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1 week ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Jonathan Dienst |Courtney Copenhagen |Tom Winter
A terrorist-supporting anti-Israel protester was charged with federal hate crimes, prosecutors said Wednesday, after he allegedly carried out three separate assaults on Jewish people in New York City — including some who are students at Columbia University.
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1 week ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Jonathan Dienst |Courtney Copenhagen
Long Island judge Joseph Nocella Jr. has been appointed by President Donald Trump to head the U.S. attorney’s office in Brooklyn. Nocella was sworn in as acting US attorney for the Eastern District late Monday. The US attorney oversees federal criminal and civil cases covering Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island.
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1 week ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Jonathan Dienst |Marc Santia |Courtney Copenhagen
Mayor Eric Adams is expected to publicly address a recent gang attack on two uniformed NYPD officers in Times Square later Tuesday, as the search continues for suspects in the case. Police say about a dozen gang members attacked the cops Friday as the city hosted a high-profile night of boxing nearby. Several of them were taken into custody, but the NYPD is looking for additional suspects.
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1 week ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Jonathan Dienst |Marc Santia |Courtney Copenhagen
About a dozen gang members attacked two NYPD officers in Times Square, police said, as the city was playing host to a high-profile night of boxing in the middle of the popular tourist destination. The incident occurred Friday night, around the same time the boxing matches were underway at the Crossroads of the World, highlighted by the Ryan Garcia-Rolly Romero bout.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Jonathan Dienst |Courtney Copenhagen
Four men are charged with stealing checks from the mail and cashing in more than $50 million after changing the names and dollar amounts written on those checks, federal prosecutors said. The four men allegedly deposited the altered checks at banks using the altered names and dollar amounts on the once legitimate checks. Other stolen checks were sold on a messaging platform dubbed “White House Vibez," U.S. Postal Inspectors said.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Courtney Copenhagen |Jonathan Dienst |Marc Santia
The suspect accused of stealing a pricey handbag from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Washington, D.C., was also arrested for a similar theft in New York City earlier in the year, according to law enforcement sources. Mario Bustamante Leiva was arrested in NYC on March 2 after a man reported to NYPD that his bag — with his wallet inside — had been stolen from under the table where he was dining at a restaurant in Times Square, sources told NBC New York.
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2 weeks ago | 
telemundo47.com | Jonathan Dienst |Courtney Copenhagen
La Fiscal General del Estado de Nueva York, Letitia James, ha contratado al abogado defensor Abbe Lowell para que la represente en medio de las acusaciones de fraude hipotecario relacionadas con sus propiedades en Brooklyn y Virginia. En una carta dirigida a la Fiscal General Pam Bondi, Lowell calificó la remisión al Departamento de Justicia como "el último acto de represalia política indebida, esta vez dirigido contra la Sra. James, instigado y respaldado públicamente por el presidente Trump".
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Jonathan Dienst |Courtney Copenhagen
NY State Attorney General Letitia James has hired defense attorney Abbe Lowell to represent her amid mortgage fraud allegations regarding her Brooklyn and Virginia properties – allegations that were referred to the Justice Department for criminal review.
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2 months ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Jonathan Dienst |Courtney Copenhagen
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2 months ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Jonathan Dienst |Courtney Copenhagen
A murder-for-hire trial got underway Monday for two men accused of plotting to kill a human rights activist and well-known critic of the Iranian regime. Jury selection began in the trial of Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov, both of whom were allegedly hired by Iranian agents to try to kill activist Masih Alinejad. Amirov and Omarov were charged with murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, attempted murder in aid of racketeering and money laundering.
