Jul. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday the takedown of a prolific Queens-based gun trafficking crew accused of selling firearms and ammo at an East Elmhurst playground, the Queens Center Mall and other locations around the borough. James secured a 625-count indictment charging five men for participating…
Aug. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry Two Jamaica men were criminally charged with possessing an arsenal of illegal weapons and stockpiles of ammunition, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday morning. The co-defendants were arrested last week after law enforcement agencies executed search warrants at their homes and other locations, where they found a dozen…
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Apr. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz launched the state’s first prosecution of an international ghost gun trafficking operation. Javon Fournillier, 27, of Farmers Boulevard in St. Albans, and Anthony Kyle Wilson, 27, of Conroe, Texas, were indicted for assembling ghost guns and selling the untraceable firearms in New York City…
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