2016 Press Releases

119. 12/30/2016

Shawn Young (Indicted: for Attempted Murder of fellow inmate at Rikers Island)

118. 12/22/2016

Armando Sanchez (Found guilty: of Manslaughter for killing 63-year-old roommate with a shovel following dispute)

117. 12/21/2016

Raymond Johnson (Sentenced: to four to 12 years for the sex trafficking of a Manhattan teen who was forced into having sex with several men after running away from home.)

116. 12/15/2016

Jesswill Perez (Sentenced: to 20-year-to-life for second-degree Murder in the 2013 shooting of a 19-year-old man. Also convicted of gun possession based on a photograph shared to Facebook of him with murder weapon.)

115. 12/14/2016

Zachary Irizarry (Indicted: for attempted Murder and 11 other crimes for shooting at police who were responding to a robbery he and an accomplice had just committed.)

114. 12/14/2016

Keith Walton (NYPD Deputy Inspector indicted for sexual abuse against police officer which allegedly occurred under his command in the 49th precinct)

113. 12/7/2016

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced today that the sixth annual lighting of the "Tree of Angels" will be held Dec. 9, 2016. The event, sponsored by the DA's office, commemorates homicide victims.

112. 12/6/2016

Shaun Lewis (Indicted: for two attacks in which he knocked the victims unconscious. In one attack, he is charged with Assault, Attempted Rape and various other charges for breaking the jaw of a 15-year-old girl near Bronx Park in October.)

111. 12/6/2016

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announces that Assistant District Attorney Derek Lynton is a recipient of the Thomas E. Dewey Medal from the New York City Bar Association.

110. 12/5/2016

Bahsid McLean (Sentenced: to 25-year-to-life for fatally stabbing his mother and dissecting her body.)

12/05/2016

Statement by District Attorney Darcel D. Clark on impaneling of Grand Jury in fatal police shooting of Deborah Danner

109. 11/29/2016

Jesswill Perez (Found guilty: of second-degree Murder in the 2013 shooting of a 19-year-old man. Also convicted of gun possession based on a photograph shared to Facebook of him with murder weapon.)

108: 11/22/2016

Jose Roys (Sentenced: to 13 years in prison for Christmas 2014 rape of woman waiting for bus)

107: 11/22/2016

Hector Ramirez, Ana Cuevas: (Plead gulity: for committing voter fraud in a 2014 New York State Assembly primary race.)

106. 11/22/2016

COs Sean Smith and Velma Rogers (Indicted: for filing false reports to cover up an assault on a Rikers Island inmate by one of the officers.)

105. 11/17/2016

Kashalema Kidd, Savon Falu, Justin Palmer, and Avis Ruiz (Indicted: on charges of second-degree Attempted Rape and additional crimes for allegedly taking a 14-year-old girl to a motel to engage in sex with a 45-year-old man.)

104. 11/17/2016

Sharon McNeil (Sentenced: to five years in prison for mugging 103-year-old, legally blind woman in Co-op City.)

103. 11/16/2016

William Stanley (Indicted: for falsely arresting a Bronx man in retaliation for a dispute over parking near an NYPD office in the Tremont section of the Bronx.)

11/15/2016

Statement by District Attorneys Darcel D. Clark, Richard A. Brown, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., Michael McMahon and Eric Gonzalez

102. 11/15/2016

12 Members of the “Sev-O” Gang (Indicted: in a conspiracy that includes four shootings, three robberies and a check scam that netted them more than $200,000 from ATM machines.)

101. 11/14/2016

Djanfarou Touh (Indicted in 2013 hit-and-run of 11-year-old boy. Defendant was extradited from Germany after fleeing the U.S.)

100. 11/14/2016

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced the dismissal of murder charges against Richard Rosario in 1996 shooting of teen

99. 11/10/2016

Moises Simancas, Tyrone Wint, and April Jackson (Plead guilty: to first-degree Falsifying Business Records for covering up an assault on an inmate in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in 2012.)

