Queens District Attorney

A 43-year-old man is facing a whopping number of charges after more than $10 million worth of drugs and a cache of guns were found in an abandoned Queens home, the local district attorney’s office said. Victor Rodriguez was arraigned Oct. 27 on a 112-count indictment charging him with, among a litany of crimes, operating as a major trafficker; three…

A Brooklyn man was convicted of murder in the cold case killing of a 31-year-old man found naked and bludgeoned in his Queens home in 2011, the local district attorney announced. Gerald Griffin, 46 and of Brooklyn, was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree, burglary in the first degree, robbery in the first and second degrees,…

A Brooklyn man was sentenced to decades behind bars attacking 61-year-old woman with a rock as she swept a sidewalk in Queens the day after Thanksgiving 2021 — an assault that claimed her life three months after the violent attack. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Wednesday that Elisaul Perez was sentenced to 20 years in prison and five years…

A 22-year-old Queens man was sentenced to nearly two decades behind bars in connection to a botched shootout that left an unintended target of a shootout dead in 2020, the local district attorney’s office said. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday that Nazieer Basir was sentenced to 17 years in prison followed by 5 years of post-release supervision for…

A Queens man was sentenced to spend decades behind bars in connection to a deadly stabbing that took place at a baby christening celebration in 2019, according to the district attorney’s office. Antonio Martinez, 50 and of Corona, was sentenced Tuesday to 23 years in prison after being convicted on Nov. 16 of murder in the second degree and criminal…

A Queens man was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping and other crimes in the shooting death of another man following a street fight in 2018, according to the district attorney’s office. Joaquin Bullock, 35 and of Far Rockaway, was convicted Wednesday following a two-week trial of murder in the first degree, kidnapping in the first degree and criminal possession of…