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LONG 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 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 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 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 MoreLONG ISLAND WOMAN CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER IN HIT AND RUN THAT KILLED NYPD DETECTIVE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jessica Beauvais was convicted today of aggravated manslaughter for driving drunk and slamming into an NYPD detective stationed at a highway roadblock. Detective Anastasios Tsakos suffered catastrophic injuries and was pronounced dead a short time after he was struck by Beauvais on the Long Island Expressway in 2021.…
Read MoreMAN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER AS HATE CRIME IN DEADLY ASSAULT AFTER FENDER BENDER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Gilbert Augustin was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with manslaughter and assault as hate crimes in the death of 66-year-old Jasmer Singh, whom he is accused of attacking after a fender bender in Kew Gardens. During a dispute that preceded the fatal beating, Augustin is accused…
Read MoreBRONX MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR SHOOTING AT OFF-DUTY POLICE DETECTIVE IN FIT OF ROAD RAGE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Alexis Morillo was charged today with attempted murder, accused of shooting while driving on the Long Island Expressway at another motorist, an off-duty NYPD detective, in an apparent fit of road rage. District Attorney Katz said: “A police detective nearly lost his life in a mindless act of…
Read MoreMAN SENTENCED IN RUFUS KING PARK SHOOTING DEATH
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Torren King was sentenced today to 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in Rufus King Park. Two others charged in the shooting, stemming from a drug deal gone bad, are awaiting trial. District Attorney Katz said: “Less…
Read MoreLONG ISLAND MAN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING, UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT OF GIRLFRIEND
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Herman Brightman was charged today with threatening to kill his girlfriend with a knife, binding her wrists and taping her mouth shut. The investigation is ongoing and District Attorney Katz is urging other women Brightman dated and victimized to contact her office. District Attorney Katz said: “The defendant…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER FRACTURING A 6-YEAR-OLD’S SKULL IN RANDOM ATTACK
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Laurence Gendreau was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for attempted murder in connection with the random assault of a 6-year-old boy he lifted over his head and slammed into the ground head-first, fracturing the child’s skull. The boy additionally suffered bleeding on the brain and a…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN CHARGED WITH CREATING BOGUS COMPANIES TO COLLECT MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN PANDEMIC RELIEF
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Papa Diakhate was charged with grand larceny, accused of creating bogus companies to secure more than a $1 million in federal pandemic relief funds intended to help businesses stay afloat and keep workers employed. Diakhate instead spent the relief dollars on leisure travel, shopping sprees at high-end retailers…
Read MoreHUSBAND SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS FOR HITTING WIFE WITH SUV, STABBING HER IN FRONT OF THEIR CHILDREN
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Stephen Giraldo was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for the attempted murder of his estranged wife, who has been unconscious since he deliberately plowed into her nine months ago with his SUV, then stabbed her in the chest, all in the presence of their three young…
Read MoreBOYFRIEND OF WOMAN KILLED AND HIDDEN IN CAR TRUNK SENTENCED
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Kareem Flake was sentenced today to 22 years in prison for killing Destini Smothers, the 26-year-old mother of his two children, in November 2020. The victim’s remains were discovered four months later in the trunk of an abandoned car belonging to Flake. District Attorney Katz said: “The depravity…
Read MoreFIVE PEOPLE CHARGED AFTER SEARCH WARRANT TURNS UP DRUGS AND WEAPONS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that five people have been arraigned on drugs and weapons charges after a search warrant executed at their Queens Village home uncovered four firearms, including an assault rifle, and more than 4 kilograms of fentanyl-laced cocaine and heroin with a street value of more than $200,000. A 10-year-old boy…
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