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Kansas man sentenced for attacking federal undercover agent

Published September 29, 2021 4:09 PM

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 20-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for attacking a federal undercover agent during a weapons transaction. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday that Nicholas Newman was sentenced this month after pleading guilty in May to one count of forcible assault on a federal officer and using a firearm in a violent crime. Court documents say two agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives met Newman in February 2020 after he contacted them to say he had a weapon for sale. Prosecutors say Newman attacked one of the agents, who suffered serious injuries, before he was subdued.

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