2020 PRESS RELEASES
December
- Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez Announces a Promotion and the Hiring of New Prosecutors, Enhancing Diversity of Leadership and Staff
- Bronx Man Indicted for Alleged Grandparent “Bail” Scam
- East New York Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking of 15-Year-Old Girl
- Brooklyn Attorney Indicted for Real Estate Fraud in Connection With Eight Properties Valued at Nearly $8 Million
November
October
- Brooklyn District Attorney Moves to Vacate Conviction in 1987 Murder After Finding That Sole Eyewitness’ Mental Condition Wasn’t Disclosed
- Former New York City Subway Conductor Charged for Allegedly Stealing $114,000 from New York City Transit
- Long Island Man Sentenced to 24 Years to Life in Prison For Murder of Brooklyn Pizzeria Owner
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison For 2005 Cold Case Killing of His Girlfriend
September
- Teenager Indicted for Attempted Murder for Shooting that Wounded Six During Unofficial J’ouvert Celebration
- Brooklyn Man Indicted for Murder of Three Individuals
- Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and NYPD to Host Gun Buyback Event in East New York
- Cab Driver Arraigned for Rape of 12-Year-Old Passenger Who He Allegedly Assaulted Twice After Repeatedly Punching Her
August
- Brooklyn Man Indicted for Allegedly Stabbing Police Officer in Neck, Shooting His Partner and Firing Gun at Police Officers Who Responded to Scene, Wounding a Third Officer
- More Than 36 Alleged Violent Offenders Indicted over the Past Week After Grand Juries Reconvened in Brooklyn
- Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez Announces Creation of Gun Violence Suppression Bureau
July
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Stabbing Black Woman in Subway During Hate Crime
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Sexually Abusing Woman After Dragging Her into an Alleyway in Bushwick
- Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez Announces Creation of Dedicated Street Safety Bureau
- AG James and DA Gonzalez Partner to Expand Housing Protection Initiative
- Brooklyn District Attorney Publishes Report That Analyzes And Presents the Findings of His Conviction Review Unit
- Flatbush Man Sentenced for Sex Trafficking of Two Teenage Girls and Gun Charge
June
- District Attorney Gonzalez and Attorney General James Win Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Illegal Policy of Making ICE Arrests at State Courthouses
- Police Officer Charged with Assault of Woman During George Floyd Brooklyn Protest
May
April
- KCDA Office Restructuring due to Coronavirus Pandemic
March
- Staten Island Man Indicted for 1980 Cold Case Murder of Lorraine Snell
- Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office Accepting Applications For Five-Week Paid High School Internship Summer Program
- Seven Brooklyn Men Indicted for Stealing over $1 Million From Owners and Couriers Who Were Delivering Funds to Private ATM Machines
- Mill Basin Man Sentenced to Three to Six Years in Prison For Scamming Investors Out of $440,000
February
- Long Island Man Sentenced to One-and-a-Half to Four-and-a-Half Years in Prison for Forging Deed in Scheme to Steal Brownstone Worth Over $1 Million from Elderly Brooklyn Homeowner
- Brooklyn Woman Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Drowning 2-Year-Old Daughter Inside a Storage Container Filled with Water
- Long Island Man Indicted for Strangulation Death of Pregnant Girlfriend Whose Body He Allegedly Discarded Outside Her Red Hook Home
- Sunset Park Attorney Indicted for Allegedly Stealing Approximately $280,000 From Two Families He Represented in Sale of Their Homes
- Brooklyn Man Arrested for Receiving $74,000 in Cash Payments for Pretending to Help Three Women Buy Mitchell-Lama Apartments
- Queens Man Indicted for Fatal Beating of Brooklyn Video Game Designer in Early Morning Attack on Williamsburg Street Corner
- Brooklyn District Attorney Moves to Vacate Murder Conviction In Connection With 1995 Stabbing Outside Night Club in Gowanus
- Bedford-Stuyvesant Man Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter for 2005 Cold Case Murder of His Girlfriend
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 20 Years to Life in Prison for Fatal Shooting of Father of Four in the Early Morning Hours of Father’s Day 2018
- Former Boyfriend Sentenced to 40 Years to Life in Prison for Murder in Execution Death of Correction Officer Who He Tracked and Ambushed
- 34 Alleged Members of Two Rival Street Gangs Variously Charged in 122-Count Indictment That Includes Charges Relating to 13 Shootings in Brooklyn North; 16 Firearms Recovered
January
- Bronx Man Who Shot and Paralyzed Former High School Basketball Star Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison
- Former NYPD Officer Sentenced to Four Years’ Probation for Falsely Claiming Burglary Suspect Tried to Strike Him and His Partner with Vehicle
- Brooklyn Continued to Record Historic Decline in Violent Crime in 2019