A big-time career criminal wanted for the murder of a Queens mother in a SoHo hotel room appeared in an Arizona courtroom Monday as extradition negotiations stalled between Maricopa County and Manhattan prosecutors. I’m back.
Almansoori, 26, who faces charges of attempted murder, assault and kidnapping in Arizona, appeared before a Maricopa County Superior Court judge and was denied bail. Because he continues to ignore Mr. Bragg’s requests by County Attorney Rachel Mitchell to send him back to the Big Apple.
Arizona prosecutors said Al-Mansoori was at the center of a violent crime spree when he was arrested by police in Scottsdale on February 18th. About 10 days later, he allegedly beat and strangled Dennis Oleas Aranchibia, 38, to death inside the Soho 54 Hotel. He is on the run to the southwestern states.
Records show Al-Mansouri last appeared in Maricopa County Court on Friday, two days after Mitchell made the shocking announcement that Bragg would not touch the murder suspect.
She said it was untrustworthy to keep Mr. Al-Mansouri behind bars because of Mr. Bragg’s reputation for being reluctant to commit crimes.
“We’re going to keep him here,” Mitchell said Wednesday. “Alvin Bragg, I’ve watched the Manhattan DA’s treatment of violent criminals in the New York area, and I think it’s safer to keep him here.”
According to Arizona State Police, al-Mansoori carjacked and stabbed a woman in Phoenix on February 17, and the next day he kidnapped and stabbed a McDonald’s employee near Surprise, Arizona.
Surveillance camera footage shows officers cornering the career criminal in a parking lot before handcuffing him and taking the disorderly suspect into custody.
Mr Bragg, who said he intended to extradite him to New York to face murder charges, hit back at Mr Michel on Thursday, calling him “arrogant” and “playing politics” in a major murder case. he told reporters.
“The Mitchell County Attorney, I don’t know how to put it, has gotten it wrong at every turn,” he told reporters. “I don’t know how they do it in Arizona, but I do know that in this county, New York county, they routinely seek and obtain remand, which means the person is in custody on a murder case. That means. They are facts.”
Bragg said extradition cases are usually resolved over the phone between “professional” prosecutors, and murder cases are usually prioritized over minor crimes.
Oleas Aranchibia was working as a bodyguard and got into an argument with Alamansoori over money.
He was seen on surveillance footage punching and strangling his victim, leaving his own pants covered in blood before leaving the scene of the crime, still wearing her pink tights.
The conflict between the two prosecutors continued Monday, when Almansoori faced Maricopa County Superior Court Chief Justice Lindsey Coates in court.
Coates ordered al-Mansouri to remain held without bail while the Arizona case proceeds.
