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After Weeks Of Torture Over Bitcoin Password, Italian National Escapes NYC Townhouse: DA
A second suspect was arrested in connection with a twisted kidnapping and torture plot that played out inside a luxury New York City townhouse that was all over stolen Bitcoin, prosecutors said.
William Duplessie, 32, surrendered to NYPD detectives on Tuesday morning, May 27, days after his partner, 37-year–old John Woeltz, was charged with holding an Italian business associate hostage for over two weeks, the Manhattan DA’s Office said.
Duplessie and Woeltz, the so-called “Crypto King Of Kentucky,” abducted the victim on Tuesday, May 6, at a townhouse on Prince Street in Nolita and stole hi…
US Attorney Matthew Graves To Step Down Days Before Trump Inauguration In DC
Matthew Graves is stepping down as US Attorney for DC, his office confirmed, announcing that his resignation will be official as of Thursday, Jan. 16, four days before the presidential inauguration.
Graves has been in the role of DC's top prosecutor for more than three years following his confirmation by the Senate on Oct. 28, 2021, days before he was sworn in on Nov. 5, 2021.
“Serving as the US Attorney for the District of Columbia has been the honor of a lifetime,” Graves said, thanking Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, President Biden, and Attorney General Merrick Garland …
