Archive for December 2021
TWO MEN CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC STOP WITH TWO KILOS OF FENTANYL
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Luis Navarro Gonzalez and Juan Esquer have been charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and other crimes after they were pulled over during a traffic stop in Bayside, Queens and police found two kilos of fentanyl allegedly in the defendants’ vehicle. District Attorney Katz said,…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR MANSLAUGHTER IN SHOOTING DEATH OF WOMAN IN 2017
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jonel Lattore, 38, has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty last month to manslaughter in the first degree. The victim, a 21-year-old camp counselor, was shot and killed by the defendant in August 2017, as she was walking home from a nearby store. District Attorney Katz…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON AFTER MANSLAUGHTER PLEA FOR 2020 SHOOTING THAT KILLED ONE AND INJURED TWO OTHERS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Lawayne Smalls, of Far Rockaway, Queens, was sentenced today to 23 years in prison. The defendant pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter in the first degree for a shooting on September 8, 2020, that killed one man and injured two others. District Attorney Katz said, “The defendant…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN INDICTED ON MURDER CHARGES FOR SHOOTING TO DEATH HIS MOTHER’S COMPANION
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Desean McCain, 22, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on murder charges for the shooting death of his mother’s 47-year-old boyfriend. The incident took place inside the defendant’s mother’s apartment in the Pomonok Houses on November 2, 2021. District…
Read MoreCONNECTICUT RESIDENT INDICTED ON VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES IN DEATH OF DIRT BIKE RIDER KILLED ON THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jorge Serrano, 30, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated charges. The defendant allegedly struck and killed a man riding a dirt bike on the Long Island Expressway in September 2021. District Attorney…
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