January 31, 2003

• Rapist Pleads Guilty to Brutal Sexual Attack and a Series of Burglaries; Faces 28 Years in Prison
• District Attorney Richard A. Brown Gives Public Safety Briefing to Elected Officials at Annual Legislative Breakfast; Provides Bright Report About Crime Rate Decrease but Expresses Concern About Impact of Budget Cuts
• Jamaica Resident Convicted Of 1999 Double Homicide; Faces 50 Years To Life In Prison

January 30, 2003

• Gasoline Tanker Driver Charged In Alleged Fuel Smuggling Attempt

January 28, 2003

• Auto Firm Sales Manager Charged in Murder-for-Hire "Sting"; Alleged to Have Conspired With Undercover Detective Posing as "Hit Man" to Kill Two Prosecution Witnesses in Pending Embezzlement Case

January 24, 2003

• Queens Student Charged With Making Internet Terror Threat
• New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown Announce Major Takedown of Credit Card Fraud Ring
• Jury Convicts Phony Plastic Surgeon In Absentia Of Assaulting Seven Women Including Five Permanently Scarred; Defendant Jumped Bail Before Trial And Fled To Ecuador

January 23, 2003

• Long Island Man Convicted Of Vicious 1995 Purse Snatch Murder Of Elderly Kew Gardens Woman; Faces 25 Years To Life In Prison

January 22, 2003

• Airline Pilot Charged With Criminal Possession of Weapon
• New Technology Enhances Domestic Violence Prosecutions In Queens County

January 21, 2003

• Phony NYPD Detective Indicted For Criminal Impersonation In Attempted $5,000 Scam Of Elderly Holocaust Survivor

January 16, 2003

• Lefrak City Rapist Pleads Guilty to Two Sexual Attacks During 2000 and 2001; Faces 20 Years in Prison

January 15, 2003

• Far Rockaway Man Sentenced To 71/2-15 Years Prison Term For Selling Crack Cocaine To Undercover Detectives Near Public School

January, 9, 2003

• Brooklyn Dentist Sentenced for Extorting Queens Businessman; Must Pay $105,200 In Restitution and Serve Five Years Probation

January 7, 2003

• Virginia Man Arraigned In Double Homicide In Fresh Meadows
• First Indictment Under State's New ID Theft Law Charges Queens Youth In Internet E-Mail Scheme; Allegedly Stole Personal Identity Information Of Over 100 AOL Customers, Obtained $500,000 In Credit And Debit Cards In Their Names And Fraudulently Bought Merchandise Valued At Over $10,000

January 6, 2003

• Imprisoned Inmate Indicted For 1992 Fatal Shooting For Which Another Man Had Been Convicted And Sent To Prison

January 3, 2003

• Owner, Bartender And Three Others Indicted For Running Lucrative Neighborhood Drug Ring; Allegedly Provided Cocaine-To-Go At Local Bar

January 2, 2003

• Long Island Man Charged With Assault-For-Hire; Alleged To Have Conspired To Hire Undercover Investigator Posing As "Hit Man" To Arrange For Sexual Mutilation Of Girlfriend's Ex-Husband For Raping Their Daughter