January 31, 2005

• Family Friend Sentenced to 15 Years In Prison For Depraved Assault In Shaken Baby Attack On 10-Month-Old Infant That Blinded Her And Caused Permanent Brain-Damage

January 28, 2005

• Jamaica Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Sexual Attacks Of Women In Queens In 1998 And 2003

• Rockaway Man Convicted Of Murder For Killing Female Employee Of Chinese Restaurant During Armed Robbery; Faces Up To 25 Years To Life In Prison

January 27, 2005

• Accountant/Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty To Embezzling Over $1 Million From Long Island City Elevator Company; Faces Up To 15 Years In Prison

• Former Non-Profit Youth Foundation Program Director Pleads Guilty To Stealing Over $69,000 From The Foundation; Admits He Used The Money To Buy Illegal Drugs

January 26, 2005

• First Re-Sentencing In Queens County Under Newly Revised Drug Laws; Convicted Cocaine Courier's Sentence Reduced From Fifteen Years To Life To Determinate Sentence Of Eight Years

• Landlord Sentenced To 44 Years To Life In Prison For Plotting Near-Fatal Knife Assault On Tenants; Hired Second Floor Tenants To Attack Third Floor Occupants To Force Them Out Of Rent-Controlled Apartment

January 22, 2005

• Teacher and Alleged Accomplice Charged With Attempted Murder And Conspiracy In Vicious And Potentially Lethal Slashing Attack Last September On Public School Principal Near Her South Ozone Park Residence; Face Up To 25 Years In Prison

January 21, 2005

• Queens Woman Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter In Death Of Off-Duty New York City Traffic Agent; Faces Up To Seven Years In Prison

January 20, 2005

• Kew Gardens Hills Co-op Owner Charged In $7,000 Charity Ripoff; Allegedly Claimed She Had Leukemia To Get Rent Subsidies From Private Charities And City Agency; Faces Up To Seven Years In Prison If Convicted

January 19, 2005

• Elementary School Principal Sentenced In Absentia To 20 Years In Prison For Raping Child In His Home

• Jamaica Man Charged In Violent Two-Week Crime Spree Including Alleged Rape, Car Jacking, Bank Robberies, Assault, Robbery And Purse Snatch; Faces Up To 50 Years In Prison

• NYC HRA Social Worker Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Shooting Death Of Co-Worker

January 16, 2005

• Jamaica Man Charged With Forcing 13 And 15 Year Old Girls Into Prostitution; Faces Up To 25 Years In Prison

January 14, 2005

• Southeast Queens Drug Ring Accused Of Distributing Up To $15 Million A Year In Cocaine Closed Down In Undercover Operation; Dozen Alleged Members Arrested And 43 Kilos Of Cocaine, 18 Deadly Weapons, $500,000 In Cash And Five Luxury Vehicles Seized

• Elmont Man Sentenced To Up To Six Years In Prison For Forcing 13 And 14 Year Old Girls Into Prostitution

January 12, 2005

• Youths Charged In Bias-Related Attack On Middle Village, Queens Man; Face Up To 15 Years In Prison

January 11, 2005

• New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Rape In 1997 Attack On Astoria Woman; Apprehended And Prosecuted As Result Of DNA "Cold Hit;" Faces 12 Year Prison Sentence

• Queens Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For 2001 Slaying Of Woman

January 10, 2005

• Queens Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Brutal Attack Of Girlfriend's Sister Whom He Raped, Choked And Burned With Ammonia-Soaked Rag

• Former Registered Nurse Charged With Attacking Two Elderly Female Residents Of Bayside Nursing Home And Endangering Their Lives By Removing Medication Patches; Faces Up To 15 Years In Prison

January 6, 2005

• Multi-State Motorcycle Theft Ring Smashed In Undercover "Sting" Operation; Sixteen Charged With Stealing Eighty-One Imported And Domestic Motorcycles - - Including Bourgets, Big Dogs, Yamahas And Suzukis - - Valued At Over $1.0 Million From New York, New Jersey, Connecticut And Virginia Owners And Selling Them On Internet To Dwarf Car Racers And Others In Midwest, California, Europe And Australia

January 4, 2005

• Queens Man Sentenced To Up To Four Years In Prison For 2003 Auto Collision That Killed Rosedale Mother And Seriously Injured Her Children

January 3, 2005

• Manhattan Man Charged With Reckless Manslaughter And Criminally Negligent Homicide Of Two Women In Whitestone Expressway Accident; Faces Up To 15 Years In Prison