Posts Tagged ‘Murder’
BRONX WOMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER FOR HIGH-SPEED CRASH THAT KILLED PASSENGER IN UBER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Melissa Rodriguez-Lopez was arraigned today on an indictment charging her with murder and manslaughter for a high-speed car crash that killed a passenger in an Uber allegedly struck by Rodriguez-Lopez while drag racing at up to 123 miles an hour on the Whitestone Expressway. District Attorney Katz said:…
Read MoreMAN ARRAIGNED IN SCOOTER SHOOTING SPREE THAT LEFT ONE DEAD AND TWO OTHERS WOUNDED IN QUEENS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Thomas Abreu was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with murder and five counts of attempted murder after allegedly going on a shooting spree while riding a scooter and killing an 86-year-old man and wounding two others in Queens. District Attorney Katz said: “This is a chilling…
Read MoreDEFENDANT SENTENCED FOR FATAL SHOOTING OF GROCERY EMPLOYEE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Dewayne Henry was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting a 65-year-old grocery clerk during a botched robbery in Jamaica in 2011. The defendant has been incarcerated on unrelated charges for much of the time since the murder. District Attorney Katz said: “Today’s…
Read MoreWOMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER AND ARSON FOR NYCHA APARTMENT FIRE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Tandika Wright was arraigned on murder, arson and other charges in the death of a neighbor found inside a burning New York City Housing Authority apartment with numerous lacerations about her body. District Attorney Katz said: “We will seek justice for the brutally murdered victim in this case.…
Read MoreQUEENS MEN CONVICTED FOR DEADLY RICHMOND HILL SHOOTING
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Shakim Allen and Dreshaun Smith were convicted of murder and other charges for shooting two brothers, killing one, during a Richmond Hill robbery in January 2017. District Attorney Katz said: “One of the victims, who was visiting from Guyana, lost his life trying to protect his younger brother.…
Read More33 REPUTED GANG MEMBERS INDICTED ON MURDER, GUN VIOLENCE CHARGES
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, joined by NYPD Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell, announced one of the largest gang takedowns in the history of the office, a 151-count indictment brought against 33 alleged gang members, five of whom are charged with murder. The murder charges are for the shooting death of 14-year-old Aamir Griffin, gunned down in…
Read MoreSON CHARGED IN STABBING DEATH OF MOTHER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Dennis Cho was arraigned today, accused of murder in the stabbing death of his 59-year-old mother inside their Flushing home. According to the charges against him, Cho stabbed his mother multiple times in the back. District Attorney Katz said: “The defendant is charged with the gruesome, cold-blooded stabbing…
Read MoreNEW JERSEY MAN INDICTED FOR EXECUTION-STYLE MURDER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Ron Reeder was indicted for an execution-style murder in broad daylight in September 2021. Wearing a mask and garments typically worn by Hasidic Jewish men, Reeder ran up behind the victim, who was entering a car parked on a South Ozone Park street, and shot him in the…
Read MoreARRAIGNED FOR OZONE PARK MURDER AFTER SHOOTING ACCOMPLICE INSTEAD OF INTENDED TARGET
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Richard Dixon was indicted by a grand jury and arraigned for murder and other crimes for fatally shooting his accomplice in a botched attempt to gun down a rival. District Attorney Katz said: “As alleged, this is yet another example of the brazen lawlessness inherent in illegal gun…
Read MoreQUEENS FATHER INDICTED FOR ALLEGED MURDER OF 3-YEAR-OLD SON
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Shaquan Butler has been indicted for murder, endangering the welfare of a child and other crimes in connection with the death of his 3-year-old son and physical abuse to a second child in an Elmhurst shelter last month. District Attorney Katz said: “As alleged, this parent failed his…
Read MoreTWO MEN INDICTED FOR DEADLY EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN BROOKVILLE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Dariel Herrera and Zandrae Ennis have been indicted and arraigned on murder and attempted murder charges, respectively, in the deadly exchange of gunfire that killed a 19-year-old Springfield Gardens man. District Attorney Katz said: “The only way to describe this incident is to say that it was as…
Read MoreBROOKLYN MAN CHARGED IN TRIPLE HOMICIDE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced the indictment of Jabari Burrell who was arraigned today on murder charges in the stabbing deaths of his grandmother and two other relatives in their Springfield Gardens home last month. District Attorney Katz said: “This is a heartbreaking tragedy. The defendant is alleged to have turned on three family…
Read MoreMAN INDICTED FOR FATALLY STABBING BROTHER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Henrry Gutierrez was indicted by a Queens grand jury and arraigned on murder and other charges for the fatal stabbing in July of his 52-year-old brother during an argument in the multi-unit Jamaica residence where the two men lived on separate floors. District Attorney Katz said: “This is…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR FAR ROCKAWAY MURDER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Joaquin Bullock was sentenced in Queens Supreme Court to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of a Far Rockaway man. The defendant argued with the victim before fatally shooting him in the chest in 2018. District Attorney Katz said: “This defendant ended a…
Read MoreDA KATZ CHARGES CORONA MAN WITH MURDER IN ATTACK ON 22-YEAR-OLD
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Michael Santander has been charged with murder, gang assault and other crimes in the beating death of a 22-year-old man in Corona following a dispute. District Attorney Katz said: “The life of a young father was cut short in a shockingly brutal attack. As alleged, the defendant kicked…
Read MoreQUEENS FATHER CHARGED WITH MURDER IN DEATH OF 3-YEAR-OLD SON
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Shaquan Butler was arraigned yesterday on murder charges in the death of his 3-year-old son. District Attorney Katz said: “A defenseless young child’s life was brutally snatched from him before it even began in most ways; a case that is equal parts heartbreaking and disturbing. As alleged, the…
Read MoreDEFENDANT CONVICTED OF MURDER FOR FATAL STABBING FOLLOWING BABY CHRISTENING PARTY
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced the conviction of Antonio Martinez for stabbing to death a fellow guest at a 2019 celebration of a baby’s christening in Corona. Martinez argued with the victim before repeatedly stabbing him in the chest. District Attorney Katz said: “From celebrating a life, to mourning a death, this violent attack…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN KILLING OF WWI VETERAN MISSING SINCE 1976
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Martin Motta, 75, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the 1976 killing of an 81-year-old World War I Veteran. Motta faces 20 years in prison. District Attorney Katz said: “This long-cold case marks the first successful application in New York City of forensic genetic genealogy. No matter…
Read MoreMASPETH MAN ARRAIGNED IN STABBING DEATH
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Olmedo Osorio, 46, has been indicted by a Queens grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on murder and other charges for allegedly stabbing a 55-year-old man to death during a dispute across from a Queens bar on September 19, 2022. District Attorney Katz said, “As alleged,…
Read MoreMASPETH MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN STABBING
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Olmedo Osorio, 46, has been charged with murder for allegedly stabbing a 55-year-old man to death during a dispute across from a Queens bar on September 19, 2022. District Attorney Katz said, “As alleged, the defendant fatally stabbed the victim following a late-night dispute outside of a…
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