Case of eight-year-old Valentine’s Day murder in a Tribeca jewelry store took a dramatic turn with the arrest and extradition of one of Omid Gholian's former employees - Mauritius citizen Michael Patrick DeSalles; His body was discovered on the bathroom floor of the store, found with zip ties fastened tightly around his neck and a head wound 

Historic collaboration between Jewish and Christian organizations leads to the recovery of Jewish tombstones looted during Poland’s communist era and return to original cemetery

The judge cited aggravating circumstances—the antisemitic motive and the assailant’s intoxicated state—and sentenced the man to two years in prison, one of them suspended