Apr. 11, 2025 By QNS News Team Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced the appointment of six new assistant district attorneys who were sworn into office on March 31. The new hires—graduates of top law schools including Columbia, Harvard, and Cornell—have joined the Queens DA’s Office as part of the Spring 2025 incoming class.…
Mar. 24, 2025 By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz recently held her annual Women’s History Month celebration on Wednesday, March 19, in the Benjamin S. Rosenthal Building at Queens College, located at 65-30 Kissena Blvd. in Flushing. Co-sponsored by Queens College, the Queens County Women’s Bar Association and the Center for…
Feb. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Wednesday the release of surveillance video of the cold case murder of an off-duty Rikers Island correction officer in Springfield Gardens more than four years ago. During the early morning hours of Aug. 15, 2020, 28-year-old NYC Correction Officer John Jeff was…
Feb. 10, 2025 By Bill Parry An alleged burglar from Brooklyn who targeted homes in six Queens neighborhoods was collared by cops out of the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills after they chased him down on the night of Monday, Feb. 3. Zengguo Chen, 35, of 58th Street in the Borough Park section, was…
Jan. 17, 2025 By Bill Parry A Manhattan man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in Queens Supreme Court on Thursday for an execution-style murder of a long-time acquaintance on the Grand Central Parkway in 1990. Kevin Smith, 67, of the Yorkville section on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, was found guilty…
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…