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October 20, 2021
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Christopher Ransom, 30, has pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter for the February 2019 death of New York City Police Detective Brian Sim...
October 19, 2021
Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz and defense counsel at the law firm Covington & Burling, LLP today filed a joint motion to vacate the conviction of Lawrence Scott based on evidence of...
October 19, 2021
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Edson Giron-Figueroa, 19, has been indicted by a Queens grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on murder, criminal possession of a weapon charge...
October 15, 2021
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced the appointment of 48 new Assistant District Attorneys - which is the largest class ever - to join the Queens District Attorney’s Office. Of the 4...
October 15, 2021
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Tanya M. Howard, 47, and her son Trevon Howard, 26, have been charged with burglary, grand larceny and other crimes for allegedly assuming a ...
October 15, 2021
Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz filed today a joint motion with the defense to vacate defendant Chad Breland’s conviction and 15-year sentence for a November 27, 1995, armed robbery in th...
October 14, 2021
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Nicholas Thompson, 36, has been sentenced to up to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide charges. The def...
October 14, 2021
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, in partnership with her Latino Advisory Council, hosted an annual celebration in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month last night during an in-person event at a loc...
October 8, 2021
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Michael Brown, 37, has been indicted by a Queens grand jury, charging him with murder and other crimes in the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old...
October 7, 2021
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Daniel Deloir, 37, has been charged with attempted murder, assault and other crimes for allegedly attacking a man in Hoffman Park in Elmhurst...
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