Media Coverage
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.
Manhattan Shoplifting To Be Tackled By New ‘Alliance,’ Bragg Says
Amid complaints of rising shoplifting, D.A. Alvin Bragg is convening a new small business task force in an effort to tackle the trend.
Safety and justice for all (Op-Ed by D.A. Bragg)
"The two goals of justice and safety are not opposed to each other. They are inextricably linked. We deserve and demand both, and that has been the focus of my career, and indeed, my life."
Manhattan District Attorney's Office