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DA in Arizona refusing to extradite suspected NYC sex worker killer, doesn't trust Bragg to prosecute
A top prosecutor in Arizona says she will not extradite a suspect who is wanted in New York City for the brutal slaying of a sex worker, blasting controversial Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s record of prosecuting violent criminals.
At a Wednesday press briefing, Maricopa County Attorney General Rachel Mitchell said she would not release 26-year-old Raad Almansoori to authorities in New York City, saying it is safer for the general public to keep him locked up in Arizona rather than risk him being potentially let go under Bragg.
Almansoori, whom Mitchell labeled as "dangerous and violent," is wanted by the NYPD for the horrific killing of 38-year-old Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, a mother of two who was found dead inside the SoHo 54 Hotel on Watts Street on Feb. 8. Police say she was killed by a suspect who beat her over the head with an iron, and bits of plastic from the appliance were found embedded in her skull.
Almansoori was arrested by police in Arizona earlier this week after police say he stabbed two women there — he tried to rape one of them in a McDonald’s restroom at gunpoint. He was out on bail at the time of Oleas-Arancibia’s slaying on charges that he kidnapped another sex worker and sexually assaulted her in Sumter County, Florida, in 2023.
Mitchell says she doesn’t trust Bragg to prosecute Almansoori, despite the gravity of his alleged crimes.
"I know there's been a discussion about New York wanting to extradite this individual and this is not aimed at the New York Police Department at all," Mitchell said. "I know they did a hard job, a good job, but we will not be agreeing to extradition."
"I've instructed my extradition attorneys not to agree to that. We’re going to keep him here, these are mandatory prison sentences."
"And having observed the treatment of violent criminals in the New York area by the Manhattan D.A. there, Alvin Bragg, I think it’s safer to keep him here and keep him in custody so that he cannot be out and doing this to individuals either in our state or county or anywhere in the United States."
"He is being held without bond meaning there is no amount of money that he can post to get out of custody at this point."....
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Agree 100% get him convicted and sentenced in Arizona then extridit him for the murder charges. This monster needs to never see another day of freedom. Brag can indict Trump for 31 felonies but he is soft on real felons. He can't be trusted. Maricopa County Attorney General Rachel Mitchell is spot on.
A top prosecutor in Arizona says she will not extradite a suspect who is wanted in New York City for the brutal slaying of a sex worker, blasting controversial Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s record of prosecuting violent criminals.
At a Wednesday press briefing, Maricopa County Attorney General Rachel Mitchell said she would not release 26-year-old Raad Almansoori to authorities in New York City, saying it is safer for the general public to keep him locked up in Arizona rather than risk him being potentially let go under Bragg.
Almansoori, whom Mitchell labeled as "dangerous and violent," is wanted by the NYPD for the horrific killing of 38-year-old Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, a mother of two who was found dead inside the SoHo 54 Hotel on Watts Street on Feb. 8. Police say she was killed by a suspect who beat her over the head with an iron, and bits of plastic from the appliance were found embedded in her skull.
Almansoori was arrested by police in Arizona earlier this week after police say he stabbed two women there — he tried to rape one of them in a McDonald’s restroom at gunpoint. He was out on bail at the time of Oleas-Arancibia’s slaying on charges that he kidnapped another sex worker and sexually assaulted her in Sumter County, Florida, in 2023.
Mitchell says she doesn’t trust Bragg to prosecute Almansoori, despite the gravity of his alleged crimes.
"I know there's been a discussion about New York wanting to extradite this individual and this is not aimed at the New York Police Department at all," Mitchell said. "I know they did a hard job, a good job, but we will not be agreeing to extradition."
"I've instructed my extradition attorneys not to agree to that. We’re going to keep him here, these are mandatory prison sentences."
"And having observed the treatment of violent criminals in the New York area by the Manhattan D.A. there, Alvin Bragg, I think it’s safer to keep him here and keep him in custody so that he cannot be out and doing this to individuals either in our state or county or anywhere in the United States."
"He is being held without bond meaning there is no amount of money that he can post to get out of custody at this point."....
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Agree 100% get him convicted and sentenced in Arizona then extridit him for the murder charges. This monster needs to never see another day of freedom. Brag can indict Trump for 31 felonies but he is soft on real felons. He can't be trusted. Maricopa County Attorney General Rachel Mitchell is spot on.