98. 11/7/2016

Bahsid McLean (Found guilty: of second-degree Murder for fatally stabbing his mother and dissecting her body)

97. 11/2/2016

Daquan Lanier (Sentenced: to 20 years in prison for the fatal shooting of a man who was defending his mentally ill mother)

96. 11/2/2016

Darryl Brown (Sentenced: to 18 years in prison for the fatal shooting of his daughter’s boyfriend during a fight inside a Wakefield apartment building.)

95. 11/1/2016

Svetlana Travis Zakharova (Indicted: on multiple counts of Grand Larceny and Forgery for extorting over $50,000 from one man so she would not reveal their relationship, and using another man’s personal information to rent apartments without his knowledge.)

94. 10/28/2016

James Martin (Pleads guilty: to Manslaughter for raping and strangling a 14-year-old girl in the Bronx in 1998, and will get 20 years in prison to run consecutive to his sentence in Pennsylvania.)

93. 10/27/2016

Mark Anglin, Ronald Donnelley, Michael Dorsainvil, and Christoper Huggins (Convicted: two New York City Department of Correction Officers have been found guilty of beating an inmate at a Rikers Island jail, and two officers were convicted of filing a false report to justify the use of force.)

92. 10/26/2016

Joel Hernandez, Jenny Gutierrez, and Hector Quezada (Indicted: on Manslaughter and Gang Assault for an attack that led to the victim’s death.)

91. 10/24/2016

Justin Guzman and Fatir Bowie (Indicted: for attacking two New York City Department of Correction Officers, one of whom suffered a gash that required six stitches.)

10/20/2016

Statement from DA Clark on the fatal shooting of Deborah Danner by an NYPD sergeant

90. 10/19/2016

Howard Unger (Indicted: for killing three pedestrians with his car after he suffered a seizure on Halloween in 2015.)

89. 10/19/2016

Garivaldi Castillo and Julio Salcedo (Indicted: on charges related to the explosion in an alleged marijuana grow house that killed FDNY Battalion Chief Michael Fahy, who had responded to a reported gas leak in the building in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx.)

88. 10/19/2016

Bronx District Attorney's Office is the first law enforcement agency in the nation to enact a policy complying with a federal law mandating that forcible sexual assault defendants be tested for HIV within 48 hours of their indictment.

87.10/9/2016

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark's Statement on the death of Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson

86. 10/6/2016

Tessie Clifton (Sentenced: to one year in jail for bringing a cell phone into a Rikers Island jail for an inmate with whom she had a personal relationship.)

85. 10/4/2016

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced today the appointment of 64 new Assistant District Attorneys.

84. 10/3/2016

Darryl Brown (Found guilty: of first-degree Manslaughter for the fatal shooting of his daughter’s boyfriend during a fight inside a Wakefield apartment building.)

83. 10/3/2016

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that Victor Olds has joined the Bronx District Attorney’s Office as Chief of the newly established Professional Responsibility Bureau.

82. 9/22/2016

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, joined by New York City Department of Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte, today officially opened the Bronx District Attorney’s Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau on Rikers Island, ensuring faster prosecution of jailhouse crimes to make the facility safer for staff, inmates and visitors.

80-81. 9/19/2016

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark and Legal Aid Society Attorney-at-Large for Bronx Criminal Practice Peter Jones announced today that 500 people attended the “Another Chance” event and 355 summons warrants were erased, helping people move on with their lives.

79. 9/16/2016

Eight New York City Department of Correction Officers (Sentenced: for their roles in assaulting of inmate Jahmal Lightfoot and attempting to cover up the beating in a Rikers Island jail.)

78. 9/12/2016

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced today that her office will host the first summons warrant forgiveness program to be held in the Bronx, to help residents from all five boroughs clear their records and move on with their lives.

77. 9/7/2016

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a 61-year-old Bronx man will not be prosecuted in the death of a man he had beaten for trying to rape his wife in their apartment.

76. 9/6/2016

Miguel Bonilla (Indicted: for murder in the death of his 52-year-old girlfriend.)

75. 9/2/2016

Efrain Guzman (Indicted: for murder and additional crimes for stealing a cop’s gun and fatally shooting a man during a bodega robbery.)

74. 9/1/2016

David Gant (Pleaded guilty: to attempted murder related to a confrontation with police officers after he robbed a man at gunpoint.)

