Kansas man sentenced for attacking federal undercover agent
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September 30, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas City, Kansas, man has been sentenced 15 years in prison for attacking an undercover federal agent during a transaction involving a firearm, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Kansas announced Wednesday.
Nicholas Newman, 20, was sentenced this month after pleading guilty in May to forcible assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon and one count of using a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime.
According to court documents, Newman met two undercover agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in February 2020 to sell a firearm. During the transaction, a struggle for control of the weapon occurred.
Prosecutors said Newman attacked to agent, causing her severe injuries, before he was subdued and surrendered the weapon.
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