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First person tried under New York terror laws passed in the wake of 9/11 set to be sentenced Thursday 
Abdullah el-Faisal believed every word in a speech by Osama bin Laden was “like a gem,” and thought images of the coffins of US service members were laughable, New York prosecutors say.
Man, 40, convicted for murdering delivery worker at Harlem playground over e-bike
A Manhattan Supreme Court jury convicted a 40-year-old man of murdering a 29-year-old delivery worker two years ago when he refused to hand over his e-bike, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.
Suspect Indicted For Following Woman Into Manhattan Home, Raping Her In Stairwell: DA
The suspect in a brutal assault and rape in an Upper West Side stairwell in the early hours of a weekend morning has been indicted, prosecutors said. Jamel McIver, 30, of East Harlem, was indicted Wednesday on first-degree rape and criminal sex act charges, as well as second degree burglary, for the March 4 incident near West End Avenue and West 65th Street at 1 a.m.
Man charged in 99 mph crash that hurled car 1 Manhattan block
A man has been indicted for running multiple red lights in Midtown Manhattan, colliding with a yellow taxi, and seriously injuring its driver last year.
DA Indicts Casanova Con Man for $1.8M fraud, Was Suspect (Acquitted) in 1987 Murder
A thieving con man dubbed “the worst boyfriend on the Upper East Side” has been indicted for stealing over $1.8 million from a series of women. Nelson Counne, 69, was charged with a scheme to defraud in the first degree, two counts of grand larceny in the second degree, and grand larceny in the third degree.
Manhattan grand jury brings hate crime charges against Colorado man accused of spray-painting swastika on Charging Bull statue
A Colorado man was indicted Wednesday for a hate-fueled 2021 spree where swastikas were painted on Wall Street’s landmark Charging Bull statue and a nearby pharmacy, prosecutors announced Wednesday. James Ryan, 40, was also charged with drawing the Nazi symbol on a gate outside City Hall and scrawling an anti-Black slur at the same downtown location. “Hate has no place in New York City and these offensive and damaging actions will not be tolerated,” said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. “As alleged, James Ryan put emblems of hate on a city building and one of Manhattan’s most iconic symbols.”
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