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April 21, 2026

D.A. Bragg Announces Return Of 13 Antiquities To The People Of Egypt Click For More

“Despite our significant progress dismantling these extensive trafficking networks, there is clearly still more work to do. Museums and galleries in Manhattan should not be filled with looting or stolen cultural artifacts,” said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

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April 20, 2026 | Patch

Man Indicted For Stabbing Attack At NYC Subway Station: DA Click For More

NEW YORK CITY — A man has been indicted on charges after he attacked and stabbed a subway rider on a Manhattan subway platform last December, prosecutors said on Monday.

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April 20, 2026 | Pix11

$2M worth of rare books recovered, returned to the Whitney family Click For More

MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Seventeen rare books that were stolen from John Hay Whitney’s home on Long Island in the 1980s, valued at over $2 million, have been recovered and returned, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Monday.

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April 20, 2026 | Pix 11

NYC subway stabbing victim disarmed suspect during ‘horrifying’ attack: DA Click For More

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A subway rider wrestled the knife away from a man who allegedly stabbed him multiple times in the back during a “horrifying” attack in the Union Square station, authorities said.

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April 20, 2026 | Financial Times

Stolen rare books returned to Whitney heirs decades after theft Click For More

A collection of stolen rare books worth millions of dollars, including letters by John Keats and works by Oscar Wilde and James Joyce, is being returned to its owners’ heirs decades after being taken from a New York home. Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg handed the 17 works, including a bound collection of Keats’ love letters to his fiancée Fanny Brawne, to the family of John Hay Whitney and Betsey Whitney at an event on Monday.

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April 20, 2026 | Gothamist

Plot twist: Rare books worth $3 million stolen decades ago resurface in Manhattan Click For More

More than two dozen rare books — including a bound collection of love letters by poet John Keats — were stolen at some point between 1982 and 1989 from the Long Island estate of John Hay Whitney, a wealthy New York publisher who once served as president of the Museum of Modern Art.


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Today we announced the sentencing of Jermaine Longmire to 13 years in state prison for attempting to rape a woman in Central Park. Learn more here: https://buff.ly/KpUDChF
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Yesterday we welcomed undergraduate students from Pace University’s “Introduction to Criminal Justice” class for a firsthand look inside the criminal court process!
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ICYMI: “After the attack, Semrade callously fled, leaving the victim helpless on the platform.” – D.A. Bragg. Learn more about the sentencing of Kamal Semrade for pushing a woman into a departing train, leaving her paralyzed: