A New York man has been sentenced to five years in prison for a series of attacks in 2023 where he smashed three glass bottles over three people’s heads in Midtown, District Attorney Alvin Bragg said.
The Cleveland Museum of Art has agreed to return to Turkey a headless bronze statue worth millions and drop its suit against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in New York, who seized the statue back in 2023, claiming it was a looted antiquity.
“Our close collaboration with the Italian authorities continues to yield significant results, and I am thrilled that these 107 antiquities are being sent home,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Italy has unfortunately suffered significant and extensive looting over the past 60 years, and we will continue to do everything possible track down and return pieces that pass through Manhattan.”
After three years of reporting and three weeks in court, we spoke with DA Alvin Bragg and a surviving victim about the long fight for justice in the deaths of Julio Ramirez and John Umberger.
A one-time Bronx, New York, prosecutor and former JPMorgan Chase & Co. assistant general counsel pled guilty along with two relatives to a scheme to fraudulently obtain affordable housing units and benefits, state investigators announced Friday.