73. 9/1/2016

Matthew Whittington (Indicted: on charges including Assault for attacking three New York City Department of Correction Officers, one of whom suffered a gash on his arm that required 16 stitches.)

72. 8/26/2016

Rikers Island Correction Officer Jose Cosme (Indicted: on rape and criminal sexual act charges for allegedly forcing a female inmate to have sex with him on multiple occasions.)

71. 8/16/2016

Shakiem Washington (Pleaded guilty: to sex trafficking related to a prostitution business he operated with his cousin, as well as an assault that took place while he was jailed in Rikers Island.)

70. 8/11/2016

Nasean Bonie (Sentenced: To 25 years prison plus five years post-release superivison for the 2012 death of Ramona Moore.)

69. 8/9/2016

Devon Taylor (Sentenced: to 25 years prison plus five years post-release supervision for the 2011 death of a livery cab driver during a robbery.)

68. 8/9/2016

Raymond Fontanez (Indicted: on 1,020 counts of child pornography possession and promotion related to videos he shared and retained on his computer that depicted children as young as 3 years old being sexually abused.)

67. 8/7/2016

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that 165 firearms—the bulk of them handguns—were turned in during the Bronx Gun Buyback held at two Bronx churches on Saturday, August 6.

66. 8/4/2016

40 alleged gang members, including the leader of the Blood Hound Brims, one of the largest Bloods sets on the East coast, have been indicted on conspiracy charges in connection with 40 acts of violence dating back to 2012 in the Fordham section of the Bronx.

65. 8/1/2016

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton held a press conference on Monday August 1, 2016 to announce a Gun Buyback at two Bronx churches to remove illegal guns from the streets and homes of the borough.

64. 7/25/2016

Nasean Bonie (Found guilty: of first-degree Manslaughter in the death of Ramona Moore in 2012.)

63. 7/25/2016

Ronald DeJesus Plaza (Arraigned: on a charge of first-degree Bail Jumping and had his sentence executed after he had fled before conviction.)

62. 7/19/2016

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton announced the indictments of 10 men who allegedly trafficked 50 firearms from out of state for sale to an undercover NYPD detective in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx.

61. 7/11/2016

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that Teresa Mason has joined the Bronx District Attorney’s Office as Chief of Staff.

60. 7/6/2016

Earnestine Russell (Indicted: on charges she stole $112,000 from a state-administered, federally funded grant to support after-school programs for middle school children.)

59. 7/5/2016

Haya Konte (Indicted: on charges of criminally negligent homicide and endangering the welfare of a child stemming from the April 13, 2016 deaths of her young daughters, who were alone in their apartment when a fire erupted.)

58.

Raul Pacheco and Eric Landron (Pleaded guilty: to Manslaughter for the shooting death of an innocent bystander in 2013)

57. 6/23/2016

Derrick Brank (Found guilty: of Gang Assault and additional charges for setting a fire in his cell and assaulting a fellow inmate in 2013.)

56. 6/23/2016

Dee Jackson (Sentenced: to 25 years in prison for the fatal shooting and beating of his mother when he was 16 years)

55. 6/22/2016

Joey Scott (Sentenced: to nine years in prison with five years post-release supervision for the death of a school bus driver in 2012 following a minor traffic dispute)

54. 6/22/2016

Christopher Stevenson (Sentenced: to 20 years in prison for the vicious knife attack on his son and stepson in their home in 2014.)

53. 6/10/2016

Department of Correction Captain and Two DOC Officers (Found guilty: of charges related to the 2012 beating of inmate Jahmal Lightfoot)

52. 6/9/2016

Duvale Stevens (Sentenced: to 25 years in prison for killing a 49-year-old blind woman and throwing her mutilated body off a roof)

51. 6/9/2016

Reginald Goldman (Sentenced: to 25 years in prison for the drive-by killing of a teenager in 2010)

6/8/2016

Statement on Budget

50. 6/7/2016

Five Department of Correction Officers (Found guilty: of all charges related to the 2012 beating of inmate Jahmal Lightfoot)

49. 6/7/2016

Henry Maldonado (Indicted: on charges including Murder and Attempted Murder for fatal stabbing of girlfriend and wounding granddaughter)

48. 6/6/2016

Melvin Davis (Convicted: of first-degree Manslaughter for the 2013 death of Juther Perez)

47. 6/1/2016

Luis Vega (Sentenced: to 25 years in prison for the sexual assault and killing of Destiny Sanchez in 2012)

46. 5/31/2016

DOC officer Tessie Clifton, Tyrone Williams, and Jessenia Fajardo (Indicted: for an alleged scheme in which a Rikers officer smuggled in a cell phone and marijuana for a Rikers inmate.)

