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News Tipoffs - Alabama Editors Newsletter for Wednesday October 30, 2024 ( 17 items )  

Ala. Acting U.S. Attorney: Two Men Sentenced Following Federal Gun and Drug Convictions Stemming From Conduct in Tallapoosa County
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Today, Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson announced that a federal judge sentenced two Opelika, Alabama residents after a jury found them guilty of committing federal crimes in Tallapoosa County. On October 29, 2024, 45-year-old Jeffrey Monkentee Hill received a sentence of 250 months in prison. Previously, on September 19, 2024, a judg  more

Ala. U.S. Attorney: Agriculture Product Producer Sentenced for Violating Federal Hazardous Waste Law
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: AMVAC Chemical Corporation was sentenced today to three years of probation time and a $400,000 fine for violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the federal hazardous waste law. According to court documents, AMVAC is a California corporation formed in 1945, which manufactures and distributes fungicide, defoliant, insecticide, herbic  more

Ala. U.S. Attorney: Court Sentences Fentanyl Trafficker to 37 Months Imprisonment
MOBILE, Alabama, Oct. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama issued the following news release: On October 22, 2024, United States District Court Judge William H. Steele sentenced Victoria Wyman to 37 months imprisonment for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. Documents filed with the court established that beginning in or around July 2023 and continuing to or about December 8, 2023, Victoria Wyman conspired with others to distribute fe  more

Ala. U.S. Attorney: Drug Dealer Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison
MOBILE, Alabama, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama issued the following news release: An Elberta man was sentenced on October 28, 2024, to 15 years in federal prison for his possession with intent to distribute of methamphetamine and fentanyl in Baldwin County, Alabama. Marcus Allen Heaton, 38, was identified during several encounters with Baldwin County sheriff's investigators from 2019 through 2021. Court documents show that in May of 2021, Heat  more

Ark. A.G. Griffin Joins 26-State Coalition Supporting Virginia's Right to Remove Non-Citizens From Voting Rolls
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 30 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Griffin: '[T]he fundamental right of voting belongs to citizens, not non-citizens' * * * FAYETTEVILLE - Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after joining with Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and 24 other state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court supporting Virginia's lawful removal of non-citizens from it  more

Fla. A.G. Moody: Florida Lends Assist to Virginia in U.S. Supreme Court Fight for Ability to Maintain Integrity of State Voter Rolls
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 30 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody and state attorneys general from 24 other states are filing an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court of the United States to allow Virginia to remove noncitizens from state voter rolls. Attorney General Ashley Moody said, "States have a duty to maintain their voter rolls to ensure that only American citizens are able to vote. Virginia is tryin  more

Ga. U.S. Attorney: Alabama Man Sentenced for Threatening Fulton County Sheriff and District Attorney
ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Arthur Ray Hanson, II has been sentenced to federal prison for transmitting interstate threats to injure Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis because of their connections to the Fulton County, Georgia investigation and prosecution of former President Donald Trump. "Public servants have a responsibility to enforce ou  more

Hundreds Gather at Arizona School for Annual ACE Program Launch
MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: Civil Air Patrol's national youth aerospace-related STEM education program, Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE), begins each academic year with a national liftoff at the previous year's national ACE school of the year -- in this case, Grayhawk Elementary in Scottsdale, Arizona, where more than 600 students, educators, and guests turned out Oct. 15. Principal Eli Hubbell welcomed stude  more

Idaho A.G. Labrador Joins Coalition Asking Supreme Court to Expedite Virginia Voter Registration Case
BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 30 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador joined attorneys general from 26 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter roll. "It is gravely concerning that the Biden-Harris Department of Justice and liberal activists are fighting so hard to keep non-citizens on the voting rolls, especially this close to an election,  more

Iowa A.G. Bird Supports Virginia Challenge to Uphold Election Integrity
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 30 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today opposed the Biden-Harris Department of Justice's ("DOJ") last-minute effort to force Virginia to re-add self-identified noncitizens onto the State's voter rolls--in violation of both federal and Virginia law. In August, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order to uphold election integrity and remove more than 1,500 self-ide  more

Iowa A.G. Bird Urges Supreme Court to Protect Farmers and Cities From Green Activist Lawsuits
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 30 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led 24 other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect states' powers to regulate and ensure access to clean water. At the Port of Tacoma, woke green activists sued to take regulatory power away from the states and give it to themselves. The same tactic could be used to sue farmers and cities--giving green activists the ability to i  more

Kan. A.G. Kobach Leads 27-State Coalition Asking Supreme Court to Expedite Virginia Voter Registration Case
TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 30 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * Virginia's law provides mechanisms to protect election integrity, while ensuring only U.S. citizens remain on voter rolls. * * * Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach lead a coalition of attorneys general from 26 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter roll. "It has always been against the law f  more

Louisiana A.G. Murrill Joins Coalition Asking Supreme Court to Expedite Virginia Voter Registration Case
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 30 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on Oct. 29, 2024: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill joined attorneys general from 26 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter roll. "Louisiana stands with Virginia! It's appalling that the federal government would sue Virginia when these people never had the right to vote in our country in the first place. We must  more

Neb. A.G. Hilgers Joins Brief Asking Supreme Court to Expedite High-Profile Voter-Registration Case
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 30 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Attorney General Hilgers joined attorneys general from 26 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter roll. "Election integrity starts with safeguarding the ballot box. Our brief calls on the Supreme Court to let states enforce our own election rules that don't allow non-citizens to vote. By expeditin  more

Ohio A.G. Yost, 24 Other AGs Ask Supreme Court to Intervene in Virginia Voter Registration Case
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 30 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 24 other state attorneys general are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to permit Virginia's removal of roughly 1,600 self-identified noncitizens from voter rolls. Virginia is seeking intervention from the Supreme Court following a U.S. District Court ruling on Oct. 25 that ordered state election officials to restore the voter registrations of noncitizen  more

Okla. A.G. Drummond Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Expedite Virginia Voter Registration Case, Protect Election Integrity
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 30 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: With a presidential election less than a week away, Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter roll. In an amicus brief filed yesterday, Drummond and a coalition of 25 other states argue that a preliminary injunction halting the state of Virginia from removing self-identified non-citizen  more

S.C. A.G. Alan Wilson Joins Coalition Asking Supreme Court to Expedite Virginia Voter Registration Case
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 30 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Oct. 29, 2024: Attorney General Alan Wilson joined attorneys general from 26 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter roll. "The right to vote in our federal elections is given to every American citizen, but nowhere in the Constitution does that include any non-citizens. Allowing non-citizens to cast a ballo  more