DNA evidence recovered from James body was matched to the defendant, the statement says. This defendant is an alleged serial killer who murdered three of his elderly neighbors who trusted him and welcomed him into their homes only to have that trust violated in the worst way imaginable, Gonzalez says in the statement. We will do everything we can to seek justice for the victims and the many family members and friends who were left without their loved ones.
Gavin was arraigned on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty.
He was ordered held without bail and will remain in custody until his next court date, which is scheduled for July 6.
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Midway through a candidate forum Thursday night hosted by Amplify Her, contenders were asked, “As District Attorney, are there offenses you will decline to prosecute?”
It’s hard to imagine this question being thrown at candidates for one of the top prosecutor’s seats in the nation just a few years ago. But with progressive prosecutors running for office (and winning) in cities across the country, the crowded race for Manhattan DA is increasingly defined by what the candidates say they
won’t prosecute, rather than what they will.
At this week s forum, candidate Elizabeth Crotty challenged the premise of the question, declining to say what crimes she wouldn’t prosecute.
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Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez is running for re-election after four years running the office in New York City’s most populous borough, he told the Daily News.
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Whoever wins the election to be the next Manhattan district attorney will inherit an office that processes tens of thousands of low-level misdemeanors each year. The next district attorney will also, most likely, inherit what may be the most high-profile and closely watched court case in the entire country, where more than 159 million voters on either side of the 2020 presidential race have a rooting interest: the anticipated prosecution of Donald Trump for financial crimes.
“As long as the work of the DA’s office and the current DA is pending, these are going to be things that we inherit,” said Tahanie Aboushi, one of eight candidates competing in the Democratic primary for Manhattan district attorney. “So if the investigation is still open, we’re not just going to come in and interfere with that, but we’re going to have an opportunity to actually have that inside information, assess (the case) and make a decision there.”