45. 5/28/2016

Jeramie Rodriguez (Sentenced: to 25 years in prison for the killing of Dennis Marquez in 2011)

44. 5/19/2016

17 people, including two DOC officers, a DOC-employed cook and six inmates, have been indicted for conspiring to bring scalpels, narcotics and other contraband into Rikers Island in exchange for thousands of dollars in bribes.

43. 5/18/2016

Lisette Bamenga (Sentenced: to 8 years in prison for the killing of her two children)

42. 5/17/2016

Reginald Goldman (Convicted: of Manslaughter for the 2010 shooting death of teenager Tashawn Bromfield)

41. 5/13/2016

Luis Cartagena (Sentenced: to 18 years in prison for the 2014 death of his infant nephew, who suffered a fractured skull)

40. 5/12/2016

Ernesto Delgado and Orlando Ramos (Sentenced: to 13 and 17 years, respectively, in prison for a 2012 bodega robbery turned deadly)

39. 5/10/2016

Vernon Hubbard (Indicted: for the stabbing death of Julian Washington at a house party on April 10, 2016)

38. 5/10/2016

Benjamin Vializ (Sentenced: to 23 years to life in prison for the shooting death of Ivan Martinez in 2013)

37. 5/4/2016

Luis Vega (Pleaded guilty: to first-degree manslaughter and first-degree criminal sexual act for the sexual assault and death of Destiny Sanchez in 2012)

36. 4/27/2016

Sharon McNeil (Indicted: for allegedly mugging a 103-year-old woman

35. 4/21/2016

Ernesto Delgado and Orlando Ramos (Pleaded Guilty: to first-degree Robbery of a Bronx bodega in 2012 which resulted in a 20-year-old store clerk’s death

34. 4/20/2016

Ricardo Baret (Indicted: for the 1990 murder of a Bronx man, after an eyewitness to the fatal shooting finally came forward

33. 4/20/2016

Lamont Jones (Convicted: of murder and weapon possession for fatally shooting his neighbor in a dispute stemming from small change owed for a loose cigarette

32. 4/19/2016

Jason Marks (Indicted: on multiple counts of grand larceny and possession of stolen property for taking $81,171.19 in unauthorized withdrawals from a bank account belonging to the Bronx County Clerk’s Office.

31. 4/18/2016

Jose Soriano (Convicted: of second-degree murder, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and two counts of second-degree assault for a 2012 shooting near a C-Town supermarket)

30. 4/12/2016

Jeffrey Harris (Convicted: on one count of Attempted Murder in the second degree for November 2014 shooting

29. 4/8/2016

Bronx District Attorney's Crime Victims Assistance Unit Sponsors Annual Survivors' Tribute

28. 4/8/2016

Lisette Bamenga (Convicted: on two counts of Manslaughter in the first degree for the deaths of her two children in 2012

DOI. 4/7/2016

DOI-Bronx District Attorney Investigation Leads to Arrest of City Correction Officer on Charges of Assaulting an Inmate

27. 4/7/2016

Scott Parilla (Indicted: on one count of Murder in the second degree for the death of a teenage girl in 1989.

26. 4/1/2016

Alejandro Campos (Sentenced: to 26 years prison for his role in two April 2012 robberies, including acting as the getaway driver in the murder of Hwang Yang.

25. 3/30/2016

Kenneth Washington (SENTENCED: to 17 years prison and 20 years post-release supervision for Criminal Sexual Act, Rape, and additional crimes for two October 2014 incidents.

24. 3/23/2016

District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announces move to vacate murder conviction of Richard Rosario.

23. 3/17/2016

New Appointments

22. 3/11/2016

MARIA CHMIELEWSKI (SENTENCED: to six months in jail concurrent with five years of probation following conviction of second-degree Grand Larceny and second-degree Insurance Fraud for stealing nearly $200,000 in Workers’ Compensation Benefits.

