Sep. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry
Brooklyn man gets lengthy prison term for torching Forest Hills woman’s apartment: DA
Tag: queens-district-attorney-melinda-katz
Flushing man charged after performing acupuncture on woman that caused her lungs to collapse: DA
Sep. 18, 2023 By Bill Parry
Jamaica man charged with attempted murder in ‘brutal’ 2022 stabbing: DA
Sep. 8, 2023 By Bill Parry A Jamaica man was criminally charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to solicit a woman to engage in prostitution and then stabbing her boyfriend, who had confronted him last February, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Rahlik Pinnock, 34, of 115th Road, was arraigned in Queens Supreme…
Read More
Laurelton man sentenced to seven years in prison for stabbing driver while arguing over parking spot: DA
Sep. 7, 2023 By Bill Parry A Laurelton man was sentenced in Queens Supreme Court on Sept. 7 to seven years in prison for stabbing a motorist in a dispute over a parking space in 2021. Anthony Thomas, 60, of Mentone Avenue, had previously pleaded guilty to assault in the first degree on May 10,…
Read More
Jamaica man admits to running down estranged wife with SUV and stabbing her in front of their kids: DA
Sep. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry Jamaica resident Stephen Giraldo pleaded guilty in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 5, to attempted murder charges for slamming into his estranged wife with his SUV and then stabbing her in the presence of their three children who witnessed the assault as passengers in their father’s vehicle. The mother survived the attack but has not regained consciousness since the December 2022 assault and remains under care, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Giraldo, 36, of 144th Street in Jamaica, pleaded guilty to attempted murder before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Yavinsky who…
Read More
Woodside brothers criminally charged with assaulting off-duty NYPD officer in road rage dispute: DA
Sep. 1, 2023 By Bill Parry Two Woodside brothers were arraigned Friday in Queens Criminal Court on charges of first-degree assault and strangulation in an attack on an off-duty cop during a road rage dispute on Queens Boulevard on Wednesday, Aug. 30. Shawn Rivera, 27, and Edwin Rivera, 32, both of 79th Street in Woodside,…
Read More
Jamaica man indicted on attempted murder, rape charges in rooftop attack: DA
Aug. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted Jerson Vasquez on attempted murder, rape and other charges for allegedly arranging to meet a woman for paid sex and then beating her and then robbing her in Jamaica, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Aug. 29. Vasquez, 23, of 170th Street in…
Read More
Two Queens men charged with possessing stockpile of illegal firearms, ammo in Jamaica: DA
Aug. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry Two Jamaica men were criminally charged with possessing an arsenal of illegal weapons and stockpiles of ammunition, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday morning. The co-defendants were arrested last week after law enforcement agencies executed search warrants at their homes and other locations, where they found a dozen…
Read More
Brooklyn man sentenced in murder of Ridgewood resident who was found naked and beaten in his home nearly a dozen years ago: DA
Aug. 24, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb & Bill Parry A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after he was convicted in Queens Supreme Court for the cold case killing of a 31-year-old man who was found naked and bludgeoned in his Ridgewood home in 2011, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz…
Read More
Queens jury convicts Flushing man of attempted murder in Wolverine-style attack on BLM protesters in 2020: DA
Aug. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry A Flushing man was found guilty on Aug. 18 of attempted murder in the Wolverine-style attack on peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstrators in June 2020, first charging at them wearing a glove with serrated blades and then attempting to run them over driving his SUV on the sidewalk in…
Read More