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	Student Sentenced In Corona Electrician Murder: A 20-year-old Corona man was sentenced today to 18 years to life in prison for the murder of an electrician during an attempted robbery. The victim was shot multiple times and fatally wounded during the 2004 attack outside of his LeFrak City residence. District Attorney Richard Brown identified the defendant as John Richardson, 20, of Corona. He was a 16-year-old freshman at John Bowne High School in Flushing, at the time of his arrest. Richardson was convicted in January of second-degree murder and first-degree attempted robbery following a jury trial before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael B. Aloise. He was sentenced today to 18 years to life in prison. According to the trial testimony, Andrey Kovalenko, 36, who was employed as an electrician, at 4 a.m. on Nov. 14 was outside of his LeFrak City residence, when he was confronted by the defendant and three others and shot seven times in the head after the perpetrators tried to rob him. Two other defendants, Jordan Smith, the gunman, and Joshua Ryles, have been convicted and sentenced to 21 years to life and 22 years, respectively. The victim was survived by a wife and young son. [ More Blotters] Clock Ticking On Senate Recount Middle East Strife Felt Through Queens Monserrate Update: Senator-Elect Likely To Be Seated Maloney Honored For Trafficking Fight She Has Two Hands, Thousands Of Stars Four Queens Council Members Score High New Year, Same Drama At Willets Point DA Toy Drive Weprin To Run For Brother’s Seat Groups Weigh In On Monserrate Arrest Cost To Live In NY Increasing USTA Opens Court Queens Auto Dealers Hit The Skids Closing Time ‘Snow Parking’ Days Siegal Is Supreme Ruff Times for Queens Animal Shelters? Cuts To Day Care Worry Queens Centers Students Take Lessons From RFK Waste Report Identifies Queens Park Seminerio Indicted On Corruption Charges Smith Balks After ‘Gang of Three’ Talks East River Tolls Face Backlash