| United States of America v. Courtney Jeanine Brown |
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Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with thefts from nursing home residents. Courtney Jeanine Brown, 49, of Goose Creek, worked as the business office manager for Riverside Health and Rehabilitation, a nursing home in North Charleston. Over more than three years, Brown stole approximately $146,000 from 132 residents in that facility, most of who $ (01-14-2026 - SC) |
| United States of America v. Wynn A.D. Charlebois |
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Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that caused millions of dollars in losses. from 2015 to 2022, Charlebois used companies he owned and controlled, including WC Private, Wilcox Hybrid, Damon Investments, and others, to perpetrate a multi-million-dollar fraudulent investment scheme. Charlebois used his past emplo $ (01-14-2026 - NC) |
| United States of America v. Sarah Wilson, aka Sarah Cannoy |
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Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank embezzlement. Sarah Wilson, aka Sarah Cannoy, age 28, pleaded guilty on August 4, 2025, to three counts of embezzlement by a bank employee. Wilson was a teller at the Pilot Mountain branch of First Citizens Bank when, from December 2023 through May 2024, she stole $150,450 in cash from her teller $ (01-05-2026 - NC) |
| United States of America v. Jonathan Tadeo-Neri, |
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Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyers James B. Polk represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute a quantity of meth. An investigation began in January 2023, when a confidential source contacted DEA agents regarding a methamphetamine dealer in the Raleigh area. DEA identified the drug dealer as Jonathan Tadeo-Neri, a 31-year-old Mexican alien, and con $ (01-06-2026 - NC) |
| United States of America v. Shawn Tobin Locklear, Jr. |
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New Bern, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyers Kelly Dagger and Paul Sun represented the Defendant charged with possession of a machine gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. After officers arrested Shawn Tobin Locklear, Jr., age 20, for armed robbery while using a gun, a state court judge released him in March 2022. A few months later in November 2022, while Locklear roamed free o $ (01-12-2026 - NC) |
| United States of America v. William Justin Lewis |
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Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with charged with distribution of child pornography. Undercover agents with the FBI investigated online distributors and traders of CSAM when agents located a chat room where a user, later identified as William Justin Lewis, age 55, uploaded numerous disturbing images and videos of CSAM. Agents traced the IP ad $ (01-13-2026 - NC) |
| United States of America v. Duane Watts |
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Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer David Walsh -Little represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Beginning in May 2020, and continuing through at least May 2021, Duane Watts, 46, of Baltimore, Maryland, engaged in a conspiracy to defraud and obtain money through materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and $ (01-08-2026 - MD) |
| Commonwealth of Virginia v. Shibritney Colbert |
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Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with committing a hate crime. Shibritney Colbert, age 24, of Landover accused of attacking a shopper in a Giant supermarket on Christmas day for his sexuality. See: https://wjla.com/news/local/woman-hate-crime-christmas-day-attack-in-alexandria-assault-giant-supermarket-virginia-lgbtq-fairfax-county-maryland-shibri $ (12-25-2025 - VA) |
| United States of America v. Kevin Russell Beasley |
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Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. On Nov. 1, 2024, law enforcement intercepted a parcel, shipped from California, containing over three kilograms of cocaine. Investigators performed a controlled delivery of the parcel to the intended address in Portsmouth, a $ (01-09-2026 - VA) |
| United States of America v. Adrian Knight |
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Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer James Orlando Broccoletti represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail, wire and bank fraud. Adrian Knight, 41, owned Ace Auto Sales, LLC in Chesapeake. From March 2019 to January 2023, Knight engaged in a fraud conspiracy in which he and co-conspirators listed Ace as the seller of automobiles in buyers’ agreements or buyers’ o $ (01-13-2026 - VA) |
| United States of America v. Ricardo Francisco Ordaz |
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Charlottesville, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers Jessica Fay Phillips and Rhonda Quafliana represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and illegally transporting aliens resulting in death. Ricardo Franco Ordaz, 26, of Cedar Creek, Texas, arranged to transport victims from an area near the United States-Mexico border and bring them to a stash house near Austin, Texas. Once there, Ordaz, $ (01-09-2026 - VA) |
