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Sex Trafficker From South Jamaica Sentenced 18 Years In Prison: DA
A 36-year-old man from Queens that forced several girls into selling their bodies for his clients in 2020 was sentenced to 18 years in prison, prosecutors said. Curtis Hamlet, from Jamaica, was sentenced to prison after forcing three 17-year-old girls into prostitution and exploiting eight other women between New York and Miami in the first three months of 2020, said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg. Hamlet recruited a 17-year-old girl for prostitution using social media in January 2020, housing her in Manhattan while he sold her body to various clients through March 2020, Bragg said.
D.A. Bragg Announces Trial Conviction of Keyshawn Kitchen for Harlem Stabbing
“Keyshawn Kitchens was intent on vengeance, and his vicious attack caused this victim serious injuries,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Everyone deserves to feel safe walking our city’s streets. This should not have escalated into serious violence, and today’s conviction delivers accountability for this violent assault.”
D.A. Bragg Announces Prison Sentence of Child Sex Trafficker
“Curtis Hamlet heinously exploited girls and young women in furtherance of his sex trafficking scheme. My thoughts are with these young survivors as they continue to heal,” said District Attorney Bragg. “I thank the dedicated prosecutors and investigators of my Office’s Human Trafficking Unit and our law enforcement partners in New York and Miami, for putting an end to this horrific multi-city operation and fighting for accountability.”
D.A. Bragg Announces Guilty Pleas in Pandemic Loan Program Fraud Scheme
“While New York businesses were in dire need of financial support during the pandemic, William and Thomas Felcon defrauded the system and obtained loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration by lying on their applications,” said District Attorney Bragg. “We will not allow public programs to be raided and used as a personal piggybank for greedy individuals and companies.”
N.Y.P.D. Officers Charged in Champagne Theft at Electric Zoo Festival
Three New York City police detectives were charged on Monday in the theft of nearly $3,000 worth of Champagne from a V.I.P. area at a popular electronic dance music festival where they had been assigned to stop drug-related activity. Two of the three, Jonathan Gonzalez and Wojciech Czech, are accused of stealing pricey bottles of “Ace of Spades” Champagne at the Electric Zoo festival on Randall’s Island last fall, according to court documents. The third, Warren Golden, is accused of failing to stop them. “Public confidence in the criminal justice system depends on members of law enforcement acting with the utmost integrity while on duty and following the same rules that apply to everyone else,” Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, said in a statement.
Ex-NYPD detectives indicted for stealing nearly $3K in booze from VIPs at Electric Zoo music festival
Three ex-NYPD detectives have been indicted for their alleged roles in the theft of just under $3,000 in pricey champagne from VIP guests at the Electric Zoo music festival, Manhattan prosecutors announced Monday. Then-detectives Warren Golden, 31, Jonathan Gonzalez, 33, and Wojciech Czech, 44, were at the event on Randall’s Island on Sept. 3, 2022 for narcotics enforcement when Gonzalez allegedly put two unopened bottles of Ace of Spades champagne into a backpack, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Several bottles of the bubbly — which goes for roughly $1,500 a pop — were sitting in an ice bucket on a table in the VIP area at around 7 p.m. that night.
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