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Federal Tipoffs Involving Minnesota Newsletter for Friday March 29, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Minn. U.S. Attorney: Husband and Wife Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota issued the following news release: Two individuals from Detroit, Michigan, have been sentenced to prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, beginning in January 2022 through May 2023, Ladale Jajaum Solomon, 30, and Leila Darsel Ivery, 30, conspired together to distribute cocaine. On May 16, 2023, Solomon and Ivery flew on se  more

Minn. U.S. Attorney: Member of Minneapolis Highs Gang Pleads Guilty to Firearms Violations Involving Fentanyl Trafficking
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota issued the following news release: A member of the Minneapolis Highs gang has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon and to carrying a firearm while trafficking fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, in March 2023, investigators with the Minneapolis Police Department received information that James Edward Hollman, Jr., 32, who at the ti  more

National Agricultural Statistics Service: U.S. Farmers Expect to Plant Less Corn, More Soybean Acres
WASHINGTON, March 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Producers surveyed across the United States intend to plant 90.0 million acres of corn in 2024, down 5% from last year, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Planted acreage intentions for corn are down or unchanged in 38 of the 48 estimating states. A  more