Archive for February 2023

DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN DEADLY SHOOTING OF ELMONT MAN

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Edson Giron Figueroa pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2021 shooting death of a 25-year-old Elmont man in Jamaica, Queens. District Attorney K...
February 28, 2023

QUEENS MAN CHARGED WITH CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Paul Verite has been charged with aggravated cruelty to animals and other crimes for allegedly repeatedly injuring his 10-week-old female Boston Te...
February 28, 2023

DISTRICT ATTORNEY KATZ APPEALS TO PUBLIC FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SHOOTING DEATHS OF BROTHERS

Brothers Shawn and Neshawn Plummer were gunned down three years and a few blocks apart in Far Rockaway, the innocent, unintended victims of the gun violence that is a national plague. On July 13, 201...
February 17, 2023

MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER IN QUEENS DELI SHOOTING

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Donnie Hudson has been charged with attempted murder, assault and other crimes in connection with yesterday’s shooting in a South Ozone Park deli. ...
February 17, 2023

DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 19 YEARS FOR DEATH OF PEDESTRIAN AND OTHER CRIMES

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Nigel Covington was sentenced to 19 years in prison for the death of a pedestrian struck by a stolen car he was driving before leaping out to evade...
February 17, 2023

23 REPUTED GANG MEMBERS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT AND GUN POSSESSION

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, joined by Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell, announced that a two-year investigation into gang violence in and around two Queens public...
February 14, 2023

DEALER SENTENCED FOR SELLING DRUGS, LOADED FIREARM

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Renshan Lin was sentenced on February 7th to 7 ½ years in prison for selling narcotics and a loaded firearm to an undercover officer in 2021. On Fe...
February 11, 2023

LAURELTON MAN INDICTED FOR CAUSING LIE CRASH THAT KILLED TOW OPERATOR

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Denzel Porter was indicted and arraigned today on charges of vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence of alcohol and other crimes. The d...
February 9, 2023

BROOKLYN WOMAN CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER IN CHEESECAKE POISONING OF QUEENS LOOK-ALIKE

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Viktoria Nasyrova has been convicted by a jury of attempted murder and other charges for poisoning a Queens woman who resembled her with sedative-l...
February 9, 2023

QUEENS MAN SENTENCED FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING WOMAN ON STREET

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Basam Syed was sentenced today to three years in prison after pleading guilty to persistent sexual abuse following charges of forcibly rubbing his ...
February 7, 2023

Your Weekly Update- February 24, 2023

Brothers Shawn and Neshawn Plummer were gunned down three years and a few blocks apart in Far Rockaway... (continued)
February 24, 2023

Your Weekly Update - February 17, 2023

I was joined by Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell this week to announce...(continued)
February 17, 2023

Your Weekly Update - February 10, 2023

NYPD Officer Adeed Fayaz was laid to rest yesterday, as the city mourned the senseless loss of the 26-year-old hero... (continued)
February 10, 2023

Your Weekly Update - February 3, 2023

New York City is dependent on its public transit system. It is the lifeblood of our economy and a critical factor in... (continued)
February 3, 2023