Aug. 22, 2025 By Bill Parry A St. Albans man was charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing more than $872,000 that was meant to feed the needy from a Queens charity where he worked as an administrator, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday. Otto Starzmann, 60, of Anderson Road, was arraigned in…
Aug. 18, 2025 By Bill Parry A Woodhaven man and a Queens Village resident were among four people arrested during a sweeping enforcement action against six illegal cannabis storefronts across the borough, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Monday. Dubbed “Operation Weed Whacker,” the months-long investigation included undercover buys and resulted in the padlocking…
Aug. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry A Bayside man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Aug. 14 for attempted assault and other crimes for driving his minivan on the Clearview Expressway, ramming multiple vehicles and injuring two motorists in separate collisions in 2023. Joseph Lee, 30, of 211th Street in Bayside, was…
Aug. 13, 2025 By Bill Parry A squatter was sentenced to two to four years in prison for illegally occupying a vacant single-family home in St. Albans last year. True Jackson, 41, lied when he claimed the home was his lawful permanent residence and kept pit bulls on the property, according to the Queens…
Aug. 13, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Corona man on charges of patronizing a person for prostitution, criminal solicitation, and child endangerment for allegedly approaching a 14-year-old girl blocks from his home and asking her to perform a sex act in exchange for money in June. Ali Hamed, 25,…
Aug. 12, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a homeless man for shooting and killing his estranged wife and attempting to murder her daughter on a St. Albans street in June. Audwin Caines, 62, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday on an eight-count indictment charging him with murder in…
Aug. 8, 2025 By Bill Parry An Elmhurst man is facing 32 years to life in prison after he was found guilty on Aug. 6 of beating his 3-year-old son to death inside the shelter for homeless families in the old Pan American Hotel in November 2022. Shaquan Butler, 29, was convicted of depraved…
Aug. 4, 2025 By Bill Parry A Springfield Gardens teenager was sentenced to 1 ⅓ to four years in prison for causing the death of another teen who was a passenger in the BMW he was driving in 2023 when he was just 16 years old. The teen’s parents were previously sentenced on endangering…
Aug. 1, 2025 By Bill Parry An unlicensed interstate cannabis operation that transported thousands of pounds of marijuana and other illegal products from California to Queens was smashed following a search of two trucks and two storage locations in Maspeth and Long Island City, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday. Six people were…
Jul. 30, 2025 By Bill Parry Two Brooklyn men are criminally charged with staging two car crashes on Queens highways and another one in East New York and then seeking insurance payouts for damages and purported injuries, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office. Jaime Huiracocha, 53, of Milford Street, and Victor Murillo, 34,…