Arizona will NOT extradite NYC prostitute murderer as prosecutor says Manhattan DA's lax treatment of 'violent criminals' means he cannot be trusted

Arizona prosecutors are refusing to send an accused prostitute killer to New York thanks to what they call the Manhattan District Attorney's lax treatment of 'violent criminals'.

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell told reporters she's ordered her staff not to cooperate with plans to send Raad Noan Almansoori, 26, back to New York where he's wanted for the alleged murder of Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, 38. 

'Having observed the treatment of violent criminals in the New York area by the Manhattan DA there, Alvin Bragg, I think it's safer to keep him here and keep him in custody so that he cannot be out doing this to individuals either in our state, county or anywhere in the United States' Mitchell said, according to NBC News. 

'This is not aimed the New York Police Department at all. I know they did a hard job, they did a good job, but we will not be agreeing to extradition,' she added. 

'I've instructed my extradition attorneys not to agree to that. We're going to keep him here.'

Raad Almansoori, 26, was arrested by police in Arizona on a separate assault on another woman

When staff discovered the body of Denisse Oleas-Arancibia on the morning of February 8, the 38-year-old was lying beneath a blanket and beside a broken iron, having checked in the day before

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell (pictured) told reporters she's ordered her staff not to cooperate with plans to send Raad Noan Almansoori, 26, back to New York where he's wanted for the alleged murder of Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, 38

Mitchell said she didn't trust Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (pictured) to handle 'violent criminals' based on his history as her reason for refusing extradition 

Emily Tuttle, a representative for Bragg, said it's 'deeply disturbing' that Mitchell is 'playing political games in a murder investigation' and described her statement as 'a a slap in the face' to New York law enforcement. 

'It is deeply disturbing that DA Mitchell is playing political games in a murder investigation. 

'In Manhattan, we are serious about New Yorker's safety, which is why murders are down 24 percent and shootings are down 38 percent since DA Bragg took office. 

'New York's murder rate is less than half that of Phoenix, Arizona, because of the hard work of the NYPD and all of our law enforcement partners. 

'It is a slap in the face to them and to the victim in our case to refuse to allow us to seek justice and full accountability for a New Yorker's death.'

In a scathing reply to Bragg's office on X, Mitchell hit back. 'It's great to see the Manhattan DA finally take interest in violent crime. My job is to focus on the victims I was elected to protect.'

Almansoori is in custody on suspicion of killing Queens sex worker Oleas-Arancibia by strangling her and hitting her over the head in the Soho 54 hotel on February 8.

He was arrested in Arizona after stabbing another woman at a McDonald's. 

At a Tuesday press conference, the NYPD revealed new details including that Almansoori was on bail at the time of the murder for attacking and sexually assaulting another escort in Florida in April 2023. 

After being arrested on that charge, he later posted his own bail in September of last year. 

He also confessed to assaulting another three women.

'We are working with our partners to arrange extradition so he can be charged for the homicide here,' NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said. 

Kenny also revealed that Almansoori has an 'extensive' out of state arrest history having previously been arrested in Florida, Texas and Arizona.

Surveillance footage of  Almansoori caught after the murder of Oleas-Arancibia wearing a bodysuit along a well-lit Manhattan street.

In a scathing reply to Bragg's office on X, Mitchell hit back

A surveillance footage image shows the suspect in the grisly slaying of Oleas-Arancibia wearing a bodysuit in Manhattan 

Oleas-Arancibia's death has formally been ruled a homicide (pictured: interior of the room where Oleas-Arancibia was found)

Oleas-Arancibia died of compression to her neck and blunt head trauma, according to a spokesperson for the city medical examiner

A bloody iron was found lying by her body. Police also recovered a pair of bloody pants with a receipt in them from the hotel room

Oleas-Arancibia (pictured left) came to the United States five years ago, leaving behind family including one of her sons

Confirming the timeline of events, Kenny said that Almansoori had purchased a plane ticket from Florida to New York on January 26.

According to Kenny, he then has credit card usage three days later in the Big Apple and visits an escort in Upper Manhattan on February 6.

The body of Oleas-Arancibia was found on the morning of February 8, and four days later, Almansoori is said to have flown back to Arizona from Newark.

Officials in Arizona took him into custody on Sunday after he stabbed a woman in McDonald's after dragging her into the ladies room and holding her against her will.

Police say Almansoori was arrested shortly after he tried to flee in a stolen car and admitted while in custody to an earlier stabbing in Phoenix. In that incident, a woman was stabbed when a man attempted to steal her car at knifepoint.

Almansoori was booked into the Maricopa County jail on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and theft.

He was also charged with robbery, assault, theft and criminal damage in the separate Phoenix investigation. He is being held without bond.

Kenny added the extradition could take 'days, weeks, it could be months.'

Police said last week that they had been using 'extensive video' to track down the person of interest in the death of Oleas-Arancibia.