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SOUTH OZONE PARK MAN INDICTED FOR MURDER OF WIFE WHOSE REMAINS WERE FOUND IN SEPARATE LOCATIONS ALONG BROOKVILLE AND CROSS BAY BOULEVARDS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Rupchand Simboo was indicted on charges of murder and tampering with evidence for the homicide of his 33-year-old wife, Salisha Ali. The victim’s beheaded and dismembered torso, wrapped in plastic and a moving blanket, was initially discovered by sanitation workers near 149th Avenue and Brookville Boulevard on September…
Read MoreMASPETH MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER AND ARSON FOR SETTING FIRE AT FLUSHING HOME THAT KILLED FOUR AND INJURED OTHERS, INCLUDING TWO FDNY MEMBERS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Roman Amatitla was charged with eight counts of murder in the second degree, arson in the first degree and related charges for setting a fire that killed four occupants of a Flushing building and injured seven others, including two firefighters. The defendant allegedly used matches from a nearby…
Read MoreWOODSIDE MAN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF ASSAULT FOR SLASHING TWO VICTIMS ON BROADWAY IN ASTORIA
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Antonio Quinones was arraigned on two counts of assault in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon and other crimes for attacking two victims with a sharp blade outside of a fish market on Broadway in Astoria on Monday. One of the victims suffered a deep laceration…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO UP TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TRAFFICKING TEEN GIRL AND WEAPON POSSESSION
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Troy Siddons was sentenced to seven to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty in April 2025 to sex trafficking and weapon possession charges. Siddons admitted that he paid a 14-year-old girl $300 for sex and then threatened and coerced her to engage in sex acts with…
Read MoreJAMAICA RESIDENT INDICTED ON VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE FOR EARLY MORNING COLLISION THAT KILLED SCOOTER OPERATOR
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Ryan Rampersaud was indicted on charges of vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and driving under the influence for a January 2026 collision that killed Blanca Arias-Miranda in Astoria, who was operating a scooter. District Attorney Katz said: “As alleged, the defendant was driving while intoxicated, barreled into a…
Read MoreVIRGINIA MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR 1992 COLD CASE MURDER OF FAR ROCKAWAY TEEN
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jerry Lewis was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after being convicted at trial for the murder of 15-year-old Nadine Slade, who was strangled to death in May 1992. The victim was found dead inside a bathroom her family shared with an adjacent unit at…
Read MoreNINE DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY IN DISASTER RELIEF SCHEME; ORDERED TO MAKE RESTITUTION
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang announced that nine defendants pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars in pandemic relief funds intended to help small business owners suffering hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the plea, the defendants have been ordered to make restitution payments…
Read MoreFAR ROCKAWAY MAN INDICTED ON CHARGES OF GANG ASSAULT AND RIOT FOR BEATING MALBA HOMEOWNER AT VIOLENT CAR MEETUP; FACES UP TO 25 YEARS IF CONVICTED
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Justin Aguilera was indicted by a grand jury on charges of gang assault, riot and other related crimes in connection with an illegal car meetup in November in Malba which devolved into a violent assault. Aguilera allegedly attacked a homeowner and his wife as the couple attempted to…
Read MoreSOUTH CAROLINA MAN INDICTED FOR EXECUTION-STYLE MURDER OF 21-YEAR-OLD DASHANNA DONOVAN
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that De’Ovryion Elijha Ray was indicted for murder and criminal possession of a weapon for the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Dashanna Donovan in Elmhurst on September 12. The defendant allegedly fled New York immediately following the murder. He was apprehended October 7 in South Carolina and refused to waive…
Read MoreHOWARD BEACH MAN SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FATAL OZONE PARK SHOOTING OF TAROT CARD READER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Giuseppe Canzani was sentenced to 23 years in prison for fatally shooting 51-year-old Anna Torres shortly after she opened the door to her Ozone Park home in May 2022. The victim was a tarot card reader and Canzani believed she was a witch who had put a curse…
Read MoreQUEENS FATHER SENTENCED TO 32 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDER OF 3-YEAR-OLD SON
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Shaquan Butler was sentenced to 32 years to life in prison today for killing his 3-year-old son in an Elmhurst shelter. A jury convicted Butler of murder, assault and other charges for the death of his son and the physical abuse of the boy’s younger sibling. District Attorney…
Read MoreBRONX MAN CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ARSON FOR KILLING ELDERLY BELLEROSE COUPLE IN THEIR HOME
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jamel McGriff was arraigned on 12 counts of murder in the first degree, two counts of murder in the second degree, robbery, burglary, arson and other crimes for the deaths of a husband and wife in their Bellerose home on Monday. McGriff allegedly restrained 76-year-old Frank Olton in…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN CHARGED IN SHOOTING DEATH OF ESTRANGED WIFE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Audwin Caines was arraigned on charges of murder, attempted murder and other crimes for the shooting death of his estranged wife on the street in St. Albans in June. The defendant was also charged with assault for stabbing the victim in the chest with a broken bottle…
Read MoreCOLLEGE POINT MAN SENTENCED FOR SHOOTING AT NYPD OFFICERS RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Rodolfo Montero was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for firing an assault rifle at officers responding to a 911 call from his girlfriend and mother. After assaulting his girlfriend in the presence of their 1-year-old child, Montero pulled out the rifle and threatened to kill her.…
Read MoreQUEENS TEENS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED GANG ASSAULT IN BRAWL AT HIGH SCHOOL
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that two Martin Van Buren High School students have been charged with attempted gang assault and other crimes after a brawl Thursday inside the school. District Attorney Katz said: “As detailed in the complaint, this was a vicious attack. The brutality was chilling under any circumstance, but that…
Read MoreARVERNE MAN SENTENCED FOR BLOODY ATTACK ON FRIEND AND CONTRACTING TO KILL HIM BEFORE HE TESTIFIED
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Mark Douglas was sentenced today to nine years in prison for brutally assaulting a longtime friend with whom he argued at a birthday party and then agreeing to pay $5,000 to have him killed before testifying to the attack, which left the victim needing more than 100 stitches…
Read MoreCON MEN, CORPORATION PLEAD GUILTY IN DEED FRAUD SCHEME TO STEAL HOUSES IN QUEENS, NASSAU
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Russell Carbone and Terrell Hill pleaded guilty to a wide-ranging scheme to steal residential properties by filing forged deeds with city officials. As part of the plea, the court voided deeds to seven homes in Queens and two in Nassau County so they could be returned to their…
Read MoreMANHATTAN MAN CHARGED WITH FELONY HATE CRIME AFTER TARGETING SIKH ON MTA BUS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Christopher Philippeaux was arraigned last night, accused of taunting, punching and trying to knock off the traditional Sikh turban of a fellow bus passenger. District Attorney Katz said: “We will hold accountable those that would attack others based on their religion. Freedom of religion and expression are foundational…
Read MoreWOMAN SENTENCED ON SEX TRAFFICKING, KIDNAPPING, ASSAULT AND ROBBERY CHARGES
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Destiny Lebron was sentenced to 13 years in prison on sex trafficking, kidnapping, assault and robbery charges for three incidents in which she lured victims to a location for sex, then detained, assaulted and robbed them with the help of a male co-defendant. District Attorney Katz said: “Destiny…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER IN FAR ROCKAWAY SHOOTING
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Marvin Mitchell was sentenced to 17 years in prison for a shoot-out on a Far Rockaway street in a territorial dispute among drug dealers in March 2022. District Attorney Katz said: “This defendant opened fire in broad daylight on a busy street with no regard for where those…
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