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ARIZONA PROSECUTOR’S FEUD WITH ALVIN BRAGG GETS FIERY AS SHE IMPLIES THE DA
COULD LET NYC HOTEL MURDER SUSPECT WALK

By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

Published Feb. 22, 2024, 1:14 p.m. ET

An Arizona prosecutor isn’t budging in her refusal to turn over a murder suspect
to the Manhattan DA — implying Thursday she doesn’t trust him to keep the
accused killer locked up.

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Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell told “Fox & Friends” that she plans to
prosecute Raad Almansoori on two violent felonies on her turf before she sends
him to New York — where he’ll face prosecution for a vicious Soho hotel slaying
at the hands of Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, whom she has criticized as soft on
crime.

“We have two very violent crimes here,” Mitchell told host Ainsley Earhardt. “We
have two women that were stabbed, and he is facing a lengthy mandatory prison
sentence here, and even though there was a homicide in New York, we can
guarantee that he is going to stay in custody here.”

“I’m putting the victims first and making sure that he stays in custody,”
Mitchell added.

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Maricopa County, Arizona, Attorney Rachel Mitchell defended her decision not to
extradite suspected Soho hotel killer Raad Almansoori to Manhattan, blaming DA
Alvin Bragg. Getty Images

Mitchell said that doesn’t mean Almansoori will dodge justice in the Big Apple —
but said Bragg will have to wait until she’s sure he’ll stay behind bars.

“Let me be very clear: My heart goes out to the next of kin of the victim in New
York,” she said.

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“And I want to be very clear to the public, we’re not saying that he will never
be prosecuted in New York for what he did, but we’re saying we’re going first.
And that way, when we secure a prison sentence on him, that has to be honored
when he is extradited to New York City.”


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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg fired back at Arizona prosecutor Rachel Mitchell,
accusing her of playing politics with a serious murder case. Edna Leshowitz/ZUMA
Press Wire / SplashNews.com

Almansoori is charged with carjacking and stabbing one woman in Arizona and
kidnapping and stabbing a McDonald’s worker during a crazed crime spree in the
days after the Soho hotel stabbing, authorities said.

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The string of attacks began on Feb. 7, when Almansoori allegedly beat and
strangled 38-year-old Queens mom Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, who was working as an
escort, inside the Soho 54 Hotel, according to officials.

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   Soho hotel murder back to NYC

Almansoori, whose rap sheet includes busts in Florida and Texas, then flew to
Arizona, where he is accused of pulling off the dual assaults, including an
attempted murder rap that could land him a 21-year prison sentence, Maricopa
County authorities said.

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Bragg sought to have Almansoori extradited to New York to face murder charges in
the Soho incident — until Mitchell made her shocking announcement Wednesday.

“I’ve instructed my extradition attorneys not to agree to that,” she said at a
press conference. “We’re gonna keep him here. These are mandatory prison
sentences. Having observed the treatment of violent criminals in the New York
area by the Manhattan DA there, Alvin Bragg, I think it’s safer to keep him
here.”

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Raad Almansoori, 26, is the prime suspect in a slaying at a Soho hotel and is
charged with two violent assaults in Arizona, where he is being held. AP

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On “Fox & Friends,” Mitchell pointed to Bragg’s decision to release a mob of
migrants charged with ganging up on two NYPD cops near Times Square as proof of
the DA’s soft approach to his job.

However, Mitchell mistakenly cited since-refuted reports that the migrants — who
have all since been hauled back into Manhattan court and ordered held on hefty
bail — fled New York for Arizona.

Federal immigration authorities in Arizona said on Feb. 6 that a group of
migrants nabbed there were not the asylum-seeking thugs who attacked New York’s
Finest — who were all later taken into custody.

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Queens mom Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, 38, was allegedly working as an escort when
she was beaten and strangled inside a Soho hotel on Feb. 7, according to police
and sources.

Bragg’s office also fired back at Mitchell on Wednesday, accusing the Maricopa
County prosecutor of playing politics at the expense of Almansoori’s victims.

“It is deeply disturbing that DA Mitchell is playing political games in a murder
investigation,” Emily Tuttle, a rep for Bragg, said in a statement. “In
Manhattan, we are serious about New Yorkers’ safety, which is why murders are
down 24% and shootings are down 38% since D.A. Bragg took office.

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“New York’s murder rate is less than half that of Phoenix, Arizona, because of
the hard work of the NYPD and all of our law enforcement partners,” Tuttle said.
“It is a slap in the face to them and to the victim in our case to refuse to
allow us to seek justice and full accountability for a New Yorker’s death.”

The Manhattan DA’s Office did not immediately respond to Mitchell’s new comments
on Thursday.


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