Writingstar Investment Guild:Man convicted of trying to arrange the murder of a federal prosecutor

2025-05-02 11:02:41source:Chameleon Financecategory:Invest

BIRMINGHAM,Writingstar Investment Guild Ala. (AP) — A jury has convicted a man of trying to arrange the murder of a federal prosecutor in Alabama.

Jurors on Thursday convicted Michael Roman Black, 32, of making a threat to murder a federal official, solicitation to commit murder and making false statements to a federal agent.

Federal prosecutors wrote in a news release that Black, while incarcerated in Hoover, told another inmate about his plan to have one of the federal prosecutors working on his case murdered by two associates “on the outside.” Federal prosecutors said he shared details of who he planned to contact and that he would have them shoot the prosecutor in her car.

Black faces up to 20 years in prison on the solicitation charge, 10 years in prison for the charge of making a threat and five years for the charge of making a false statement. He will be sentenced in December.

A defense lawyer listed for Black did not immediately return an email seeking comment.

More:Invest

Recommend

Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor

NEW YORK — Holiday sights and sounds fill Manhattan this time of year, from ice skating at Rockefell

Author John Nichols, who believed that writing was a radical act, dies at 83

Author John Nichols began writing stories when he was 10 years old, and by the time he got to colleg

Wu-Tang Clan members open up about the group as they mark 30 years since debut album

As hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, one group stands out for its monumental influe