Manhattan District Attorney's Office

Last week, members of our Special Victims Division Wellness committee were thrilled to chat with Mariska Hargitay – aka Olivia Benson, our favorite fictional detective and real-life hero – after watching her play, Every Beautiful Thing! We are so grateful to Mariska and the team at the Joyful Heart Foundation for their commitment to creating better responses to intimate partner and sexual violence in NYC and beyond.

“This behavior significantly damages faith in the criminal justice system and discourages people from coming forward to report crimes, which harms public safety.” – D.A. Bragg. Read more on this guilty plea of a former NYPD officer:

Former Officer Pleads Guilty to Having S*x With Woman He Arrested The New York Police Department officer, who resigned in December, also admitted to sending inappropriate texts to crime victims.

“City employees who fraudulently drain the city’s coffers will be held accountable.” – D.A. Bragg. Read more about the indictment of a former NYPD sergeant for allegedly stealing $132,000 in pay:

Ex-NYPD sergeant indicted for stealing $132K for unworked hours: D.A. Rayna Rampaul was a supervising sergeant in the Photo Unit at NYPD Headquarters in Lower Manhattan when she submitted roughly 1,680 hours for standard and OT tours that she didn’t actually work, prosecutors said.

Today D.A. Bragg joined JCRC-NY's Fellowships Against Hate Alumni Gathering to discuss our Office’s strategies to combat hate crimes by both holding people who commit these crimes accountable and investing in community-based prevention!

ICYMI: “The intersection of sophisticated online hacking and large-scale theft is deeply concerning and will only grow more prevalent, and we are using every tool available to stay ahead of this emerging trend.” – D.A. Bragg. More on this indictment:

Eight alleged US thieves indicted for stealing $5m worth of cheese, beef and ci******es ‘Retail theft ring’ stole goods from logistics sites in Pennsylvania, Virginia and New Jersey and sold them in New York, officials say

ICYMI: “We believe that many small businesses were harmed by this theft, some of which may not be able to recover from their financial losses.” – D.A. Bragg. Learn more about this indictment for a multi-state organized retail theft ring:

Fake shipping ring hacked data to steal $5M in meat, cheese, ci******es: officials They stole everything from ci******es to frozen lamb, putting it on trucks with pilfered travel labels for transport to New York City, where it was sold on the black market, court records say.