February 28, 2002

• Maryland Man Sentenced To 25 Years To Life In Prison For 1993 Murder Of Queens Store Owner
• Five Teens Arrested For Arson At Sears Mall In Rego Park
• 22 Employees – Including Four New York City Public School Substitute Teachers – Charged In $130,000 Unemployment Insurance Fraud

February 27, 2002

• Flushing Man Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Young Girl And Endangering The Welfare Of Two Others

February 25, 2002

• Long Island Woman Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter In Fatal Poisoning of Her Longtime Boyfriend
• Queens Man Indicted For Attempted Murder In Potentially Fatal Bite Attack Of Girlfriend Which Caused Severe Facial Disfigurement And Possible Sight Loss

February 22, 2002

• Long Island Judge Who Stabbed His Wife Resigns From Bench After Pleading Not Responsible By Reason Of Mental Disease

February 20, 2002

• 16 AMTRAK Employees Charged In $100,000 Telephone Scheme; Allegedly Used Credit And Phone Cards Taken From Wallets And Purses Left Or Lost By Passengers To Make Thousands Of Unauthorized Personal Telephone Calls On "Railfones" Installed Aboard Railroad Cars They Were Assigned To Clean And Maintain In Sunnyside Train Yard

February 15, 2002

• Senegal Man Charged With Selling Bogus Identifications And Embassy Documents
• Delaware Resident Pleads Guilty To Tavern Murder; To Be Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison

February 14, 2002

• College Point Man Convicted In 1999 Stabbing Of His Former Neighbor

February 13, 2002

• Owners Of Five Unlicensed Moving Companies Charged With Racketeering In Consumer Shakedown Scheme; Allegedly Demanded Excessive Cash Payments On Moving Day And Held Household Goods Hostage For Ransom When Customers Refused To Pay

February 8, 2002

• Maryland Resident Convicted In 1993 Murder
• Brooklyn Man Who Fired His Attorney Before Summations Convicted Of 1999 Murder Of Queens Woman
• Grandson Pleads Guilty To Abusing Grandparents
• Brooklyn Man Sentenced To 20 Year Prison Term For Attempted Murder During Children’s Birthday Party

February 7, 2002

• Flushing Man Convicted Of 1996 Kissena Park Murder
• Queens District Attorney And St. Mary’s Foundation For Children President To Parents: Always Use Child Safety Seats
• Four Queens Women Charged With Heroin Possession: One Had Glassine Packets Stamped "Bin Laden" And Depicting World Trade Center With Approaching Jet Plane

February 5, 2002

• Long Island Soccer Coach Enters Not Guilty Plea At Arraignment On Charges Of Alleged Sodomy And Sexual Abuse Of Six Young Boys In Two Queens Hotels

February 1, 2002

• Jamaica Man Sentenced To 40 Years To Life In Double Homicide
• Two Youths Convicted Of Bayside Hate Crime Assault