Archive for August 2022

RÈN YO TE CHAJE AVÈK 67 KONTE POSESYON KRIMINÈL DE YON ZAM AK LÒT KRIM POU KACHÈT ZAM ILEGAL AK ZAM AFE

Rèn Nan Distri a Melinda Katz te anonse jodi a ke Joseph A. Maddaloni Sr., ki gen 55 an, te akize avèk 67 konte posesyon kriminèl de yon zam ak lòt krim ki te swiv yon envestigasyon alontèm ki te fèt ...
August 22, 2022

RÈN NAN PLEDE KOUPAB POU ATAKE OFISYE POLIS KI TE FRAPE NAN JE AK CROWBAR

Avoka Distri Queens Melinda Katz jodi a te anonse ke Andres Tabares, ki gen 40 tan, te plede koupab pou atake pwemye degre pou frape yon ofisye polis ak yon foul moun ki te lakòz gwo blesi fizik. Ofis...
August 31, 2022

QUEENS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ASSAULTING POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS STRUCK IN EYE WITH CROWBAR

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Andres Tabares, 40, has pleaded guilty to assault in the first degree for striking a police officer with a crowbar causing severe physical in...
August 31, 2022

WOMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN SIDEWALK HIT AND RUN

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Kiani Phoenix, 26, has been charged with murder and other crimes for allegedly driving her car onto the sidewalk and fatally striking a 59-ye...
August 31, 2022

TWO DEFENDANTS INDICTED ON SEX TRAFFICKING AND OTHER CHARGES FOR FORCING WOMAN INTO PROSTITUTION

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Shamiek Anderson, 34, and Lashay Moseley, 27, have been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on charges of ...
August 26, 2022

TWO INDICTED ON KIDNAPPING, ASSAULT AND ROBBERY CHARGES

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that defendants Destiny Lebron, 19 and Gil Iphael, 22, have been indicted on multiple charges and arraigned in Queens Supreme Court for an August ...
August 25, 2022

GRAND JURY INDICTS TWO MEN FOR DEADLY TAXI DRIVER ATTACK

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Austin Amos, 20, and Nickolas Porter, 20, have been indicted by a Queens grand jury on charges related to a fatal attack on a 52-year-old tax...
August 24, 2022

QUEENS MAN CHARGED WITH 67 COUNTS OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON AND OTHER CRIMES FOR CACHE OF ILLEGAL GHOST GUNS AND FIREARMS

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Joseph A. Maddaloni Sr., 55, has been charged with 67 counts of criminal possession of a weapon and other crimes following a long-term invest...
August 22, 2022

TWO MEN TO BE ARRAIGNED ON HOMICIDE ASSAULT CHARGES IN DEADLY FAR ROCKAWAY ATTACK ON TAXI DRIVER

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Austin Amos, 20, and Nickolas Porter, 20, have been charged with gang assault and manslaughter related to a fatal attack on a 52-year-old tax...
August 19, 2022

EMT ALLEGEDLY TOOK PATIENT'S BANK CARD AND BOUGHT BOOZE

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that FDNY emergency medical service responder Robert Marshall, 29, has been charged with grand larceny and other crimes for allegedly taking a deb...
August 19, 2022

BROOKLYN MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOLLOWING JURY CONVICTION FOR SEXUAL ABUSE OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Djamshed Lukmanov, 55, has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for sexually abusing two young girls over a period of three years. Th...
August 18, 2022

BROOKLYN RESIDENT CHARGED IN HIT-AND-RUN COLLISION THAT INJURED THREE PEDESTRIANS INCLUDING MOTHER AND TODDLER

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Tyshawn Baldwin, 28, has been charged with assault, reckless endangerment, unlawful fleeing of police officers and other crimes for the hit-a...
August 17, 2022

THIRD FEMALE CHARGED WITH HATE ATTACK ON QUEENS BUS

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jahnaiya Williams, 19, has been charged with assault as a hate crime and other crimes. Williams is the third person accused in the July 9, 20...
August 16, 2022

JUDGE CONVICTS QUEENS MAN OF ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR JUNE 2020 ARMED ROBBERY

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Orlando Plummer, 47, has been convicted of attempted murder for shooting a 44-year-old pedestrian in the stomach and robbing him of his backp...
August 16, 2022

QUEENS MAN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND OTHER CRIMES FOR SLASHING OVER 40 TIRES IN BAYSIDE

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Dee Lazersmith, 42, was arrested and charged with numerous counts of criminal mischief for allegedly slashing the tires of 27 separate vehicl...
August 11, 2022

QUEENS MAN INDICTED ON CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING AND OTHER CHARGES FOR FORCING GIRLFRIEND INTO PROSTITUTION

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Orlando Ramirez, 24, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on sex trafficking charges and oth...
August 9, 2022

QUEENS MAN INDICTED ON SEX ABUSE CHARGES FOR ATTACK ON TEEN INSIDE BUILDING STAIRWELL

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jorge Alvarado, 27, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on sexual abuse and other charges for alle...
August 5, 2022

QUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOLLOWING JURY CONVICTION FOR SEXUAL ABUSE OF YOUNG GIRL

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Michael Clark, 35, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing his former girlfriend’s young daughter over a period of four...
August 5, 2022

QUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO UP TO LIFE IN PRISON IN 2011 MURDER IN SOUTH RICHMOND HILL

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Troy Thomas, 37, has been sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison following a jury trial conviction for the December 2011 shooting death of a...
August 6, 2022

LITTLE NECK MAN CONVICTED FOR KIDNAPPING WIFE AND EVADING POLICE IN HIGH SPEED CHASE

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Yaspal Persaud, 28, has been convicted for kidnapping and other crimes by a jury for accosting his estranged wife at her job, forcing the 30-...
August 4, 2022

QUEENS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO VEHICULAR HOMICIDE FOR CRASH THAT KILLED MOTHER AND DAUGHTER

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Tyrone Absolam, 42, has pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide for causing the death of a female motorist and her daughter during a ...
August 4, 2022

LONG ISLAND MAN INDICTED FOR STEALING QUEENS VILLAGE HOME FROM DECEASED BROTHER BY POSING AS HIS SOLE HEIR

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Wagner Recio, 51, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court for allegedly filing fraudulent paperwork to...
August 3, 2022

BROOKLYN MAN SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS IN PRISON FOR MANSLAUGHTER IN 2021 ST. ALBANS SHOOTING DEATH

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Rayshawn Cherry, 28, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for the shooting death of a man in St. Albans, Queens. The victim was gunned do...
August 3, 2022

MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN SHOOTING DEATH OF FEMALE FRIEND

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Tariek Sykes, 34, has been charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly shooting his female friend in broad daylight...
August 3, 2022

Your Weekly Update - August 26, 2022

There has been an important development in our efforts to stop the flow of deadly weapons into our communities... (continued)
August 26, 2022

Your Weekly Update - August 19, 2022

Yesterday marked the last day of our inaugural QDA Summer C.A.M.P., representing a new "Community Actions Mentorship Program" in my Office... (continued)
August 19, 2022

Your Weekly Update - August 12, 2022

This week, I announced that a defendant has been indicted and arraigned on sex trafficking charges and other crimes for allegedly forcing his 17-year-old girlfriend to engage in prostitution activity ...
August 12, 2022

Your Weekly Update - August 5, 2022

This week, members of my Office and I joined communities across the Borough to commemorate National Night Out Against Crime. Every year we gather with our friends and neighbors to reaffirm our commitm...
August 5, 2022