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Your Weekly Update – July 12, 2024

By ASokol@queensda.org | July 12, 2024 |

My office works every day to prevent gun violence and to stop the manufacture of ghost guns — unregulated and untraceable firearms often made at home that have increasingly been found at crime scenes. We recently filed an amicus brief in a legal case before the U.S. Supreme Court… (continued)

Your Weekly Update – July 5, 2024

By ASokol@queensda.org | July 5, 2024 |

My office is currently handling several open investigations into card skimming — a type of theft that occurs when illegally installed devices on ATMs, cashier terminals, or fuel pumps capture card data and record PIN entries for purposes of fraud… (continued)

Your Weekly Update – June 28, 2024

By ASokol@queensda.org | June 28, 2024 |

My office secured a 22-year prison sentence this week for a man who unleashed a violent, unprovoked attack on a commuter at the Howard Beach-JFK Airport subway station in September 2022… (continued)

Your Weekly Update – June 21, 2024

By ASokol@queensda.org | June 21, 2024 |

We charged a man this week with first-degree rape, two counts of kidnapping, predatory sexual assault and other crimes for attacking two 13-year-olds in Kissena Park in the middle of the afternoon on June 13… (continued)

Your Weekly Update – June 14, 2024

By ASokol@queensda.org | June 14, 2024 |

My office seized an unlicensed mobile cannabis dispensary, known as “The Green Empress,” on the corner of 43rd Street and Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside this week… (continued)

Your Weekly Update – June 7, 2024

By ASokol@queensda.org | June 7, 2024 |

My office filed two counts of attempted murder in the first degree against a man who allegedly shot two NYPD officers in East Elmhurst on Monday… (continued)

Your Weekly Update – May 31, 2024

By ASokol@queensda.org | May 31, 2024 |

My office secured an indictment on a murder charge against a Florida man for the 2009 stabbing death of his 64-year-old uncle, Rosario Prestigiacomo… (continued)

Your Weekly Update – May 24, 2024

By ASokol@queensda.org | May 24, 2024 |

Memorial Day allows the entire nation an opportunity to pause and reflect on the brave service members whose immense sacrifice helps ensure that the freedoms we cherish today are preserved… (continued)

Your Weekly Update – May 17, 2024

By ASokol@queensda.org | May 17, 2024 |

I announced an indictment secured by my office this week against an alleged squatter for illegally occupying a home in Jamaica and forging leasing documents in an effort to stake his claim as a legal tenant. It was the second such case we brought in a month. According to the charges, the defendant went as far as filing a…

Your Weekly Update – May 10, 2024

By ASokol@queensda.org | May 10, 2024 |

I joined Bronx DA Darcel Clark, Suffolk DA Ray Tierney, legislators and community members this week in support of the Deadly Driving bill (S. 3135/A174), which aims to close a dangerous loophole in relation to the arrest and prosecution of drugged drivers… (continued)