December 27, 2004

• Youth Charged With Murder In Stabbing Death Of Young Man Outside Queens Movie Theater; Faces Up To Nine Years To Life In Prison; Three Other Youths Charged With Gang Assault

• Queens Driver Charged With Reckless Manslaughter In Fatal Highway Crash That Killed Rear Seat Passenger Ejected Through Window; Faces Up To 15 Years In Prison

December 23, 2004

• Queens Man Pleads Guilty To Brutal And Violent Attack Of Girlfriend's Sister Whom He Raped, Choked And Burned With Ammonia-Soaked Rag, Scarring Her; Faces 15 Years In Prison

December 21, 2004

• Bridge Painter Sentenced To Up To 20 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Kill His Estranged Wife And Her Boyfriend While Incarcerated In Rikers Island Awaiting Trial For Vicious Hammer Attack Month Earlier

December 20, 2004

• Holiday Shopping Season Trademark Counterfeiting Enforcement Initiative At Aqueduct Race Track Flea Market Results In Seizure Of Thousands Of Bogus Items Including Jackets, Coats, Hats, Jeans And Sunglasses Fraudulently Containing Famous Brand Names Such As Tommy Hillfiger, North Face, Timberland, Polo, Calvin Klein, Guess And Gucci And Pirated CDs And DVDs; Seventeen Vendors Arrested

December 16, 2004

• Queens District Attorney's Toy Drive Yields Bounty Of Holiday Cheer For Needy Children

December 14, 2004

• Richmond Hill Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For Murder And Assault In 1996 Fatal Shooting In Sikh Community That Left One Man Dead And Another Man Seriously Wounded

December 13, 2004

• NYC HRA Social Worker Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter In Shooting Death Of Co-Worker; Faces 20 Year Prison Sentence

December 9, 2004

• Bookkeeper Charged With Embezzling Over $400,000 In Rents From Landlord Employer

December 8, 2004

• Rapper DMX Pleads Guilty To Reckless Endangerment And Driving While Under Influence Of Drugs In JFK Airport Incident; Forfeits $13,000 Personalized SUV With Lights And Siren And Fined $1,000

December 7, 2004

• Landlord Convicted Of Plotting Near-Fatal Knife Assault On Tenants; Hired Second Floor Tenants Who Attacked Third Floor Tenants To Force Them To Vacate Their Rent-Controlled Apartment

December 3, 2004

• Brooklyn Man Charged With Murder In Home Invasion Stabbing Death Of Construction Worker And Wounding Of Son In South Ozone Park, Queens; Faces Up To 32 Years To Life In Prison

December 1, 2004

• Four Auto Parts Dealers Charged In Seizure Of Counterfeit Auto Parts Valued At $700,000; Allegedly Sold Thousands Of Bogus Parts -- Including Ignition Coils, Sway Bars And Brake Pads -- Claiming That They Were Genuine Ford And Chrysler Products When Actually Of Inferior Grade And Potentially Unsafe