Weekly Newsletters

This week, we announced the largest single gang takedown in the history of Queens County. We arraigned 32 defendants after filing a 97-count indictment…(continued)

We announced criminal charges against a Rosedale man after an investigation led to the recovery of eight guns, including seven ghost guns and more than 100 rounds of ammunition, at the defendant’s home. The guns were allegedly made on a 3D printer inside the defendant’s residence and include two assault weapons… (continued)

We hosted the first Missing Persons Day in Queens recently, in partnership with the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner and U.S. Rep. Grace Meng… (continued)

A train rider was indicted on charges of attempted murder, assault and weapon possession for a violent knife attack against another subway passenger on board the 7 train at the Mets-Willetts Point station in September… (continued)

We announced criminal charges against a Bayside woman recently for allegedly stealing approximately $2.1 million from 17 victims across the country through what is known as a “pig butchering scam.” (continued)

We announced criminal charges against a Bayside woman recently for allegedly stealing approximately $2.1 million from 17 victims across the country through what is known as a “pig butchering scam.” (continued)

Two defendants were indicted recently for grand larceny, identity theft and other charges for allegedly stealing approximately $835,000 in unemployment insurance funds meant to protect workers during the COVID-19 pandemic… (continued)

A Queens man was indicted on charges of animal cruelty, arson, criminal mischief and other crimes for allegedly killing a male pit bull before burning the body on a public street in South Ozone Park in July… (continued)

A Queens woman was indicted by a grand jury and arraigned this week on charges of sex trafficking, grand larceny, and other crimes for allegedly forcing a woman to engage in prostitution on Roosevelt Avenue and to pay the defendant a daily sum of money… (continued)

I was joined this week by Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch in announcing the indictment of 12 reputed members of the Floss Money Ballers gang following a year-long investigation… (continued)

We took sweeping enforcement action against six illegal cannabis storefronts in the borough in close collaboration with the NYPD/New York City Sheriff’s cannabis task force… (continued)

A squatter who unlawfully occupied a vacant single-family home in St. Albans has been sentenced to two to four years in prison this week, following a successful investigation and prosecution by my office’s Housing and Worker Protection Bureau… (continued)

I recently announced the interception of an unlicensed interstate cannabis operation that transported thousands of pounds of illegal cannabis product from California into Queens… (continued)

Two men were charged this week with staging a motor vehicle accident, reckless endangerment, conspiracy, insurance fraud and other crimes. They stand accused of deliberately orchestrating three car crashes and then seeking insurance payouts for damages and purported injuries… (continued)

My office filed criminal charges this week against a former Amazon employee for allegedly stealing close to 2,000 pairs of work boots and sneakers through a program meant to provide free safety footwear to new employees… (continued)

A subway attacker was sentenced this week to 25 years to life in prison for an unprovoked assault on a commuter inside the Queens Plaza subway station in Long Island City in 2022… (continued)

My office secured a guilty plea this week from Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng on multiple counts of rape and sexual abuse for assaulting acquaintances and female hospital patients… (continued)

I joined United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella, Jr. and members of the FBI in announcing the indictment of eight alleged members and associates of the transnational 18th Street gang… (continued)

A defendant was sentenced this week to 28 years in prison for shooting Police Officer Richard Yarusso in the lower chest and Police Officer Christopher Abreu in the leg at close range… (continued)

We filed criminal charges against a defendant accused of animal neglect and abuse for allegedly hoarding 48 Belgian Malinois in a cramped and filthy apartment filled with the animals’ excrement… (continued)