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April 28, 2023 | Art News

Looted Artifacts Returned to Yemen Amid Investigation into Met Trustee’s Collection Click For More

This week, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. announced the repatriation of three antiquities collectively valued at $725,000 to Yemen. The items are an alabaster ram with an inscribed base, an alabaster female figure, and a silver vessel with elaborate inscribed decorations.

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April 28, 2023 | Reuters

New York repatriates three antiquities to Yemen after seizing them from Met board member Click For More

New York will return three antiquities worth $725,000 to the people of Yemen, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Friday, as part of a criminal investigation into a Manhattan-based private collector.

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April 28, 2023 | Gothamist

Queens man sentenced to 41 years to life in 2021 delivery cyclist killing Click For More

The Queens man convicted of murdering delivery worker Francisco Villalva in 2021 was sentenced to 41 years to life in state prison on Thursday.

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April 27, 2023 | NY1 Noticias

41 años de cárcel al asesino de repartidor mexicano para robar e-bike Click For More

La Fiscalía de Manhattan informó hoy que Douglas Young, hallado culpable el pasado marzo por el asesinato de un repartidor de comida mexicano para robarle su bicicleta eléctrica, fue condenado a cumplir de 41 años de prisión a cadena perpetua. Young enfrentaba un juicio por asesinato, robo y posesión criminal de un arma por la muerte el 29 de marzo de 2021 de Francisco Villalba, que repartía comida para diversas aplicaciones telefónicas.

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April 27, 2023 | Patch

Julia Fox’s Brother Indicted Over Ghost Gun ‘Factory’ In NYC Apt: DA Click For More

The brother of "Uncut Gems" star and Kanye West ex Julia Fox faces a sprawling indictment on accusations he turned his home into a ghost gun-making "factory," prosecutors said. Christopher Fox, 30, was charged Wednesday with a slew of gun- and drug-related charges after a high-profile raid of his Upper East Side apartment. Photographs taken after the March 8 raid show what prosecutors said was found in Fox's East 84th Street home: a slew of 3-D printed gun parts and a pill press. Fox used an "arsenal" of materials to produce both guns and drugs, said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in a statement.

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April 27, 2023 | AMNY

Upper East Side man turned apartment into ghost gun and drug factory: DA Bragg Click For More

An Upper East Side man was indicted Wednesday for allegedly turning his apartment into a factory for ghost gun parts and narcotics. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said that Christopher Fox, 30, of East 84th Street, allegedly had enough 3D-printed gun parts “to assemble an operable assault weapon-style rifle,” and more than $7,000 in drug paraphernalia and chemicals that could be used to create synthetic drugs. For good measure, he also allegedly possessed numerous quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, oxycodone, amphetamine and methadone.


Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Manhattan District Attorney's Office3 days ago
Our Antiquities Trafficking Unit has recovered around 6,350 artifacts worth nearly $500 million and repatriated nearly 6,000 of them to 38 countries. Congratulations to Unit Chief Matthew Bogdanos for being honored in TIME for his work:
Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Manhattan District Attorney's Office4 days ago
NEW: Today we announced the indictment of Remington Yhap for allegedly raping a teenage patient during a therapy session after engaging in a several-months-long course of sexual misconduct. This investigation is ongoing. If you have been subjected to abuse, please call our Special Victims Division at 212-335-9373.

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Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Manhattan District Attorney's Office4 days ago
“My thoughts are with the victim who will be paralyzed for the rest of his life due to this near-fatal shooting.” – D.A. Bragg. Learn more about the sentencing of Zykil Adamson for shooting a 26-year-old man: