A married couple convicted of trafficking eight women, including two women placed in the wife’s care as a certified foster parent. A 31-year-old man convicted of using violence, coercion, and even rape to force teenagers to engage in prostitution. A 36-year-old man convicted of trafficking three 17-year-old girls and exploiting at least eight other women.
Five more people have been arrested for an East Harlem gang execution that was payback for an earlier murder, police said Thursday.
As the streets and executive suites of New York City grow closer than ever, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says traditional white-collar prosecution tools help the office address the crimes that have long underscored traditional understandings of public safety.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., a ’95 graduate of Harvard College and a ’99 graduate of Harvard Law School, today congratulated Harvard University’s graduating class of 2023 and highlighted the importance of public service and volunteerism in a Harvard Crimson op-ed.
Six Harlem residents were indicted for their role in a deadly conspiracy retaliation plot over a different fatal neighborhood shooting in April, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced Wednesday. The half dozen people indicted this week all have residential or social ties to the Lincoln Houses NYCHA complex in East Harlem, the DA’s office said.