| United States of America v. Damon Tyler Mills |
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Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers, Brooke Alexander Duncan and Anthony Franklin Anderson, represented the Defendant charged with committing an armed robbery in violaiton of the Hobbs Act and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. On February 24, 2019, law enforcement responded to an apartment in Roanoke County, Virginia regarding a disturbance involving firearms. $ (01-13-2026 - VA) |
| United States of America v. Joseph Rimero Rutherford |
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Abington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with failing to register as a sex offender. Joseph Rimero Rutherford, 34, of North Carolina, habitually resided in an apartment in Bristol, Virginia. Rutherford failed to register in Virginia or update his registration in North Carolina as required by SORNA. Rutherford is required to register as a sex offender and comply $ (01-13-2026 - VA) |
| State of West Virginia v. Danile Lunn Wrights, Jr. |
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Rio, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Daniel Lum Wright Jr. accused of killing a woman and dumping her body in the woods. https://www.wboy.com/news/crime/west-virginia-man-arrested-for-allegedly-murdering-woman-and-dumping-her-body-in-2020/ $ (01-12-2026 - WV) |
| State of West Virginia v. Kyle Jitsuwo Ulysses Zercues Matsuoka Termin |
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Weston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession of a stolen vehicle and eluding. On Jan. 11, at around 10:02 p.m., troopers were patrolling in the area of East 3rd Street near the intersection of Brown Avenue in Weston when they saw a sedan driving at “an extremely high rate of speed” heading into Weston driven by Kyle Jitsuwo Ulysses Zercues $ (01-12-2026 - WV) |
| United States of America v. John Ladelle Puryear |
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Capbell, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, and cocaine base, also known as “crack.” On January 16, 2025, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at John Ladelle Puryear’s apartment in Huntington and seized approximately 299 grams of cocaine, 10 grams of fentanyl an $ (01-12-2026 - WV) |
| United States of America v. Maurice Kelly Johnson, aka “Reese" |
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Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of firearm by a convicted felon. On May 22, 2025, Johnson provided a Smith & Wesson model M&P Shield M2.0 9mm pistol that was sold to a confidential informant in Huntington. As part of his guilty plea, Maurice Kelly Johnson, also known as “Reese,” 58, of Huntington, admitted to possessing th $ (01-13-2026 - WV) |
| United States of America v. Avanibahen Patel |
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Beckley, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with hiring illegals. Aakash Prakash Makwana, 30, a citizen of India unlawfully residing in Ronceverte, was employed at a Fairlea business owned and operated by Avanibahen Patel and her husband. Makwana assisted with running the daily business during the time period. Patel admitted that she and her husband agreed t $ (01-14-2026 - wv) |
| In the Matter of B.C. |
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Enid, Oklahoma, family law lawyers represented the Mother in a parent rights termination case. ¶1 Appellant, Jody L. Compton (Mother), seeks review of the trial court's judgment based on a jury verdict terminating Mother's parental rights to her minor child, B.C. (Child). We reverse and remand for new trial because the record does not show the jury made the necessary findings supporting its ve $ (09-10-2010 - OK) |
| In the Matter of N.H. |
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District Court, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, family law lawyer represented Mother in a parental rights termination case. ¶1 Appellant, Kayla Hammond (Mother), appeals from the trial court's order entered upon a jury verdict terminating her parental rights. Mother argues Appellee, the State of Oklahoma (State), violated her due process rights when it moved to terminate Mother's parental rights p $ (03-14-2013 - OK) |
| In the Matter of E.H. |
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Muskogee, Oklahoma family law lawyer represented the Mother in a parental rights termination case. ¶1 The State filed its petition to adjudicate children deprived and to immediately seek termination of mother's parental rights due to mother's failure to protect her children from heinous and shocking sexual abuse by the father. The record on appeal contains clear and convincing evidence that th $ (10-19-2018 - OK) |
| United States of America v. David Morrison, Jr. |
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Wilmington, Delaware, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting, receiving, and possessing child sexual abuse material (or CSAM). $ (01-12-2026 - DE) |
| Commonwalth of Pennsylvania v. Sabir Bunch |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder for or a double shooting homicide that happened on August 3rd, 2023 in the Olney section of Philadelphia. Sabir Bunch (DOB 11/05/1996) is convicted of two counts of Murder of the First Degree, along with one count of the following: VUFA 6106 (F3) Possessing Instruments of C $ (01-23-2025 - PA) |
