PRESS RELEASES ARCHIVES

An Implementation Evaluation of the Staten Island HOPE Program

Independent report analyzes first year of the HOPE program; highlights successes of the program and recommendations for growth and improvement

Keith Jackson was found guilty for the murder of Bridget Shenk

Anthony Lopez strangled his wife, Obiamaka Aduba, killing her, and then attempted to conceal her corpse

Keith Jackson found guilty for the murder of Bridget Shenk

Defendant Stephen Cummings is sentenced to two to six years in prison on the Manslaughter in the Second Degree conviction and five years in prison and two years’ post-release supervision on the Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree conviction

Defendant Stephen Cummings enters guilty plea to Manslaughter and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance for selling heroin/fentanyl that caused the death of a customer; Guilty plea marks first “death by dealer” conviction by a local prosecutor in New York City

Award is presented annually to outstanding prosecutors in New York City

“All Staten Islanders deserve to live their lives free from fear and free to express their identity however they wish,” said District Attorney McMahon. “

Following guilty verdict at retrial, judge sentences Michael Sykes to life in prison without parole for fatally stabbing the two young children of his girlfriend, Rebecca Cutler; Sykes also sentenced today to 25 years to life for attempted murder of a third child; Sykes currently serving a sentence of 26-and-one-third years to life for murder of Ms. Cutler