Queens District Attorney’s office Archives – QNS

A former correction officer assigned to Rikers Island is criminally charged with filing phony documentation for medical treatment.

Courts

Former Rikers correction officer faces up to seven years in prison for filing fraudulent medical documentation: DA

By Bill Parry

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz secured a grand jury indictment against a Queens Village man for labor trafficking a Bangladeshi college student, whom he allegedly locked in his home and threatened with deportation.

Queens Village man indicted for allegedly stealing nearly $20K from Bangladeshi student: DA

By Bill Parry

After the NYPD released this photo of a boy who was found wandering barefoot in the parking lot of a Far Rockaway laundromat, cops received a tip that led them to a home on Beach 25th Street, where seven other children were found unattended by an adult.

Mother of toddler found at Far Rockaway laundromat was busted for Brooklyn home invasion the night before: DA

By Bill Parry

More than $50,000 worth of stolen merchandise was recovered at the Elegant Fashion boutique on Roosevelt Avenue in Corona.

Corona

Three arrested at Roosevelt Avenue boutique in Corona for possessing stolen merchandise: DA

By Bill Parry

A Nassau County man is accused of killing a 16-year-old Manhattan girl after he rammed his SUV into the victim, her mother and stepfather on Roosevelt Avenue, allegedly while intoxicated.

Elmhurst

Long Islander facing 25 years to life in prison for allegedly killing 16-year-old girl with his SUV in Elmhurst: DA

By Bill Parry

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Jamaica

Two alleged gun traffickers held without bail for transporting weapons, drugs from Georgia to southeast Queens: DA

By Bill Parry

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St. Albans

St. Albans squatter gets sentenced for occupying single-family home: DA

By Bill Parry

Two Brooklyn men are charged with staging a motor vehicle accident for orchestrating this notorious 2024 crash on the Belt Parkway in Rosedale after several scammers were caught on the victim's dashcam, which was posted to TikTok, where it was viewed by millions worldwide.

Courts

Brooklyn men charged with orchestrating staged car crashes on Queens highways for insurance scams: DA

By Bill Parry

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People

Photos: DA Melinda Katz honors Queens leaders at Women’s History Month celebration

By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

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Forest Hills’ Geraldine Ferraro helped set the stage for Kamala Harris: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Rockaway Beach

Rockaway Beach man gets 40 years to life in prison for raping his young relatives: DA

By Bill Parry

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Astoria

Cops dismantle interstate gun trafficking ring; deals done in Astoria parking lot to Staten Island

By Iryna Shkurhan

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Jamaica

Two Queens men charged with possessing stockpile of illegal firearms, ammo in Jamaica: DA

By Bill Parry

Lewis

Courts

Attorneys say Chanel Lewis’ murder conviction in killing of Howard Beach jogger based on ‘racial dragnet’

By Bill Parry

New Hyde Park man charged

Flushing

New Hyde Park man charged with attempting to pay underage girls for explicit photos, sex acts in Flushing: DA

By Zachary Gewelb

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News

Homeless man sentenced to more than two decades in prison for gunning down Ozone Park deli worker in 2020: DA

By Bill Parry

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Brooklyn woman gets more than two decades in prison for feeding sedative-laced cheesecake to her Forest Hills look-alike: DA

By Bill Parry

A Crime Scene Techican takes photos at the scene of a triple stabbing.

Edgemere

Edgemere man faces nearly two decades in prison for shooting off-duty cop during botched carjacking last year: DA

By Bill Parry

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Corona

Corona teen charged with hate crime in Flushing Meadows Corona Park attack last month: DA

By Bill Parry

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Jamaica

Jamaica man get seven-year sentence for sex trafficking teenage girls at a hotel near JFK in 2020: DA

By Bill Parry

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Rochdale Village

Queens DA hosts Black History Month celebration in Rochdale Village

By Paul Frangipane

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Long Island City

Long Island City teen sentenced in fatal shooting of ‘beloved’ school teacher at Queensbridge Houses in 2020: DA

By Bill Parry

News

Network of drug dealers operating in Far Rockaway taken down following long-term investigation: DA

By Bill Parry

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Courts

Queens district attorney welcomes largest class of prosecutors in office history

By Bill Parry

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