June 29, 2004

• Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown Recommends Major Changes In City Foster Care System Following Year Long Investigation Into Death Of Nine Year Old Profoundly Disabled Stephanie Ramos; Recommendations Include Mandatory Psychological Screening Of Foster Parents, Unannounced Home Visits By Caseworkers, Enforcement Of Limit Of Two Medically Fragile Children Per Foster Home And Critically Needed Increased Funding

June 28, 2004

• Queens Man Charged in Hit and Run Rampage That Seriously Injured 14-Year-Old Jamaica Girl and Injured Three Others

• Virginia Man Sentenced To 25 Years To Life In Prison For 1996 Fatal Shooting During Car-Jacking of Cab Driver

• Queens Man Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison For Rape And Attempted Murder of Female Relative Who Permanently Lost Vision In Eye

June 25, 2004

• Rapper DMX And Friend Charged With Criminal Possession Of Weapon And Drugs And Impersonating Federal Agent In JFK Airport Parking Lot Gate Crash; Face Up To Seven Years In Prison

June 24, 2004

• Second New Jersey Man Sentenced To Prison For Eight Years For Manslaughter In Fatal Beating Of Manhattan Political Leader

June 23, 2004

• Disbarred Forest Hills Attorney Sentenced To Up To Three Years In Prison For Stealing From Clients In Real Estate Transactions; Losses Exceed $400,000 From 35 Clients

June 22, 2004

• Two Queens Teachers Charged With Attempted Sex Crimes, Dissemination Of Indecent Materials And Child Endangerment In Separate Internet "Sting" Operations;  Allegedly E-Mailed Indecent Material In Attempts To Have Sexual Relations With Teenage Boy And Girl Who Actually Was NYPD Undercover Detective

June 17, 2004

• Queens Man Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison For Kidnapping And Beating Estranged Wife And Duct Taping Their Infant Daughter To Her Body

June 16, 2004

• Huge Cocaine Stockpile With $75 Million Street Value Seized At Maspeth Warehouse

• Jamaica Man Found Guilty Of Biting Police Officer In Melee Outside Hospital

• Newark Man Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For Manslaughter In Fatal Beating Of Manhattan Political Leader; Second Defendant Awaiting Sentencing

June 14, 2003

• Manhattan Man Charged With Attempting To Steal Long Island Railroad Train; Faces Up To 15 Years In Prison

• Maspeth Youth Charged With Murder in Samurai Sword Stabbing death of Another Youth; Faces Up to Life in Prison

June 9, 2004

• Queens Electrician Pleads Guilty To Torching Minister's Van Outside Korean Church In Flushing; Pays $15,000 in Restitution

• Tenant Convicted of Near-Fatal Knife Assault of Upstairs Tenants In Attack Allegedly Ordered By Landlord Who Wanted Them Out of Rent-Controlled Apartment

June 7, 2004

• Juvenile Pleads Guilty To Intentional Assault In Baseball Bat Attack On Three Other Youths In Douglaston; Faces Up To Four Years Incarceration

• Queens Boiler Mechanic Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Sexual Attacks On Four Women Last Year

June 2, 2004

• Queens Pimp Pleads Guilty To Attempted Promoting Prostitution; Faces Up To Three Years In Prison