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'Smirking Young Thug' With Links to Tren de Aragua Charged in Robbery of NYC Prosecutor
An illegal alien with suspected ties to Tren de Aragua is charged with robbing one of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecutors.
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An illegal alien with suspected ties to the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua robbed one of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecutors, New York police say.
Around 2 a.m. Sunday, police said, Brandon Simosa robbed Bragg’s employee, a 38-year-old woman, in her apartment building on 44th Street, the New York Post first reported.
Simosa, 25, fled with the woman’s smartphone and bank cards after she discovered him as he “performed a lewd act” in a hallway, WABC-TV/Channel 7 Eyewitness News reported. The man was masturbating, the Post reported.
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Bragg, a Democrat, is probably best known for his successful, high-profile prosecution of former President Donald Trump, now the president-elect, for falsifying business records before and after the 2016 election.
Simosa illegally crossed the southern border into Eagle Pass, Texas, in October 2023, the Post reported.
Police tracked the stolen phone to find and arrest Simosa on Tuesday night outside a hotel being used as a migrant shelter in Midtown Manhattan. He was using drugs and had stolen items with him when police located him, according to Eyewitness News.
Charges against Simosa include sexually motivated robbery, grand larceny, and criminal possession of stolen property, the Post reported.
Cameras caught Simosa smirking Wednesday as authorities led him out of the New York Police Department’s Midtown South Precinct.