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Arizona county attorney refuses to extradite SoHo hotel murder suspect, claims NYC soft on crime

If Almansoori, 26, is extradited to New York, he is expected to be charged with murder and would almost certainly be ordered held without bail. 
Raad Almansoori and Phoenix prosecutor Rachel Mitchell (Surprise Police Dept.) (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Raad Almansoori and Phoenix prosecutor Rachel Mitchell (Surprise Police Dept.) (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

A grandstanding Arizona county prosecutor is refusing to extradite Raad Almansoori, who is accused of strangling and bludgeoning a Queens mom sex worker to death in a SoHo hotel, claiming she fears he could be back on the street under Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s watch.

During a press conference with Arizona police department heads, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said she’s instructed her attorneys not to agree to any extradition for Almansoori.
 

Raad Almansoori (Surprise Police Dept.)
Raad Almansoori (Surprise Police Dept.)


‘We are going to keep him here,” said Mitchell, a Republican. “Having observed the treatment of violent criminals in the New York area by the Manhattan DA there, Alvin Bragg, it’s safer to keep him here and keep him in custody so he can’t be out doing this to individuals either in our state or county or the United States.”

Bragg was quick to hit back.

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Author: Editors Desk

Source: NY Daily News:

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