KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney
for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Joseph, Mo., man was
sentenced in federal court today for attempting to murder an informant in
retaliation for providing information to law enforcement officers.
Justin M. Hill, 21, of St. Joseph, was sentenced by U.S.
District Judge Howard F. Sachs to five years and 11 months in federal prison
without parole.
On April 25, 2014, Hill pleaded guilty to the attempted
murder of an informant. The informant had told federal agents with the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that Hill was bringing powder
cocaine from Kansas City, Mo., to St. Joseph. Missouri State Highway Patrol
troopers attempted to stop Hill, who while fleeing from them tossed two ounces
of cocaine out of his vehicle. Hill was stopped and arrested, but troopers
could not find the tossed cocaine.
On multiple occasions following the stop, law enforcement
officers saw Hill searching in that area. When asked what he was looking for,
Hill told them he was looking for a lost ring. On Sept. 5, 2013, law
enforcement officers found the cocaine in brush about seven or eight feet from
the roadway.
After the traffic stop, Hill told the confidential source
that he believed the source had informed law enforcement about the cocaine. On
Aug. 30, 2013, Hill used a Chevy Suburban to ram the confidential informant’s
vehicle. Hill got out of his vehicle and fired six shots at the confidential
informant.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick
C. Edwards. It was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives, the Buchanan County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department and the Missouri
State Highway Patrol.
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