21. 3/10/2016

84 MEMBERS OF THE ' Eden Boys', ' Miami', 'UGZ' and 'RGZ' GANG (INDICTED: on a total of 386 counts ranging from conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to distribute narcotics, attempted murder and weapons charges for allegedly committing 22 shootings in the West Bronx and supplying various towns in Massachusetts and New Hampshire with cocaine, fentanyl and heroin.

19. 3/9/2016

ALEXIS TATIS (CONVICTED: on two counts of Attempted Assault in the 1st Degree and one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 2nd Degree for the 2013 shooting of 3-year-old Luis Oyola Jr. and Shane Schoffner in Vidalia Park.

18. 3/1/2016

PATRICE O'SHAUGHNESSY appointed as the new Director of Public Information for the Bronx District Attorney’s Office.

17. 2/25/2016

JESUS FLORES (INDICTED: on charges of murder and manslaughter in a stabbing near Yankee Stadium. Flores was apprehended by two off-duty court officers.)

16. 2/22/2016

MARK ALEXPOULOS (SENTENCED: to three-year conditional discharge following final restitution payment of over $500,000 to 63 victims across the globe for online auto-selling scam.)

15. 2/18/2016

CAROL LACKNER (PLEADS GUILTY: to Falsyifying Business Records in the 1st Degree for allegedly creating false logbook posts showing she checked up on a mentally ill inmate. The inmate later died in his overheated jail cell.

Update. 2/5/2016

BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY STATEMENT ON JAVIER ENGER

14. 1/29/2016

DANIELLE WHYTE (BAIL HEARING: for her role in the alleged killing of her seven- week old son, Mason Tyler Feliciano, along with Jose Feliciano, the child's father.

13.1/27/2016

KARI BAZEMORE (INDICTED: for the New Year’s Day slashing of a woman in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. BAZEMORE also faces charges for two similar incidents in Manhattan that occurred within days of this alleged attack.

12.1/26/2016

JOSE "ALEX" FELICIANO and DANIELLE WHYTE (INDICTED: in the death of their seven-week-old son, MASON TYLER FELICIANO, after which they are accused of transporting the child’s body to Putnam, and then Dutchess County, where they left him in a wooded area.

11. 1/21/2016

Bronx District Attorney Investigators find stolen van belonging to a Norwood church.

10. 1/20/2016

VICTOR RODMAN and MICHELLE HUBERT (SENTENCED: to a conditional discharge, several hundred hours of community service and in Rodman's case, 90 days in jail, for the 2009 assault on a Rikers Island inmate.

9. 1/20/2016

RONALD DeJesus PLAZA (SENTENCED IN ABSENTIA: To 10 years in prison followed by five years post-release supervision for the June 2014 attack of a stranger who had just emerged from a nightclub on Aqueduct Avenue in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx.

8. 1/12/2016

DOMINICK DAVIS (SENTENCED: To 25- to- years- to life in addition to 10 yrs plus 5 years release supervision for the April 2012 murder of chef, Hwang Yang.)

7. 1/12/2016

BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY(Statement on the creation of special gun courts to address gun related crimes.)

6. 1/12/2016

VALBONA " Dr. Val" YZEIRAJ (REINDICTED: for allegedly practicting fake dentistry without a license. )

5. 1/12/2016

BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY Appoints Judge Joseph Dawson and Julian Bond O'Connor as Counsel and Deputy Co-Counsel

4. 1/7/2016

BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY( Statement on the Death of Former Chief Judge Judith Kaye

3. 1/6/2016

DARRYL HEMPHILL (SENTENCED: to 25-years-to-life for the 2006 Easter Sunday shooting death of 2-year-old David Pacheco Jr.

2. 1/5/2016

RAYMOND MAYRANT (SENTENCED: to 50-years-to-life for the shooting of his girlfriend and the shooting death of the woman's mother.

1. 01/5/2016

ASHLEIGH WADE (ARRAIGNED: for allegedly stabbing her pregnant childhood friend, Angelique Sutton to death in order to obtain her full term baby.