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Federal Tipoffs Involving Arizona Newsletter for Thursday August 08, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Ariz. U.S. Attorney: Phoenix Man Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Threatening to Kill a Federal Judge
TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: Clinton Mark Lewis, 52, of Phoenix, was sentenced on Monday by United States District Judge Scott H. Rash, to 51 months in prison. Lewis pleaded guilty to one count of Influencing, Impeding, or Retaliating Against a Federal Official by Threat on May 8, 2024. On July 25, 2022, Lewis was in federal court for sentencing after a jury found him guilty of possessi  more

Ariz. U.S. Attorney: Two Tucson Men Admit to Conspiring to Travel to the Middle East to Fight for Isis
TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Ahmed Mahad Mohamed, 26, and Abdi Yemeni Hussein, 25, both citizens of Somalia, who were living in Tucson at the time of the offense, pleaded guilty last week to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Sentencing is scheduled for October 11, 2024, before United States D  more

Interior Department Announces Nearly $47 Million Investment for Community-Led Local Park Projects
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced $46.7 million in funding through the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program for the redevelopment or creation of 10 local parks in Tucson, Arizona; Porterville, California; Des Moines, Iowa; Kansas City, Missouri; New Brunswick, New Jersey, Garner and Raleigh, North Carolina; Cleveland, Ohio; and Houston, Texas. Today's announcement brings th  more