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DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES AND
COUNCILWOMAN ELIZABETH S. CROWLEY RALLY WITH
SANITATION WORKERS AS THEY CALL FOR NEW
LEGISLATION INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR
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(From left to
right): Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley,
District Attorney Hynes,
Uniformed
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On February 1,
District Attorney Hynes, Councilwoman
Elizabeth Crowley and Uniformed
Sanitationmen’s President Harry Nespoli
joined sanitation workers on the steps of
City Hall as they called on the state
legislature to pass a pending bill
increasing the penalties for those who
assault sanitation workers.
The new law would charge attackers of
NYC sanitation workers with Assault in the
Second Degree, a Class D felony, punishable
by up to seven years in prison.
The goal is to make it safer for the
more than 6,000 sanitation workers in NYC as
there has been an increase in assaults on
these workers while performing their duties.
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES EXAMINES
ONE OF MANY WEAPONS COLLECTED AT A GUN
BUYBACK INITIATIVE, PRAISES COMMISSIONER
RAYMOND KELLY AND
ASSEMBLYMAN KARIM CAMARA
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Kings County District Attorney Charles J.
Hynes, aided by Police Captain Edward
Carrasco, examines one of several weapons
collected at a Gun Buyback campaign held on
Jan. 28, at Bedford Central Presbyterian
Church in Crown Heights. A total of 108 guns
were recovered, including 61 revolvers, 29
semi-automatic weapons, 3 rifles and 2
shotguns. DA Hynes said success of the
day’s gun buyback initiative once again
demonstrates the need for this program and
the value it has to the community. The
District Attorney said his office is happy
to work with all clergy and community
leaders to continue this import ant
mission. DA Hynes singled out for praise
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and
Assemblyman Karim Camara for joining with
him in the day’s effort. |
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KINGS COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES, NYC
POLICE COMMISSIONER RAYMOND W. KELLY AND
NYC SPECIAL
NARCOTICS PROSECUTOR
BRIDGET G.
BRENNAN ANNOUNCE INDICTMENTS OF
43 GANG
MEMBERS
TWO WARRING GANGS
FOUGHT EACH OTHER AND TERRORIZED
BROWNSVILLE; COMMUNITY LEADERS HAIL THE
EFFORTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN TAKEDOWN
GANG VICTIMS
INCLUDE INNOCENT BYSTANDER KILLED AFTER
SHOTS WERE FIRED INTO COURTYARD
Brooklyn, January 19, 2012 –
Kings County District Attorney Charles J.
Hynes, NYC Police Commissioner Raymond W.
Kelly and NYC Special Narcotics Prosecutor
Bridget G. Brennan today announced two
indictments of a total of 43 gang members
associated with two warring gangs who
terrorized Brownsville as part of “Operation
Tidal Wave”.
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES HIS ComALERT
PROGRAM IN MEMORY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,
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Kings County District
Attorney Charles J. Hynes highlighted his
ComAlert program as he paid tribute to the
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Jan. 16,
at Brooklyn Academy of Music. DA Hynes
called ComAlert, which helps to find a
solution to the problem of recidivism among
ex-offenders, a fitting legacy to Dr. King.
The program
helps ex-offenders with housing, education,
substance treatment, physical and mental
health counseling and employment. DA Hynes
was joined by Mayor Michael Bloomberg,
Senator Charles E. Schumer, City Council
Speaker Christine C. Quinn, and Schools
Chancellor Dennis Walcott.
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KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J.
HYNES ANNOUNCES ARREST OF FIVE CITY
EMPLOYEES WHO UNDERREPORTED THEIR INCOME TO
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
DEFENDANTS RECEIVED SECTION 8 HOUSING
ASSISTANCE AND ILLEGALLY COLLECTED THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS IN SUBSIDIES
Brooklyn, January 12, 2012 –
Kings County District Attorney Charles
J. Hynes today announced the arrest of
five city employees who underreported
their income to the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
It enabled them to receive
Section 8 housing assistance and
thousands of dollars in federal
subsidies.
Section 8 is a federal housing
program which provides housing
assistance to low income renters and
homeowners.
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES WELCOMES
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY CLASS OF 2012 |
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Kings County District Charles J. Hynes
welcomed the Class of 2012 Assistant
District Attorneys to his staff on Jan. 10.
He told the 60 person class they may
“prosecute with earnest and vigor, strike
hard blows, but are not at liberty to strike
foul ones.” DA
Hynes stressed that “it is as much a duty to
refrain from improper methods calculated to
produce a wrongful conviction as it is to
use every legitimate means to bring about a
just one.” DA Hynes is joined by
Administrative Judge for Criminal Matters
Kings County Supreme Court, Barry Kamins.
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KINGS COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ANNOUNCES
DOCUMENTARY FILM ON GUN VIOLENCE CREATED BY
DA’S YCP PROGRAM WILL BE SCREENED AT NYC
INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
Brooklyn,
January 5, 2012 –
Kings County
District Attorney Charles J. Hynes
announced today that “Charge it to
the Game”, a documentary film
created by the District Attorney’s
YCP (Youth and Congregations in
Partnership) program, will be
screened at the NYC Downtown Feature
Film Festival on Monday, February 20
at 2:00 PM at the Duo Multicultural
Arts Center, at 62 East 4th
Street in Manhattan.
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DETECTIVE
INVESTIGATORS HONORED
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(from left to right):Executive Assistant
District Attorney
David Heslin;
Chief
Investigator
Joseph Ponzi; Chief
Assistant
District Attorney Amy Feinstein and
Supervising Rackets
Investigator Sandra Tillman
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(from left to right): Chief Investigator
Joseph Ponzi;
Detective Vito
Maniscalco;
Chief Assistant District
Attorney
Amy Feinstein
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On
Tuesday December 20, the Kings
County District Attorney’s Office
honored two Detective Investigators
for their extraordinary
contributions in the pursuit of
justice for the people of Brooklyn. Supervising Rackets Investigator Sandra
Tillman received the Donald J.