| United States of America v. Abdullah Hartage |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two violent home invasion robberies targeting business owners and employees. Abdullah Hartage, 28, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and codefendant Ali Chandler were charged by superseding indictment in October 2022. Both pleaded guilty in October 2024 to conspiracy to commit robbery which interferes with i $ (01-12-2026 - PA) |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Donnell Brunson |
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder and assault and battery. During trial prosecutors demonstrated that intimate partner violence is not just physical. It is emotional, psychological, and rooted in abuse and control. This case showed all of those elements, and it ended in the most tragic way possible. Meanwhile, the defense $ (09-12-2025 - PA) |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Aiden G. Deininger and Jeremiah Cleveland |
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with two dozen counts against him, including attempted murder of a police officer, attempted murder and aggravated assault. Jeremiah Cleveland, 21, of Scranton, pleaded guilty to five of six counts, including aggravated assault. Deininger was charged with shooting and wounding Gilmartin, shooting at two othe $ (10-04-2025 - PA) |
| United States of America v. Dimitris Smith, Jr. |
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury and death and four counts of distribution of fentanyl and cocaine. Dimitris Smith, Jr., age 48, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, distributed a deadly dose of fentanyl on December 11, 2023, in East Stroudsburg, Monroe County. A 38 year old female died $ (01-12-2026 - PA) |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Alexis Herrera |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Alexis Herrera, 25, was charged with first-degree murder in the 2020 death of 3-year-old Bella Seachrist. Herrera was also convicted of aggravated assault, attempt to cause serious bodily injury, endangering the welfare of children, unlawful restraint and conspiracy. Herrera pled g $ (03-07-2025 - PA) |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Jerry Chambers |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with burglary, robbery, theft by extortion, and aggravated assault, Jerry Chambers, of Pittsburgh, accursed of a theft in Verona and was charged in connection with the home invasion in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood. $ (01-11-2025 - PA) |
| United States of America v. Edward Arthur Owens Jr. |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a threat to injure a local public official and making false statements to government agents. On May 20, 2025, Edward Arthur Owens Jr., 30, knowingly and willfully transmitted via a social media messaging app the following threat to injure a local public official: “We’re coming for you [emoji of $ (01-12-2026 - PA) |
| State of New York v. Jahaan Taylor and Elijah Mumford |
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Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Jahaan Taylor and Elijah Mumford shot two children shot outside on Domedion Avenue. Ramone "Red" Carter, who was shot in his back and taken in a police patrol vehicle to ECMC, where he later died just two weeks before his 4th birthday. His 7-year-old sister was grazed by a bullet and taken to $ (01-12-2026 - NY) |
| United States of America v. Brayden Storey |
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Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion, enticement, and sexual exploitation of children. According to the indictment and a previously filed complaint, in June 2024, the West Seneca Police Department received a report from a minor victim of an incident involving an individual that she met online in September 2022, when she was 13 years-old and $ (01-08-2026 - ny) |
| State of New York v. Rasi Vendryes |
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Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged kidnapping, assaulting and sexually abusing a woman. Rasi Vendryes, 48, of Queens, has been arraigned on an indictment for allegedly kidnapping, assaulting and sexually abusing a 25-year-old woman in an East New York area commonly known as the “Penn Track,” a stretch of roadway along Pennsylvania Avenue near Malta S $ (01-12-2026 - NY) |
| United States of America v. Yveler Marcellus, Felix Marcial, Asheem Henry, George Mims, Rahmel Thompson, Daquan Mitchell and Tatiana Williams |
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Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. Yveler Marcellus, Felix Marcial, Asheem Henry, George Mims, Rahmel Thompson, Daquan Mitchell and Tatiana Williams were accused of engaging in a scheme to launder money fraudulently obtained from victims of a transnational telemarketing scheme, ma $ (01-07-2026 - NY) |
| State of New York v. Alon Riabichev |
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New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Alon Riabichev is accused of brutally murdered Lev Vayner, an 80-year-old neighbor who opened his home to Mr. Riabichev when he didn’t have secure housing. “Mr. Riabichev allegedly took advantage of his hospitality in the most brutal way and repeatedly, fatally stabbed him. This ruthless murde $ (01-07-2026 - NY) |
