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Federal Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Wednesday June 26, 2024 ( 5 items )  

FEMA Supports $11 Million Flood Reduction Infrastructure Project in Historic North Carolina Community
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Project under Justice40 initiative providing benefits to disadvantaged communities. A historic, flood-prone North Carolina community will become more resilient as a result of FEMA approving an $11.2 million grant. Princeville, located below the Tar River, has experienced repetitive flooding since it was incorporated by freed slaves in 1885. During Hurricane   more

Idaho U.S. Attorney: Last of Five Defendants With Ties to White Supremacy and Who Were Charged With Targeting Idaho Energy Facilities Enters Guilty Plea
BOISE, Idaho, June 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release on June 25, 2024: Yesterday, in Wilmington, North Carolina, a Boise man with white supremacist ties pleaded guilty to a federal firearms charge stemming from his participation in a group that had discussed targeting the power grid in Idaho and had conducted live-fire training near Boise. Jordan Duncan, 29, of Boise, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the manufacturing of a fir  more

Justice Dept.: Man Convicted of Violent Home Invasion Robberies to Steal Cryptocurrency
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal jury in Greensboro, North Carolina, convicted a Florida man today for his lead role in an international conspiracy to break into U.S. citizens' homes, violently kidnap and assault them, and steal their Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Remy St Felix, 24, of West Palm Beach, was a leader of a robbery crew that targeted cryptocurrency ow  more

N.C. U.S. Attorney: Repeat Gastonia Drug Trafficker is Sentenced to 15 Years for Drug Distribution
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, June 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: Kenter O'Neal Ruff, 45, of Gastonia, N.C., was sentenced to 180 months in prison followed by six years of supervised release for drug distribution, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Robert M. DeWitt, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Charlotte Divis  more

QLLEX First
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 25 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT BARFOOT, Virg. - Fort Barfoot - The 94th Training Division, under the 80th Training Command provided oversight and execution of the Petroleum Operations Sustainment Training (POST) program during the Quartermaster Liquid Logistics Exercise (QLLEX) from June 1 - 4, 2024. The 751st Quarter Master Company worked alongside their British counterparts from the 7th Royal Logistics C  more