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FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES FILED IN SHOOTING DEATH OF POLICE OFFICER

March 28, 2024

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that criminal charges were filed today against Guy Rivera in Queens Criminal Court for first-degree murder in the shooting death of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller and first-degree attempted murder for attempting to fire his weapon at an NYPD sergeant in Far Rockaway Monday after the officers approached a car…

WEAPONS CHARGES FILED AGAINST DRIVER OF CAR INVOLVED IN SHOOTING DEATH OF POLICE OFFICER

March 27, 2024

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Lindy Jones was arraigned today on weapons charges after a court-ordered search warrant executed on his vehicle found an illegal firearm. Jones was behind the wheel of the car from which the shot that killed NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller was fired on Monday. Jones’ passenger in the car…

TWO VIRGINIA MEN INDICTED FOR FATAL SHOOTING IN SOUTH JAMAICA

March 27, 2024

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Marquise Brown and Joseph Woods were arraigned this week on an indictment charging them with murder in the fatal shooting of 48-year-old Yaw Pabi in South Jamaica in April 2022. Both defendants fled to their home state of Virginia following the shooting and were extradited last week to…

QUEENS MAN INDICTED FOR SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD

March 27, 2024

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Alfredo Morocho was arraigned today on an indictment accusing him of recruiting a 17-year-old girl to have sex with strangers for his own profit, advertising her availability using semi-nude photos, and driving the victim to dates with customers. District Attorney Katz said: “No child should ever be exploited….

MILLION-DOLLAR AUTOMOTIVE TRADEMARK COUNTERFEITING OPERATION BUSTED AFTER LONG-TERM PROBE

March 24, 2024

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Fei Wu and several corporations linked to him were charged with trademark counterfeiting and money laundering stemming from the trafficking of phony custom automobile accessories for luxury brand vehicles, such as Mercedes Benz and BMW. Wu and his companies are alleged to have provided the counterfeit custom items…

BROOKLYN MAN SENTENCED FOR SHOOTING DEATH AT CROWDED HOUSE PARTY

March 19, 2024

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Devante Richards was sentenced today to 23 years to life in prison for the shooting death of 25-year-old Jonathan Distant at a crowded Springfield Gardens house party in August 2020. The gunfire erupted after a man with Richards bumped into Distant and a staredown ensued. District Attorney Katz…

MAN SENTENCED FOR ATTACKING BLACK LIVES MATTER DEMONSTRATORS [VIDEO]

March 19, 2024

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Frank Cavalluzzi was sentenced today to 14 years in prison following his conviction on nine counts of attempted murder for attacking Black Lives Matter demonstrators. The 2020 assault in Whitestone began with Cavalluzzi yelling racial slurs at the BLM supporters and escalated to him charging at the demonstrators…

GUILTY PLEA IN MISTAKEN-IDENTITY SHOOTING DEATH OF 14-YEAR-OLD IN PLAYGROUND

March 17, 2024

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Sean Brown pleaded guilty to manslaughter and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the 2019 slaying of 14-year-old Aamir Griffin, who was gunned down in a South Jamaica playground when Brown mistook him for a rival gang member. Brown also pleaded guilty to a weapon possession charge…

DRIVER CHARGED IN FATAL COLLISION INVOLVING 8-YEAR-OLD BOY

March 14, 2024

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jose Barcia was arraigned today on charges of criminally negligent homicide and other crimes for speeding across traffic and through a crosswalk while making a left turn, killing an 8-year-old boy and injuring his 10-year-old brother in East Elmhurst. The boys and their mother were crossing the street…

DOCTOR INDICTED ON NEW SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES AFTER ANOTHER PATIENT COMES FORWARD

March 14, 2024

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with sexually abusing a patient at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens hospital. Cheng was previously indicted in August 2023, accused of sexually abusing three patients in the hospital and drugging and raping three other women in his Queens home,…

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