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N.J. driver sentenced to 24 years to life for deadly Fourth of July crash 
A New Jersey man was sentenced Friday to 24 years to life in prison for driving drunk and crashing into a crowd of people celebrating the Fourth of July on the Lower East Side in 2024, killing four and injuring seven others, prosecutors said.
Man who drove drunk into Lower East Side crowd of July 4, killing 4, gets 24-years to life
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Daniel Hyden was sentenced on Friday to 24-years to life behind bars after killing four people by driving his pickup truck into a crowd celebrating July 4, 2024 in a Lower East Side park.
Man sentenced for deadly July 4th drunk driving crash that killed 4
NEW YORK (PIX11) — A man who crashed into a crowd of people and killed four on July 4th has been sentenced to 24 years-to-life in prison for the drunk driving incident, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Friday.
Manhattan DA calls for new law to fight cryptocurrency crime
The Manhattan district attorney is calling on state lawmakers to pass the CRYPTO Act, which would criminalize businesses exchanging, transmitting or trading cryptocurrency without a virtual currency license.
Former Building Super Is Convicted of Stealing $350,000 From 98-Year-Old
The former super, Rosalind Hernandez, was living in a Chelsea apartment building and working as the superintendent when she befriended the resident, Antonio Ruas, and gained his confidence, prosecutors said. After a time, Mr. Ruas, a retired stone setter from Brazil who was in poor health, asked her to sell his apartment and tie up his affairs in exchange for $100,000.
DA Bragg proposes criminalizing NY businesses handling crypto without license
“The shadow financial system created by the explosion of cryptocurrency has created an ideal vehicle for money laundering and other crimes in New York State. Crypto is the go-to means for bad actors to move and hide the proceeds of crime,” Bragg said in a statement.
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