Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz Archives – QNS

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Kew Gardens Hills

DA’s office secures court order to return two homes to rightful owners who were victims of deed theft

By Bill Parry

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz shows off the 124 firearms that were surrenders at a gun buyback she hosted at Mount Olivet Baptist Church in St. Albans.

St. Albans

Southeast Queens gun buyback event collects 124 firearms, including 10 assault weapons: DA

By Bill Parry

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz is urging potential victims of phony immigration lawyer Leonardo Ferretti to contact her office after he was charged with stealing more than $15,000 from a Corona woman.

Corona

Long Islander accused of impersonating an attorney to defraud Corona woman of $15K: DA

By Bill Parry

DA Katz and AG James hosted a gun buyback program in 2021 at St. Mary Magdalene Roman Catholic Church in Springfield Gardens that took nearly 80 firearms off the streets of southeast Queens.

St. Albans

DA Katz, AG James hosting gun buyback event with NYPD in St. Albans on Saturday

By Bill Parry

$A New Jersey motorist was extradited back to Queens after he was indicted in connection to a hit-and-run collision in Astoria that left a motorcyclist with a fractured spine in November 2023.$

Astoria

New Jersey man indicted in hit-and-run collision in Astoria that left motorcyclist with broken back: DA

By Bill Parry

A Maspeth man was convicted of mrder on Tuesday for stabbing a fellow bar patron to death at this Woodside bus stop on Roosevelt Avenue and 69th Street.

Maspeth

Maspeth man convicted of stabbing Woodside bar patron to death after night of drinking in 2022: DA

By Bill Parry

A Virginia man was convicted at trial of murder in the second degree for strangling a 15-year-old girl to death in Far Rockaway in May 1992.

Virginia man convicted of 1992 cold case murder of Far Rockaway teenage girl: DA

By Bill Parry

Former Astoria resident Joe Velasquez was indicted by a grand jury on Jan. 13 for the cold case murder of this still unidentified woman at the old Turf Motel 27 years after her body was discovered stuffed in a mattress box in Room 119.

Astoria

Former Astoria resident indicted in 1998 cold case strangulation murder of unidentified victim: DA

By Bill Parry

Crime scene investigators were at the scene on the morning of May 31, 2023 after 32-year-old Cody Gonzalez was found shot to death in front of a parking garage at 123-20 82nd Ave. It was determined that Foehner shot and killed the would-be robber.

Kew Gardens man sentenced to prison for possessing arsenal of illegal firearms in his apartment: DA

By Bill Parry

A disbarred attorney from Queens Village was sentenced to one to three years in prison for stealing more than $1 million from a church that operated out of this storefront near the Astoria Houses.

Astoria

Disbarred Queens Village attorney sentenced for stealing more than $1 million from Astoria church: DA

By Bill Parry

Derek Trejo, 18, of Long Island City, and his 17-year-old accomplice were arraigned in Queens Criminal Court and charged in the murder of 17-year-old Josue Argudo in Woodhaven on Friday, Jan. 8.

Woodhaven

Two teens criminally charged in fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Woodhaven boy: DA

By Bill Parry

Three Ozone Park men were arrested by multiple law enforcement agencies for allegedly operating a narcotics trafficking ring out of their apartment across the street from a public school.

Ozone Park

Ozone Park roommates busted for running narcotics trafficking operation out of their apartment across the street from a public school

By Bill Parry

Crime scene investigators from the 115th Precinct gathered evidence from the home at 26-30 96th St. in East Elmhurst following the fatal shooting on the night of Sept. 12, 2025.

South Carolina fugitive indicted for execution-style murder of ex-girlfriend in East Elmhurst: DA

By Bill Parry

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Far Rockaway man indicted on multiple charges for beating Malba homeowner during illegal street takeover: DA

By Bill Parry

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Long Island City

Long Island City man criminally charged with animal cruelty for allegedly dragging dogs from car: DA

By Bill Parry

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Jamaica

St. Albans mother indicted after allegedly killing her baby boy in his father’s Jamaica home: DA

By Bill Parry

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that a Rosedale man was arraigned on grand jury indictment charges for allegedly making terroristic threats targeting Jewish and Israeli New Yorkers on his social media account.

Rosedale

Rosedale man faces up to 15 years in prison for allegedly making antisemitic threats as a hate crime: DA

By Bill Parry

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Jackson Heights

Drug trafficking operation along Roosevelt Avenue corridor in Jackson Heights dismantled: DA

By Bill Parry

A Jamaica man was indicted by a Queens grand jury for allegedly terrorizing a 25-year-old woman at the Pomonok Houses subjecting her to rape, sex trafficking and other heinous crimes for months.

Jamaica man criminally charged with sex trafficking, rape and strangulation of victim at Pomonok Houses in Fresh Meadows: DA

By Bill Parry

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz secured grand jury indictments against 13 members of a retail theft crew, including three men from Middle Village, for stealing more than $2.2 million in merchandise from 128 Home Depot store.

Three Middle Village men indicted for roles in $2.2M retail theft organization: DA

By Bill Parry

A Far Rockaway teen was arrested and charged with gang assault and riot for beating a Malba homeowner on the night of a violent street takeover in which the crazed mob torched a security guard's vehicle.

Far Rockaway teen charged with gang assault and riot for beating Malba homeowner during violent car meet up: DA

By Bill Parry

A Briarwood man who allegedly broke into two vehicles in front of the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights was arraigned for bail jumping after he fled the state and was apprehended in California last month.

Briarwood

Briarwood bail-jumper busted in California, extradited back to Queens to face grand larceny, burglary charges: DA

By Bill Parry

A Bronx man was sentenced to 24 years in prison but beating a Brooklyn man unconscious in Astoria, stealing his car, and then running him over in October 2023.

Astoria

Bronx man gets 24 years in prison for killing man in Astoria in act of ‘cold-blooded brutality’ in 2023: DA

By Bill Parry

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Jamaica Estates

Ringleader of deed theft crew sentenced for stealing homes in three Queens neighborhoods with fraudulent ID: DA

By Bill Parry

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