August 23, 2002

• Landlord Charged With Arson For Profit; Accused Of Setting Fire Aided By Alleged Accomplice To His Residence Causing Injury To Three Firefighters And Filing Fraudulent Insurance Claim Seeking Damage Settlement

August 21, 2002

• Jamaica Businessman Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Young Girl
• New Initiative To Identify And Target Repeat Misdemeanor Offenders Underway In Queens

August 20, 2002

• Brooklyn Man Charged With Sexually Attacking Two Queens Women

August 19, 2002

• Astoria Woman Charged In Seizure Of $313,000 Worth Of Counterfeit Fake Cigarette Tax Stamps

August 14, 2002

• Brooklyn Dentist And Reputed Organized Crime Associate Indicted In $200,000 Extortion Of Queens Businessman; Alleged Victim Was Threatened With Death Unless He Paid Up To $5,000 A Month In "Protection" Money

August 13, 2002

• NYPD Police Officer Charged With Welfare Fraud; Allegedly Received Over $115,000 In Public Assistance Benefits
• Home Improvement Contractor Pleads Guilty In Internet Sex "Sting"; Admits He Tried To Send Indecent Material To NYPD Undercover Detective Posing As Teenager

August 7, 2002

• District Attorney Brown Tours Queens County Police Precinct For "National Night Out Against Crime"

August 6, 2002

• Four Astoria Men Accused Of Being Cocaine And Hashish Dealers; Allegedly Used Their Apartments As Drug Warehouse
• Two Brothers Arraigned Following Unsealing Of Indictment In 1999 Slaying Of Quinnipiac College Law Student

August 1, 2002

• Last Of Three Defendants In Beating And Sexual Assault Of Bayside High Student Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison