WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for one count of cyberstalking resulting in death.

Michael Smith, also known as "Black Mike," 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark for one count of cyberstalking resulting in death. Smith was sentenced to 360 months' imprisonment, and the sentence was ordered to run consecutive to a 48-month sentence which Smith previously received in a separate $1.1 million insurance-fraud scheme.

In his plea of guilty, Smith admitted that he was hired to kill the victim in late January or early February 2019. To...