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Owner of nearly a dozen illegal NYC pot shops will fork over $400K: prosecutors 
The owner of nearly a dozen illegal pot shops has agreed to fork over more than $400,000 in a deal struck with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, prosecutors said Tuesday.
5 UWS Smoke Shops Punished For Illegal Weed Sales
Nearly a dozen smoke shops were punished by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office on Tuesday for illegally selling cannabis, and nearly half of them are on the Upper West Side.
Man indicted in deadly subway stabbing at Manhattan station: DA
The man who allegedly stabbed a subway rider to death at a Manhattan station was indicted on murder charges, the district attorney announced.
Manhattan District Attorney Returns Two Antiquities Worth $1.26 M to Libya
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced Friday it had returned two antiquities worth $1.26 million to Libya that had previoulsy been smuggled and held by the British art dealer Robin Symes.
Manhattan District Attorney’s Office returns two looted statues to Libya from the collection of disgraced former dealer Robin Symes
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has announced the return of two statues, collectively valued at $1.26 million, to their rightful home in Libya. The artefacts, Marble Face of a Ptolemaic Queen and Female Bust, were stolen from the ancient city of Cyrene, located near modern-day Shahhat, and smuggled out by notorious British art trafficker Robin Symes, whose storied role as a liaison for antiquities smuggling networks across the world spans multiple decades and jurisdictions. Symes had acquired the two sculptures for his personal collection, hiding them in a New York storage unit for more than 20 years.
US returns two looted antiquities to Libya
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. announced Friday the return of two antiquities collectively valued at $1.26 million to the people of Libya, saying in a statement that the pieces, “Marble Face of a Ptolemaic Queen” and “Female Bust,” were looted from the ancient city of Cyrene and smuggled by convicted British art trafficker Robin Symes, who served as the front man for multiple smuggling networks selling looted antiquities to high-end European and American buyers.
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Today we announced the indictment of a man for allegedly fatally stabbing 40-year-old Johnny Medina at a subway station in Washington Heights. Learn more here:
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