Bedford Award recognizing her as
Outstanding Supervisor of the Year.
The award is named after a former
Chief Investigator for the Brooklyn
DA’s Office who passed away in 1990.
Detective Vito Maniscalco received
the John Donnellan Award for
Outstanding Investigator of the
Year.
The award
is named for John Donnellan, a retired NYPD
Lieutenant who worked as Senior Investigator in the
office of then New York State Special Prosecutor
Hynes and was later a Senior Investigator for
District Attorney Hynes, from 1990, till Donnellan's
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KINGS COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES AND
POLICE COMMISSIONER RAYMOND W. KELLY
ANNOUNCES
FIVE INDICTMENTS IN THE FATAL
SHOOTING OF
POLICE OFFICER PETER J.
FIGOSKI
Brooklyn,
December 20, 2011—Kings County District
Attorney Charles J. Hynes and Police
Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today announce
five indictments for the fatal shooting of
Police Officer Peter J. Figoski, 47, a
22-year veteran of the 75th
Precinct.
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KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ANNOUNCES THE
INDICTMENT OF ELEVATOR REPAIRMAN
FOR
RECKLESS ASSAULT
VICTIM SUFFERS MULTIPLE COMPOUND FRACTURES
TRAPPED IN MOVING ELEVATOR ON CHRISTMAS DAY
Brooklyn,
December 15, 2011—Kings County District
Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced
the indictment of Jason Jordan, 27, charged
with recklessly conducting an elevator
repair at SUNY
Downstate
Medical
Center, in such
a way that a woman caught in the closing
doors suffered multiple compound fractures
of her arm and leg.
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PRESS RELEASE
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DA’s
Office Organizes Book Drive
for Troops
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Pictured (from left to right): Virginia
Sierra, First ADA Anne Swern, Jose
Nieves,Kevin James, Brenda Campbell
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The District Attorney’s
Office participated in a book drive to
support our troops. Approximately 200
books, DVDs and music CDs were collected
from staff and shipped to troops in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait. The drive was
coordinated by Jose Nieves, Counsel in the
Trial Bureau Green Zone; Dennis Geoghan,
Deputy Bureau Chief in the Trial Bureau Grey
Zone; and Brenda Campbell, Paralegal in the
Crimes Against Children Bureau. Also
instrumental in the success of the drive
were Kevin James, Deputy Bureau Chief in the
School Advocacy Bureau; Vivian Cedeno,
Supervising Senior Assistant District
Attorney in the Domestic Violence Bureau;
and Virginia Sierra, Paralegal Specialist in
the Conviction Integrity Review Unit. The
points of contact and addresses of soldiers
overseas were provided by the Fourth Legal
Support Organization (4th LSO),
an Army Reserve Unit based in
Fort Totten,
NY. ADAs Nieves and
Geoghan both served in the 4th
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KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J.
HYNES ANNOUNCES 72 YEAR SENTENCE IN RAPE OF
11-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Brooklyn,
December 14, 2011—Kings County District
Attorney
Charles J. Hynes today announces the sentencing of
Gerald Hatcher, 47, to 72 years in prison
for raping his girlfriend’s 11-year-old
daughter multiple times between October and
November, 2008.
He was convicted on August 18 of Rape
in the First Degree before Brooklyn Supreme
Court Justice Dineen Riviezzo.
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ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY RHONNIE JAUS
RECEIVES THOMAS E. DEWEY
MEDAL FOR 2011 |
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Kings Country
District Attorney Charles J. Hynes
congratulates Rhonnie Jaus, Chief of
the Sex Crimes and Crimes Against
Children Bureaus, as she received
this year’s Thomas E. Dewey Medal
presented by New York City Bar
Association. The Thomas E. Dewey
Medal is presented annually to an
outstanding assistant district
attorney in each of the City’s
District Attorney’s offices and in
the Office of the city’s Special
Narcotics Prosecutor. Past winners
of the award from
Kings
County
include Michael F. Vecchione, ’07,
Charles M. Guria, ’08, Anne J.
Swern, ’09, and Wanda Lucibello,
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY
HYNES SIGNS COMMUNITY
POLICY AGREEMENT |
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District Attorney
Hynes is joined by (from left) NYC
Councilwoman Letitia James, NYS Senator
Velmanette Montgomery, NYS Assemblyman
Hakeem Jeffries and Alex Perez, Executive
Officer for the 88th Precinct as they
announce a community policy agreement with
two methadone clinics in Fort Greene and
Prospect Heights and a task force consisting
of elected officials, business leaders and
community members, aimed at eliminating
criminal activity in the areas surrounding
the clinics. As part of the agreement,
patients who abuse their treatment, engage
in criminal activity outside of their
clinics and are arrested three times, will
be discharged from their methadone clinic
and risk losing their welfare benefits and
services. The objective is to keep those
neighborhoods safe and create a positive
business atmosphere. The idea for the
initiative was introduced by the Fulton Area
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District Attorney Hynes
is joined by members of the
local community at
Project Safe Surrender.
Brooklyn residents came to
the Mount Sion Baptist
Church, located at 365 Ralph
Avenue, to resolve their
outstanding warrants and
summons for low-level crimes
and have their cases
adjudicated.
Project Safe
Surrender
also helps
individuals re-enter society
by connecting them with
vital social services
including housing,
employment, job training and
education. |
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