Apr. 25, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz has appointed a new chief of staff and new prosecutors to her staff. Katz announced the appointment of Wendy Erdly as chief of staff after nearly a decade of public service experience, mainly at the New York State Department of Financial Services, as deputy…
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Apr. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry A Bronx man was sentenced to two decades behind bars for firing a stray shot that pierced the windshield of an MTA bus in Jamaica, wounding two passengers in 2021, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on April 21. Melvin Adams, 45, of Barnes Avenue, was convicted by a jury…
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Apr. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man on April 19 was sentenced to 12 years in prison for a 2021 bloody shooting at a Howard Beach motel, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Rawle Washington, 28, of Scholes Street in South, was convicted by a jury at Queens Supreme Court last month…
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Apr. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry A Jamaica man admitted to threatening a Long Island Rail Road conductor after failing to produce a ticket on his way home from Brooklyn in August and brandishing a knife when confronted by a number of transit workers, causing injuries to two of them, according to Queens District Attorney…
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Apr. 18, 2023 By Bill Parry
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz’s re-election campaign on April 17 announced the endorsement of New York State Attorney General Letitia James. The latest endorsement builds on her support from other elected officials, organized labor unions and community groups.
Apr. 6, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed The NYPD’s 109th Precinct, in partnership with the Queens District Attorney’s Office and the Flushing Business Improvement District (BID), on Wednesday, April 5, announced the “Flushing Merchants Trespass Notice” — a new initiative that would issue a trespass notice to individuals who engage in disorderly or illegal activities in…
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Apr. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry A Far Rockaway grandmother was found guilty of gunning down her daughter’s boyfriend, who was the father of her newborn grandchild, in his Woodhaven home in 2020. Suzanne Olin, 68, of Redfern Avenue, was convicted by a jury on March 31 in Queens Supreme Court of manslaughter in the…
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Apr. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry The Far Rockaway Jewish Alliance announced its endorsement of Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz in her re-election bid just days ahead of Passover, during which time the NYPD will deploy additional resources at synagogues around the five boroughs. Katz greeted members of the Alliance, one of the borough’s largest…
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Apr. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz launched the state’s first prosecution of an international ghost gun trafficking operation. Javon Fournillier, 27, of Farmers Boulevard in St. Albans, and Anthony Kyle Wilson, 27, of Conroe, Texas, were indicted for assembling ghost guns and selling the untraceable firearms in New York City…
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Mar. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry A Long Island man was indicted on sex trafficking charges and faces up to 50 years in prison for allegedly forcing two women to engage in prostitution and assaulting and robbing them while weaponizing personalized tattoos as a twisted form of branding his victims, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz…
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