Posts by Renea Henry
QUEENS VILLAGE MAN SENTENCED TO 24 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SHOOTING FRIEND OVER UNPAID DEBT
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Hassan Dees was sentenced to 24 years in prison for the shooting death of his friend, 31-year-old Peter Johnson, after the two men argued over an unpaid debt on the day after Christmas in 2021. District Attorney Katz said: ““An argument over money turned deadly when the…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDER, SEX ASSAULT
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Quiming Wan was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the November 2021 murder and sexual abuse of Jiaomei Zhou, a 29-year-old woman whose body he carried from his apartment before being stopped by building residents. A jury convicted the defendant following an October trial. District…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN SENTENCED TO 39 YEARS TO LIFE FOR SHOOTING NYPD OFFICER IN JAMAICA
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Devin Spraggins has been sentenced today to 39 years to life in prison for shooting NYPD Detective Brett Boller after an altercation. Spraggins was convicted by a jury last month. The rookie officer and his partner, Officer Anthony Rock, were on routine patrol in the Jamaica business district…
Read MoreQUEENS WOMAN INDICTED FOR FIRST-DEGREE MURDER FOR SETTING FIRE THAT KILLED TWO PEOPLE IN JAMAICA GARAGE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Aliya Fakhri has been indicted on murder in the first degree and related charges for deliberately setting a deadly fire in the detached garage of a home in Jamaica killing her boyfriend, 35-year-old Edward Jacobs, and 33-year-old Anastasia Ettienne. Fakhri allegedly set the fire near the entrance of…
Read MoreFDNY EMT CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER IN UNPROVOKED SHOOTING OF 36-YEAR-OLD MAN IN ASTORIA
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Isaiah Keller, an FDNY emergency medical technician, was charged with attempted murder, assault and weapon possession for the shooting of a 36-year-old man on a residential block in Astoria in the early morning of August 31. The defendant and victim did not know one another. District Attorney Katz…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER IN SHOOTING OF NYPD OFFICER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Devin Spraggins was convicted of attempted murder in the first degree for shooting NYPD Detective Brett Boller after an altercation in April 2023. The rookie officer and his partner, Officer Anthony Rock, were on routine patrol in the Jamaica business district when they confronted Spraggins after he assaulted…
Read MoreFAR ROCKAWAY MAN SENTENCED TO 24 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR FATAL SHOOTING IN 2021
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Waturi Johnson was sentenced today to 24 years to life in prison for the shooting death of Uriah Richardson, a father of three gunned down in midday outside of the Mott Avenue A train station in Far Rockaway in 2021. The two men did not know one another.…
Read MoreBROOKLYN MAN CHARGED WITH STAGING CAR CRASH ON BELT PARKWAY IN ROSEDALE
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Maikel Martinez was charged with staging a motor vehicle accident, reckless endangerment and other crimes after being in a car that allegedly cut off another driver on the Belt Parkway, forcing that driver to come to a stop. The car the defendant was in then reversed into…
Read MoreTHREE MEN CHARGED WITH CANNABIS POSSESSION AFTER MORE THAN 850 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA FOUND IN A LONG ISLAND CITY APARTMENT
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Cesar Egas Nagua, Michel Garcia Rodriguez and Alain Prieto Romero were charged with criminal possession of cannabis after a search warrant uncovered more than 850 pounds of cannabis flower with a street value in excess of $100,000 in a Long Island City apartment. District Attorney Katz said: “A…
Read MoreSQUATTER SENTENCED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO THREE FELONIES FOR ILLEGALLY OCCUPYING JAMAICA HOME
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Lance White-Hunt was sentenced today after pleading guilty to identity theft, offering a false instrument for filing and tampering with physical evidence. White-Hunt illegally occupied a home in Jamaica and went as far as to forge leasing documents to stake his claim to the property as a legal…
Read MoreBROOKLYN MAN CHARGED WITH RUNNING A LARGE-SCALE POSTAL THEFT OPERATION
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jamil Brown has been charged with criminal possession of stolen property, identity theft and other crimes after a court-authorized search warrant revealed a slew of stolen bank checks, credits cards, debit cards and driver’s licenses in open view inside the defendant’s home in Brooklyn. Brown’s girlfriend, Kadija Corke,…
Read MoreQUEENS WOMAN SENTENCED TO 27 YEARS IN PRISON FOR MANSLAUGHTER AND BURGLARY
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Haiyan Deng was sentenced to 27 years in prison for killing a man in her Flushing apartment and a related burglary in September 2021. First responders found 26-year-old Justin Li in the defendant’s bed, dead from a single gunshot wound to the head. The fatality followed an incident…
Read MoreFORMER FBI AGENT CHARGED WITH POSSESSING ARSENAL OF ILLEGAL GHOST GUNS AND STOCKPILE OF AMMUNITION
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Scott Chiang has been charged with multiple counts of criminal possession of a weapon after search warrants executed at his home in Queens Village and a storage unit in Port Washington, Long Island, uncovered 18 illegal firearms, including eight ghost guns and six assault weapons, as well as…
Read MoreDEFENDANT SENTENCED FOR STABBING MAN AFTER VICTIM’S GIRLFRIEND REFUSED HIS ADVANCES
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Rahlik Pinnock was sentenced to 10 years in prison for stabbing a man in the backyard of the victim’s home in Jamaica in February 2022. Responding officers found the disoriented victim with stab wounds to his chest and arm, which required extensive medical intervention. The altercation took place…
Read MoreQUEENS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER FOR KILLING 29-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN HIS FLUSHING APARTMENT
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Quiming Wan has been convicted by a jury of murder, sexual abuse and related charges for the November 2021 death of 29-year-old Jiaomei Zhou, whose body he carried from his apartment to the building lobby before being interrupted by other residents. District Attorney Katz said: “This defendant brutally…
Read MoreCORONA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SEX TRAFFICKING OF MIGRANT TEENAGER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Alfredo Morocho pleaded guilty yesterday to sex trafficking charges for targeting and exploiting a migrant teenager into prostitution and paying her for sex. For months, Morocho brokered sex encounters between customers and the teen at locations around Queens, then pocketed money from the encounters. District Attorney Katz said:…
Read MoreREPUTED GANG MEMBER CHARGED WITH MURDER OF TEEN OUTSIDE FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT IN SPRINGFIELD GARDENS
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Rayvon Phillip, 18, has been charged with murder for allegedly firing multiple gunshots at a car, killing 18-year-old Akim Cisse, outside a fast-food restaurant on September 27 along South Conduit Avenue in Springfield Gardens. District Attorney Katz said, “My office is committed to the prosecution and conviction…
Read MoreMANHATTAN MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER IN STRANGULATION DEATH OF TRANSGENDER WOMAN IN 2010
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Rasheen Everett has been convicted of murder and tampering with physical evidence for the 2010 killing of a transgender woman inside the victim’s apartment in Glendale. Everett strangled the victim and proceeded to pour bleach over her body in an attempt to hide evidence before stealing her…
Read MoreFIVE INDICTED FOR SELLING NARCOTICS IN ASTORIA HOUSES
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that five defendants have been variously indicted on conspiracy, criminal sale of a controlled substance and gun sale charges following an 18-month-long undercover operation that resulted in the seizure of more than 750 Percocet and ecstasy pills – most laced with either fentanyl or methamphetamine – and a large…
Read MoreQUEENS WOMAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR FATALLY STABBING IMMIGRATION LAWYER
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Xiaoning Zhang was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for the stabbing death of 66-year-old immigration lawyer Jim Li, who dropped the woman as a client days before the killing. The victim was well known for his legal work and activism during the Tiananmen…
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