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Man faces murder as a hate crime charge after ‘devastating’ attack on Asian immigrant in NYC 
A man who allegedly assaulted a Chinese immigrant in New York City last year has been charged with murder in the second degree as a hate crime, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Thursday. Jarrod Powell allegedly approached 61-year-old Yao Pan Ma from behind as the man collected cans at an East Harlem corner, struck him and kicked him in the head multiple times in April 2021, according to police. Ma died of his injuries eight months later.
NYC husband and wife busted for alleged sex-trafficking operation
A married couple was accused Wednesday of trafficking several women for sex in New York City, including two victims who were placed in the wife’s foster care and later pimped out by her husband, prosecutors alleged.
Couple Accused of Using Foster Care System for Sex Trafficking Scheme
Prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s human trafficking unit said that Mr. Mitchell, a registered sex offender, had run the sex trafficking operation between November 2018 and February 2022. He recruited women through social media and then used physical and verbal abuse to coerce them into prostitution in cars and hotels in Manhattan, as well as in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, the authorities said.
NYC DA charges construction policy insurance broker, $350K theft, fraud
The Manhattan District Attorney's office on Tuesday announced charges against a New York insurance broker who allegedly stole $350,000 of insurance premium payments from a construction company client, leaving the contractor uninsured for years while it performed work on multiple projects in Manhattan.
‘Ghost gun’ maker and right-wing extremist fan from East Village gets four years in prison
A judge ordered an admitted “ghost gun” manufacturer in the East Village to serve the next four years behind bars, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
‘Boogaloo boys’ supporter Kurt Therkelsen sentenced to 4 years in NYC ‘ghost guns’ case
A faux-hawk-sporting supporter of the far-right “Boogaloo” movement was sentenced to four years behind bars Tuesday for manufacturing “ghost guns” inside an East Village Airbnb. Kurt Therkelsen, 40, pleaded guilty in December to the top count of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon after he was caught with two untraceable firearms fashioned out of parts purchased online, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said.
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