2022 PRESS RELEASES
December
- Homicides and Shootings Continued to Drop in Brooklyn in 2022, Driving Citywide Decline in Gun Violence During Past Two Years
- Former Williamsburg Man Indicted for Operating a Ponzi Scheme, Stealing Over $1.3 Million from More Than 20 Victims
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 20 Years to Life in Prison for Sexually Assaulting 20-Year-Old Woman in Brownsville Park
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Rape
- Record Number of Firearms Recovered in Brooklyn Gun Buyback
- Man and Woman Indicted for Sex Trafficking of Teenage Girl
- Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and NYPD To Offer $500 and iPads for Guns, Just in Time for the Holidays
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to up to 21 Years in Prison for East Flatbush Shooting That Killed an Innocent Teen
- Brooklyn Father Arraigned in Death of 23-Month-Old Daughter
November
- Brooklyn Man Indicted for Shooting Death of Ethan Williams
- Thirty-Two Alleged Members of Two Rival Brownsville-Based Gangs Charged With 106 Counts, Including Conspiracy to Commit Murder
- Tesla Driver Charged with Manslaughter for Allegedly Speeding and Missing Turn, Killing Passenger, and Injuring Three Others
- Brooklyn Man Indicted for Murder and Dismemberment of Girlfriend
- Brooklyn Couple Indicted for Fatal Shooting of TSA Worker
- Red Hook Man Sentenced to 22 Years to Life in Prison Following Conviction for Violent Assault of 60-Year-Old
- Brooklyn Man Indicted for Violent Home Invasion Burglary in Crown Heights
October
- Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez Announces the Creation of New Gender-Based Violence Division
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 12 to 24 Years in Prison in Connection to Seven Separate Attacks on Women in East Williamsburg
- Brooklyn Man Charged with Murder and Assault for Killing Woman and Injuring Four Others While Allegedly Driving Recklessly, Evading Police
- Brooklyn Mother Indicted for Killing her Three Children
September
- Flatbush Landlord Sentenced to Jail and Probation in Connection with Fatal Fire that Left One Tenant Dead
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Stabbing Police Officer in Neck, Shooting His Partner and Firing Gun at Police Officers Who Responded to Scene, Wounding a Third Officer
- Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Killing Brooklyn Father Over Stolen Baseball Cap in Flatbush
- Brownsville Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Gun Trafficking
- East New York Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison For Attempted Sex Trafficking of 15-Year-Old Girl
- Unlicensed Contractor Indicted for Stealing More Than $192,000 From Windsor Terrace Homeowners
- Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez to Dismiss 378 Convictions That Relied on 13 Officers Who Were Later Convicted of Misconduct While on Duty
August
- Staten Island Man Convicted of Assault in Borough Park
- Man Convicted Again for 1995 Murder After Retrial That Included Eyewitness Testimony
- Queens Man Indicted for Labor and Sex Trafficking of Two Women
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 15 Years to Life in Prison for Fatal Shooting
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Sexual Assault of 13-year-old Girl
- Queens Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison For Violently Attacking and Sexually Abusing His Girlfriend
July
- Brooklyn Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking of Teenage Girl
- Brooklyn Driver Sentenced to 3 to 6 Years in Prison for Running Red Light And Fatally Striking a Deliveryman in Borough Park
- Queens Man Sentenced to 50 Years to Life in Prison for Violent Sexual Assaults in Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Fatally Shooting 23-year-old Man Outside East Flatbush Home
- Brooklyn District Attorney Moves to Vacate Unjust Convictions of Three Defendants Who Confessed as Teenagers to Horrific Murder of Clerk Whose Token Booth was Set on Fire and Exploded
- Brooklyn Scaffolding Company and its Foreperson Indicted for Reckless Endangerment and Criminal Mischief in Scaffolding Collapse
June
- Brooklyn Man Indicted for Three Sexual Assaults of Two Victims
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Shooting a FedEx Driver in the Back at Point Blank Range
- Brooklyn Woman Indicted for Beating 9-year-old Daughter to Death in Crown Heights Apartment
- Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez Dedicates Unprecedented Resources to Combat Gun Violence Under Comprehensive STOP VIOLENCE Initiative
- East Flatbush Man Arraigned on Indictment Charging Him With Kidnapping and Predatory Sexual Assault of Teen Boy
