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Richard Brown Becoming Longest-Tenured DA In Queens History

This afternoon, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown becomes the longest tenured D.A. in the history of the borough when he is sworn-in for his sixth term.

2012/01/19

Brown: Drug Operation Turned Long Island Expressway Into ‘Heroin Highway’

More than 120 men and women from Long Island have been arrested on drug charges.

2012/01/13

Wesleyan University - Middletown, CT (file / credit: Wesleyan University)

Man Found Not Guilty By Insanity In Deadly Wesleyan Shooting

A Massachusetts man was found not guilty by reason of insanity Friday in the 2009 shooting death of a Wesleyan University student after a trial that portrayed him as anti-Semitic and mentally ill as he stalked and harassed the young woman.

2011/12/16

Charles Oross, 44, was charged with statutory rape and endangering the welfare of a child. (credit: CBS | inset: Handout)

Prosecutors: NYC Teacher Had Sex With Female Student In Classroom, Car

Charles Oross, 44, has been charged with statutory rape and endangering the welfare of a child. He allegedly continued his relationship with a female student for over a year.

2011/12/15

Queens DA Richard Brown Calls Bus Shooting ‘Disturbing’

Police arrested 34-year-old Damel Burton Friday night.

2011/12/03

Jerry Ramrattan On Trial For Allegedly Framing Ex-Girlfriend Who Accused Him Of Rape

A Queens jury was hearing testimony in the bizarre case of a man charged in what can be described as the most elaborate frame-up prosecutors have ever seen.

2011/11/17

Swastika painted on a library in Queens on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 (Photo credit: Alex Florez)

Arrest Made In Queens Library, Synagogue, Church Swastikas Incident

Franco Rodriguez, 40, has been charged with graffiti as a hate crime for allegedly spray painting swastikas on a library, synagogue and church in Jackson Heights.

2011/11/14

Shanel Nadal and Nephra Payne outside a courthouse in Harrisburg, PA on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 (credit: CBS 2)

Queens Parents Accused Of Abducting 8 Kids Plead Guilty, Face 90 Days In Jail

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown called Tuesday’s guilty plea by 28-year-old Shanel Nadal and 24-year-old Nephra Payne “just and fair.”

2011/10/26

Queens DA: 46 Charged In Undercover Drug Bust; 2 Allegedly Operated From Daycare

Hector Rodriguez and Donnell Burnhill are accused of selling undercover officers marijuana, crack cocaine and Ecstasy pills from Burke-Arthur Day Care Center.

2011/10/21

Some of the weapons and cash police say they seized in the operation. (credit: CBS 2)

More Than 100 Arrests In Queens Identity Theft, Counterfeit Credit Card Ring

The take down of an identity theft and counterfeit credit card ring based in South Ozone Park is described as the largest of its kind in the nation, with 110 defendants under arrest after a two-year probe.

2011/10/07

L.I. Brothers Arrested Again For Chimney Scam Of Elderly Woman

Two brothers from Long Island had just paid for one crime when, only hous later, they were charged with another.

2011/09/27

Generic car crash image. (AP Photo/Dfamian Dovarganes)

Prosecutors, Lawmakers: No-Fault Car Crashes Costing New Yorkers Money

Trying to make a buck off your car insurance by faking a crash could now cost you.

2011/06/02

Constable Mark Edwards and Detective Sergeant Richard Brown talk about Jacks PACKS and The Jack Foundation (credit: CBS 2)

London Police Officers In New York To Help Kids With Cancer

Saturday morning, 100 members of London’s Metropolitan Police Department, in full uniform, will hit Central Park for a special half-marathon.

2011/05/21

Former New York Mets clubhouse manager Charlie Samuels, center, is escorted as he arrives for his arraignment at Queens County Courthouse Wednesday, May 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Ex-Mets Clubhouse Manager Charlie Samuels Indicted

The Mets’ longtime clubhouse manager amassed a secret hoard of baseballs, hats, bats and uniforms, including an autographed 1986 World Series warm-up jersey, that he intended to use to fund his retirement, prosecutors said Wednesday in announcing his arrest on stolen property and fraud charges.

WFAN–2011/05/11