LAURELTON — A Laurelton man was arraigned Dec. 18 on charges of fourth-degree criminal mischief and petit larceny in connection with an Aug. 29 theft from vehicle, the Queens District Attorney said. Comment.

KEW GARDENS — A 69-year-old Oceanside, L.I., optician was arraigned Tuesday on charges of second-degree attempted rape, second-degree attempted criminal sexual act, first-degree attempted dissemination indecent material to minors and attempted endangering the welfare of a child, the Queens district attorney said Tuesday. Comment.

RIDGEWOOD — A Beach Channel woman was arraigned Dec. 18 on charges of second-degree arson and fourth-degree criminal mischief in connection with a June 7 arson, the Queens district attorney said. Comment.

ASTORIA — Police were searching for a 6-foot-2-inch Hispanic man in his 30s or 40s who is wanted in connection with a Monday armed robbery in Astoria. Comment.

KEW GARDENS — A Brooklyn high school teacher pleaded guilty Monday in Queens Criminal Court to first-degree attempted dissemination of indecent material to a minor after allegedly attempting to meet a person he met online, who he believed to be a 14-year-old girl, for sex, the Queens district attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Comment.

WOODSIDE — A Long Island City man was arraigned Dec. 18 on charges of third-degree assault, fourth-degree criminal mischief and second-degree harassment. Comment.

FLUSHING — A Flushing woman was arraigned Dec. 17 on two counts of second-degree reckless endangerment and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, the Queens District Attorney said. Comment.