SandBoxBlogs: Greeley Tribune "18th Street Gang member back in Weld County Jail"

via Greeley Tribune:

"An 18th Street Gang member who has been serving time in federal prison is back in Weld County Jail after the U.S. Attorney’s Office turned the case back over to the Weld District Attorney.

Marcel Preece, 33, of Gill, had just been released from prison and was on parole in early November last year when he was arrested in an undercover gun sale. A search warrant was executed on a residence, and Greeley police found a third weapon and illicit drugs.

The case could have been tried at either the state or federal level. After the federal court took the case, they reviewed it with the Weld County District Attorney’s Office and determined it would be best prosecuted in Weld.

In addition to being charged with two felony counts for selling the guns, Preece is also charged with two felony counts of possession of a weapon by a previous offender. He faces up to 15 years in prison because he could be considered a career criminal, according to court documents.

Preece is due in court at 1:30 p.m. June 6....."  (Read original release?  Click title) 

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SandBox Comments: Greeley Tribune "Weld DA’s office donates more than 700 pounds of food to Weld Food Bank"

"Weld District Attorney Ken Buck and the DA’s office donated 733 pounds of food to the Weld Food Bank in September as part of Hunger Action Month.

“My office takes pride in doing great work both in and out of the courtroom, and the food drive is no exception,” Buck said in a news release. “I have always felt it is important to be a good neighbor in the community — both as an individual and as an agency. My employees feel the same and are always participating in events that benefit others in Weld County.”

The 733 pounds of food to the Food Bank, surpassing last year’s office donation by 236 percent, the release stated.

In addition to the canned food drive, the DA’s office, which employs about 70 people, sponsors an annual school supply drive, annual blood drive and participates in numerous other community activities, the release stated.

The 2011 donation brings the office’s donation total to the Weld Food Bank to 1,278 pounds of food, according to the release.

To find out how to help the Weld Food Bank, go to www.weldfoodbank.org.

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