DES MOINES, Iowa, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Des Moines man was sentenced on April 3, 2024 to 180 months in federal prison, the maximum sentence allowed by law, after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, Dominic Gregory Lacava, 27, a convicted felon and Crip gang member, possessed at least four firearms over a s  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: A Des Moines man was sentenced today to 276 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges related to firearms straw purchasing and trafficking, illegally possessing firearms, and the distribution of fentanyl. According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, Armani Eugene Gates, 20, an OMB gang member, organized f  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Another co-founder of a so-called Christian health care sharing ministry in St. Joseph, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in an $8 million wire fraud conspiracy that cheated hundreds of members, and to making false statements on a personal tax return. James L. McGinnis, 77, of St. Joseph, waived his right to a grand jury  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: A Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute and illegally possessing a firearm after leading police officers on a high-speed chase. Joshua L. Alley, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to twenty-one years in federal prison without parole. On Nov. 30, 2023, Alley p  more