- Brooklyn Men Who Allegedly Stole Approximately $227,000 from Elderly Clinton Hill Woman Indicted on Grand Larceny and Other Charges
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Leading Police on a Car Chase, Striking Multiple Vehicles
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 18 Years to Life in Prison For Fatal Shooting of Innocent Teen in Bedford-Stuyvesant
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to Prison for Attempted Assault as a Hate Crime following Anti-Gay Attack in East New York
- Three Defendants Sentenced to 75 Years to Life in Prison for Robbery and Murder of New York City Police Department Civilian Employee in His Bensonhurst Home
- Brooklyn Teenager Charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide For Allegedly Causing Three Fatalities When Driving Recklessly
- Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Host Anti-Gun Violence Youth Summit
- Staten Island Teen Indicted for Assault as a Hate Crime for Allegedly Attacking Jewish Man in Williamsburg
- Brooklyn Man Indicted for Murdering Girlfriend
- Brooklyn Man Indicted for Attempted Murder as a Hate Crime for Allegedly Assaulting Individual He Believed to be Russian in Sheepshead Bay Lounge
May
- New York City Police Officer Indicted for Attempted Murder for Off-Duty Shooting Outside of Canarsie Lounge
- Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and NYPD to Host Second Gun Buyback Event This Year in Clinton Hill
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced for Causing Motorcyclist’s Death While Driving Under the Influence and Speeding
- Teenager Sentenced to 10 Years to Life for Shooting Death of Innocent Honor Student on Basketball Court in Brownsville
- Midwood Man Indicted for Credit Card Forgery
- Man Indicted for Stealing over $150,000 by Soliciting Donations for Fake Cancer Charities
April
- Long Island Woman Indicted for Stealing $135,000 from New York City’s Retirement System
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking of Two Teenage Girls
- Bushwick Man Indicted for Illegal Possession of Ghost Guns
- Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office Accepting Applications For Four-Week High School Internship Summer Program
- Man Convicted for Killing Brooklyn Father Over Stolen Baseball Cap in Flatbush
March
- Parolee Arraigned for Murdering and Dismembering Brooklyn Woman
- Brooklyn Real Estate Broker Indicted for Multiple Rental Apartment and PPE Frauds
- Sheepshead Bay Man Sentenced to 20 Years to Life For Fatally Shooting Estranged Wife
- East Flatbush Man Sentenced for Sex Trafficking of 16-Year-Old Girl
- Construction Company and Owner Indicted for Manslaughter in Death of 5-Year-Old Girl Struck by Pillars Following Wall Collapse
- Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Stabbing Police Officer in Neck, Shooting His Partner and Firing Gun at Police Officers Who Responded to Scene, Wounding a Third Officer
- Staten Island Man Sentenced to 25 Years to Life in Prison For Fatal Assault of Off-Duty Firefighter Following Minor Fender Bender
- Turkmenistan Citizen Sentenced to 15 Years to Life for 2009Robbery and Murder of Brooklyn Shopkeeper
- Sheepshead Bay Man Sentenced to 22 Years to Life in Prison For Fatally Stabbing Professor in Prospect Park South Home
February
- Bronx Man Arraigned on Indictment Charging Him With Hate Crimes for Allegedly Assaulting Woman, Spewing Anti-Hispanic Slurs
- Brooklyn Man Arraigned on Indictment Charging Him With Hate Crime for Allegedly Assaulting Asian Senior Citizen
- Defendant Convicted in Double Homicide for Murdering His Sister and Former Girlfriend Sentenced to 50 Years to Life in Prison
- Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez Establishes Helpline to Report Vaccination Fraud and Relief Program Abuse
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced for Stealing or Attempting to Steal Over $1 Million in Credit Fraud Scheme Targeting Pentagon Federal Credit Union
- Suspended Lawyer Indicted for Embezzling $400,000 from Brooklyn Clients
January
- Off-Duty Police Officer Arraigned on Indictment Charging Him With Assault and Menacing as Hate Crimes in Anti-Muslim Attack
- Queens Man Indicted for Stealing School Bus, Crashing into Numerous Vehicles and Causing Injuries to Other Drivers
- California Man Indicted for Stealing Identity of Army Veteran, Applying for Benefits, Including More Than $35,000 in Housing Subsidies
- Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and NYPD to Host Gun Buyback Event in Flatbush
- Brooklyn Man Indicted for Allegedly Trying to Steal Flatlands House
- Seventeen Alleged Gang Members Charged in Two Indictments Containing Total of 118 Counts, Including Conspiracy to Commit Murder