Dec. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry A South Ozone Park man is facing up to 80 years in prison after a jury in Queens Supreme Court convicted him on Monday for shooting at NYPD police officers during an armed standoff at his home. Marco Mosquera, 46, has been found guilty of attempted murder, attempted…
Dec. 5, 2024 By Colum Motherway Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and the NYPD have announced the indictment of 11 alleged members after a three-and-a-half-year investigation, entitled ‘Operation: Deadliest Catch,’ into gang violence in Southeast Queens. The alleged members are from the ‘Whole Blocc Boys’ (WBB) and ‘Score On Anything’ (SOA) – two subsets…
Dec. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Jamaica woman for first-degree murder and arson for deliberately setting a fire in a detached garage that killed her ex-boyfriend and another woman in a fit of jealous rage on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 2. Aliya Fakhri, 43, was arraigned in…
Nov. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry A Jamaica man was criminally charged with grand larceny and other related crimes for allegedly stealing nearly a quarter of a million dollars in pandemic relief funds to help workers and small business owners suffering hardship due to COVID-19. Humayun Kabir, 53, of 161st Street, was arraigned in…
Nov. 25, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The Queens County Criminal Bar Association (QCCBA) hosted its inaugural dinner and awards night on Thursday, Nov. 21, at Agra Palace in Forest Hills. The event, which marked the association’s first full year of operation, drew approximately 200 members from the Queens County criminal legal community to celebrate…
Nov. 13, 2024 By Bill Parry A jury convicted Jamaica resident Devin Spraggins of attempted murder in the first degree on Tuesday for shooting NYPD Detective Brett Boller after an altercation in April 2023. Boller was a rookie cop when he was on routine patrol with his partner, NYPD Officer Anthony Rock, in the…
Oct. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a fourth Cambria Heights man in connection to a Douglaston home invasion in August. Oneil Thompson, 45, was arraigned on Friday in Queens Supreme Court on a 41-count indictment charging him with seven counts of kidnapping and a slew of other crimes, including…
Oct. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry A former FBI agent from Queens Village is criminally charged with possessing an arsenal of illegal ghost guns and a stockpile of ammunition after law enforcement raided his home and a storage unit in Port Washington, L.I. Scott Chiang, 53, was arraigned Friday in Queens Criminal Court on…
Oct. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz introduced one of the newest members of her team on Wednesday as part of her office’s public information campaign during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Kimi, a 2-year-old golden retriever/Labrador retriever, has been appointed as a facility dog to provide comfort and companionship to…
Nov. 8, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz secured a second term as the borough’s top law enforcement official cruising past two challengers on Tuesday, Nov. 7, with nearly 67% of the vote with more than 97% of the scanners reported, according to unofficial results from the city’s Board of Elections. Howard…
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