Court Cases

February 6, 2020
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that a 29-year-old Ridgewood resident has been convicted of manslaughter in the stabbing death of his female roommate, whom he killed in the Ridge...
February 6, 2020
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that a Queens County grand jury has indicted a 22-year-old East Elmhurst man on manslaughter and assault charges for a deadly push that sent the e...
February 6, 2020
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that a 37-year-old basketball coach from North Carolina has been found guilty of a misdemeanor assault at trial for punching a man, who later died...
February 6, 2020
Defendant Reeaz Khan, 21, of 134th Street in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens was arraigned today on an indictment before Queens Supreme Court Justice Kenneth C. Holder charging him with 3-cou...
January 28, 2020
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that a 22-year-old Queens resident has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking for forcing a then-16-year-old girl into prostitution. In May and June of...
January 24, 2020
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that a 40-year-old Far Rockaway man has been convicted at trial of course of sexual conduct against a child. This law was authored by then-Assemblywoman...
January 22, 2020
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that a 21-year-old Queens man has been sentenced to prison for 2 to 6 years after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the second degree for the May...
January 22, 2020
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that a Lyft driver has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 28-year-old female passenger who had fallen asleep in the de...
January 15, 2020
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that a 21-year-old Richmond Hill man has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury on murder and sexual abuse charges for the heinous attack of ...
January 14, 2020
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that a 31-year-old Queens resident has been sentenced to prison for promoting child sexual abuse and possessing almost 6,000 images of children being mo...
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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 ...
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...
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 wh...
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...
March 11, 2024
Photo credit: ASCPA Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Cory Elder was arraigned on animal cruelty charges after a search of his Edgemere home on Monday revealed he was housing 11 dog...
March 10, 2024
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Fei Liang was charged with possession of stolen property in connection with a scheme that defrauded $628,278 from senior citizens across the countr...
March 5, 2024
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Makeda McDonald was arraigned today on an indictment charging her with criminally negligent homicide in connection with a high-speed collision on t...
February 21, 2024
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jessica Beauvais was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for speeding through an NYPD roadblock while drunk and killing Detective Anastasios ...
February 6, 2024
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Rodolfo Montero was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for firing an assault rifle at officers responding to a 911 call from his girlfriend and ...
January 31, 2024
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Lenold Caesar was arraigned on charges of criminal possession of a weapon and other crimes after a search warrant executed at his Cambria Heights h...