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QUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 24 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN STABBING DEATH OF WOMAN
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Edwin Sarmiento, 31, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for stabbing and killing a 30-year-old woman in February 2020. The defendant pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter. District Attorney Katz said, “The defendant showed no mercy when he grabbed multiple knives and plunged them into…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 19 YEARS IN PRISON IN STABBING DEATH OF HIS WIFE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jawad Hussain, 60, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for fatally stabbing his wife and injuring his daughter in January 2019. District Attorney Katz said, “In pleading guilty, the defendant has now admitted to the stabbing rampage that killed his wife. This brutal outburst also…
Read MoreRÈN GASON TE KONDANE A 19 AN NAN PRIZON NAN KOUT KOUTO LANMÒ MADANM LI.
Queens Distri a, Melinda Katz te anonse jodi a ke Jawad Hussain, ki gen 60 tan, te kondane pou pase 19 ane nan prizon pou madanm li ak blese pitit fi li an janvye 2019. Avoka Distri a Katz te di: “Nan plede koupab, akize a kounye a admèt nan ranp ki te touye madanm…
Read MoreQUEENS GRAND JURY INDICTS DEFENDANT ON MURDER CHARGES IN DEATH OF MAN SHOT THROUGH WALL DURING BOTCHED DRUG HEIST
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Joseph Barahona, 19, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on murder, burglary and attempted robbery charges. The defendant – along with two others – allegedly tried to steal marijuana from an 18-year-old man by holding him at gunpoint in…
Read MoreMANHATTAN MAN INDICTED ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES FOR BRUTAL BLUDGEONING ATTACK ON WOMAN IN SUBWAY
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that William Blount, 57, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on attempted murder, assault and other charges. The defendant allegedly attacked a woman as she entered the subway – kicking her down the stairs and hammering her in the head…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON IN DEATH OF WOMAN HIT BY STRAY BULLET IN SEPTEMBER 2020
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Issam Elabbar, 32, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for firing an illegal gun in the middle of the night that killed a woman. The victim, a mother of three, was struck when the bullet pierced a window of her apartment in Jackson Heights, Queens,…
Read MoreFORMER COLLEGE LACROSSE PLAYER CONVICTED AT TRIAL OF ASSAULT FOR STABBING TEAMMATE IN 2019
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Matthew Stockfeder, 23, has been convicted by a jury for assault in the first degree. The defendant and the victim had been former lacrosse teammates at St. John’s University. On a fall evening in 2019, an argument between the two escalated to physical violence leading to the…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN CONVICTED AT TRIAL OF MURDER IN BOTCHED SOUTH RICHMOND HILL HOME INVASION IN 2016
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Kristof Williams, 27, has been convicted at trial of murder in the second degree and other crimes for his participation in a botched home invasion that resulted in the death of a 20-year-old man. The victim was stabbed to death when the defendant and others broke into…
Read MoreOZONE PARK WOMAN AND JUVENILE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR KNIFE ATTACK NEAR JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jamia Dean, 20, and a sixteen-year-old juvenile have been charged with attempted murder, assault and other crimes for allegedly hitting and stabbing two teenagers on Rockaway Boulevard on March 15, 2022. The teens sought refuge inside John Adams High School. District Attorney Katz said, “This defendant and…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN BUSTED FOR BOGUS UNION MEMBERSHIP CASH CON
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jofre Ortega, 54, has been charged with grand larceny and other crimes for allegedly conning people eager to join the Mason Tenders Local 79 Union that he offered memberships for cash – even though he did not have the authority to do so. District Attorney Katz said,…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN STABBING DEATH OF HIS WIFE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jawad Hussain, 60, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault for the January 2019 fatal stabbing of his wife and for injuring his daughter during the attack. District Attorney Katz said, “In pleading guilty, the defendant has now admitted to the stabbing rampage that killed his wife.…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER; DEFENDANT STABBED TWO MEN IN SOUTH OZONE PARK IN 2017
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Terrence Harry, 40, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted at trial of attempted murder. The defendant stabbed two men inside a residential garage in South Ozone Park in September 2017. District Attorney Katz said, “The defendant’s unprovoked knife attack could have ended…
Read MoreFOUR QUEENS RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH POSSESSING ARSENALS OF ILLEGAL “GHOST” GUNS IN BAYSIDE AND FLUSHING HOMES (PHOTOS)
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, joined by NYPD Chief of Intelligence Thomas Galati and Inspector Courtney Nilan, today announced that four Queens residents have been arrested stemming from the seizure of dozens of firearms, including 27 “ghost” guns, assault weapons, firearm accessories, thousands of rounds of ammunition and other items recovered during four early…
Read MoreQUEENS DEFENDANT CONVICTED AT TRIAL FOR RAPE OF HOUSEGUEST IN 2019
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Ahmed Shamim, 35, has been convicted at trial for the rape of a woman in Jackson Heights, Queens, in January 2019. District Attorney Katz said, “The defendant violated the trust of a woman who was a guest in his home. After weighing all the evidence presented at…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN AND WOMAN INDICTED FOR SEX TRAFFICKING HOMELESS WOMAN
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Adam “Damian” Lee, 29, and Ida Copeland, 35, have been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on sex trafficking, promoting prostitution and other crimes for allegedly forcing a homeless woman into prostitution and setting up sex dates in various hotels –…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 26 1/3 YEARS-TO-LIFE IN PRISON FOR 2019 MURDER OF HIS PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Anthony Hobson, 51, has been sentenced to 26 1/3 years-to-life in prison for the February 2019 knife attack on his girlfriend, Jennifer Irigoyen, in Ridgewood, Queens. District Attorney Katz said, “Today’s sentence brings the defendant to justice for a brutal crime. Inside the stairwell of her apartment…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN 2018 SHOOTING
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Shahid Burton, 21, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of a 29-year-old man in March 2018. The defendant – who was on the run after the homicide – was apprehended by transit police after he allegedly…
Read MoreDEFENDANT CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE FOR SHOOTING AT COPS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Chad Collie, 19, and Jayare Robinson, 18, have been charged with attempted murder and other crimes related to the shooting of an off-duty NYPD officer in the Arverne section of Far Rockaway around 10 p.m. on February 1, 2022. Defendant Collie has been charged with attempted murder…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 19 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SHOOTING DEATH OF THE MOTHER OF HIS INFANT CHILD IN 2017
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Robert Rodriguez, 31, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter for shooting and killing a 34-year-old woman in September 2017. District Attorney Katz said, “The defendant admitted killing the mother of his infant son during an argument in front of her…
Read MoreJURY CONVICTS QUEENS MAN OF MURDER IN STABBING DEATH OF HIS PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Anthony Hobson, 51, was convicted yesterday after a jury trial of murder and other crimes in the February 2019 knife attack on his girlfriend, Jennifer Irigoyen, in Ridgewood Queens. District Attorney Katz said, “The defendant has been convicted and held responsible for taking the life of a…
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