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BROOKLYN TEEN CHARGED WITH GUN POSSESSION IN DOG SNATCHING
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that a 16-year-old was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, petit larceny and other crimes in the gunpoint theft of a French bulldog on Christmas day in Long Island City. District Attorney Katz said: “Pulling a gun in broad daylight to steal a dog and then casually taking…
CON MEN, CORPORATION PLEAD GUILTY IN DEED FRAUD SCHEME TO STEAL HOUSES IN QUEENS, NASSAU
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Russell Carbone and Terrell Hill pleaded guilty to a wide-ranging scheme to steal residential properties by filing forged deeds with city officials. As part of the plea, the court voided deeds to seven homes in Queens and two in Nassau County so they could be returned to their…
LONG 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…
ASTORIA 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…
MAN 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…
QUEENS 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…
QUEENS MAN INDICTED IN VOTER FRAUD CASE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Abdul Rahman was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with falsifying business records, criminal possession of a forged instrument and other crimes for submitting falsified absentee ballot applications for the Democratic primary election in August 2022. District Attorney Katz said: “Every vote has to count. Election integrity…
TWO 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…
FAMILIAL DRUG TRAFFICKING RING DISMANTLED
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that 11 defendants were arraigned on drug and gun charges following a 15-month investigation into a sprawling drug trafficking organization that reached from Jamaica to suburban Suffolk and Westchester Counties and involved several members of the same family. The investigation included a series of undercover drug buys inside a…
MAN 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…
MOTORIST 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…
QUEENS 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…
TENANT 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…
TEEN 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…
QUEENS 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…
FLUSHING 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…
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…
BROOKLYN 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…
QUEENS 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…
NEW 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…
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