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…
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Flushing man gets 25 years to life in prison for ‘incredibly brutal’ murder, sex assault on 29-year-old woman: DA
Dec. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry Flushing resident Quiming Wan was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday morning for the November 2021 murder and sexual abuse of Jiaomei Zhou, a 29-year-old woman whose battered body he carried from his blood-soaked apartment to the lobby before being…
Queens County Criminal Bar Association honors local legal leaders at inaugural awards night
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…