month on the Long Island Expressway that left one of his passengers dead and two others…
Read MoreASTORIA MAN INDICTED FOR DEADLY STAIRWELL SHOVE OF NEIGHBOR
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Kevin Ogara was indicted by a grand jury on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for allegedly pushing his 60-year-old neighbor down a stairwell in their Astoria apartment building causing fatal injuries. District Attorney Katz said: “We will argue that the victim was walking away from the…
Read MoreMAN CHARGED WITH HATE CRIME FOR DEFACING APARTMENT BUILDING WITH SLURS AND THREATS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Neal Milano was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with defacing the Sunnyside apartment building where he lives with threats, including “Kill Hamas Condo Board,” and homophobic and anti-female slurs. District Attorney Katz said: “Hateful and bias-motivated attacks have no place in our communities and this shameful…
Read MoreQUEENS CON MAN SENTENCED FOR STEALING $40,000 FROM VICTIMS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Shahab Khan was sentenced to three-and-a-half to seven years in prison for stealing more than $40,000 through apartment rental and investment scams. District Attorney Katz said: “The defendant victimized people in his own community. These were hard-working people looking for a place to call home or trying to…
Read MoreTWO MEN INDICTED FOR MURDERING MOTORIST WITH HIS OWN VEHICLE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Aaron Mayers and Zahir Williams were indicted in connection with the murder of a Brooklyn man who was pummeled unconscious before being run over with his own car. According to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, 50-year-old Francisco Ortega survived a brutal beating by the defendants and two…
Read MoreMAN INDICTED IN MURDER OF LANDLADY AFTER RENT DISPUTE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Davi Vidal was indicted for the murder of his landlord, whom he is accused of strangling in her East Elmhurst home after the two argued about rent. District Attorney Katz said: “We will seek justice for the brutally murdered victim and her loved ones. The defendant will have…
Read MoreMOTORIST CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER IN DEATH OF 3-YEAR-OLD RUN OVER IN QUEENS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Kevin Gomez was charged in an indictment today with manslaughter in the death of a 3-year-old boy run over in Flushing. Gomez is accused of hitting the child with his car and dragging him approximately 10 feet before driving away. District Attorney Katz said: “There are few threats…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN CHARGED WITH RAPE, ASSAULT, ROBBERY IN CRIME SPREE TARGETING SPAS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Shahab Usman was charged with rape, assault and robbery for a crime spree targeting spas in South Richmond Hill that left a patron paralyzed from a gunshot. District Attorney Katz said: “We will be prosecuting the man we believe to be the violent predator responsible for a string…
Read MoreTENANT CHARGED FOR SHOOTING BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT, FIRING AT RESPONDING POLICE OFFICERS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that William Hernandez was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with attempted murder, kidnapping and assault for allegedly getting into a shootout with police officers after holding his building superintendent at gunpoint and then shooting him. District Attorney Katz said: “The defendant is charged with attempted murder in…
Read MoreTEEN DRIVER AND PARENTS CHARGED IN GRUESOME COLLISION THAT KILLED 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that a teenage driver and his parents have been charged in connection with the death of a 14-year-old girl who was a passenger in a car sheared in half after crashing at more than 100 miles an hour into a parked UPS truck on a busy Queens thoroughfare. The…
Read MoreQUEENS 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…
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