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Tompkins Square Park shooter loses plea deal after assaulting correction officer on Rikers Island 
A Manhattan judge threw the proverbial book Tuesday at the Tompkins Square Park shooter who pleaded guilty to wounding two people in the East Village greenspace last year and voided his plea deal because he allegedly assaulted a Rikers Island correction officer.
Man sentenced to 15 years in prison for back-to-back shootings in Tompkins Square Park
NEW YORK - Waldemar Alverio, 38, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to two shootings in Tompkins Square Park that occurred just five days apart in March 2024.
Manhattan D.A. Bragg announces Return Of Two Stone Sculptures to Cambodia
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the return of two stone sculptures to the people of Cambodia. The objects were recovered pursuant to several criminal investigations into trafficking networks targeting Cambodian antiquities, including that of SUBHASH KAPOOR.
US authorities return two Khmer artefacts to Cambodia
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office returned two Khmer artefacts to representatives of the Cambodian government on 26 March. The two stone sculptures were recovered as part of a larger criminal investigation into trafficking networks specialised in Cambodian antiquities, including those tied to the smuggler and disgraced dealer Subhash Kapoor, whose dealings in artefacts from South and Southeast Asia led to his arrest by the DA's Antiquities Trafficking Unit in 2012.
Manhattan DA calls on 3D printing companies to deter creation of ghost guns
With crimes involving ghost guns on the rise, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., is calling on a 3D printer manufacturer to put more safeguards in place to prevent the spread of 3D-printed guns and gun parts.
Manhattan DA Bragg asks 3D printer company to block production of ‘ghost guns’
Manhattan's district attorney is asking a Chinese manufacturer of 3D printers to block the production of homemade “ghost guns” after untraceable weapons made by such printers were used in a number of crimes in the city.
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