Tag: queens-law-enforcement

Queens DA Melinda Katz swears in six new assistant district attorneys

The Spring 2025 class of new assistant district attorneys begins orientation after being sworn in by Queens DA Melinda Katz.

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.…

DA Melinda Katz and NYPD announce takedown of 11 ‘worst of the worst’ gang members in Queens

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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…

Brooklyn man arrested by Queens SVU for groping a 12-year-old girl in Maspeth: NYPD

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Oct. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man was arrested last week by a detective from the Queens Special Victims Squad who joined in a forcible touching investigation out of the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood. Kadeem Laguerre, 27, of East 15th Street in Bensonhurst, was arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 25, and charged with…