| State of New York v. Elhadji Sene |
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New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defnedant charged with identity theft, Criminal possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a class C felony, one count, Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a class D felony, one count. Elhadji Sene, age 34, was accused of stealing the identities of multiple individuals, making unauthorized purchases, and possessing weapons and st $ (01-08-2026 - NY) |
| United States of America v. Paul Jorgensen |
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New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing securities fraud in connection with a multimillion-dollar scheme to trade in stock and options of Doximity based on inside information in advance of the company’s quarterly earnings calls. Former Chief Revenue Officer Paul Jorgensen Admits to Repeated Illegal Trading in Doximity in Advance of Quarte $ (01-09-2026 - NY) |
| State of Connecticut v. Isiah Falconer |
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New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with armed robbery. Isiah Falconer accused of shooting at a juvenile from whom is was going to buy a watch he found for sale on the Internet. When the sale wasn't going through an electronic app, Falconer pulled out a gun, which led to a struggle and the 18-year-old firing off several shots, Murgo said in the rel $ (01-12-2026 - CT) |
| United States of America v. Victoria Kates |
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New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud involving unemployment insurance and wire faud regarding PPP loan. From March 2020 through May 2021, Victoria Kates, age 35, of New Britain, defrauded the CT-DOL of $217,056 by filing fraudulent unemployment applications with the CT-DOL on behalf of her family, acquaintances, and others. Kates prepared $ (01-09-2026 - CT) |
| United States of America v. John Michael Sacco |
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Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion. John Michael Sacco, 54, formerly of Quincy, managed construction projects under the name JMS Contracting. From 2014 through 2021, Sacco received over $9 million from JMS’s customers. Rather than depositing JMS’s gross receipts into business bank accounts, Sacco cashed most checks from customer $ (01-09-2026 - MA) |
| United States of America v. Stephen L. Hochberg |
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Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and to obstruction of justice. Stephen Hochberg, age 77, of Marlborough, and Charles D. Katz agreed in as early as 2014 to cheat the IRS. They agreed that Hochberg, who served as the Director of Corporate Services at Katz’s accounting firm and as Chief Operating Offi $ (01-09-2026 - MA) |
| State of Illinois v. Lashawn Ranking |
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Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant changed with second-degree burglary. Lashawn Rankine accused for moving into a vacant house on the market for sale. $ (01-12-2026 - IL) |
| State of South Dakota v. Edward Clay |
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Sturgis, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with aggravated assault, grand theft, and possession of a stolen vehicle. Edward Clay, age 40, of Rapid City, accused of attempting to seat a 2025 ford pickup truck. $ (01-12-2026 - SD) |
| Haleigh Breest v. Paul Haggis |
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New York City, New York, personally injury lawyer represented Plaintifff who sued on a civil sexaul theory. $7000000 (01-11-2026 - OK) |
| United States of America v. Eddy Mendez Carmona |
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Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Eddy Mendez Carmona, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute and one count of distributing controlled substances. Mendez Carmona will be removed from the United States upon the completion of his prison sentence. Charges are still p $ (01-11-2026 - NH) |
| State of Florida v. Natalie Fonseca and Nafis Reynolds |
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Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with attempted first-degree murder, kidnapping, carjacking, robbery, arson, and tampering with evidence. The Defendant beat and robbed a man, cut his throat, and threw him off a bridge, but he survived. $ (01-11-2026 - FL) |
| State of Florida v. Geraldo Diza Guzman |
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Orlando, Florida criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with attempted murder. Geraldo Diaz Guzman, 19, accused of shooting Cristian Avila Carcamo who was shot several times. $ (01-11-2026 - FL) |
| State of Florida v. Blake Richard Hoover |
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Charlotte, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with arson and a hate crime. Blake Richard Hoover, 31, of Charlotte County, was charged with arson and criminal mischief for the blaze that broke out at the Chabad of Charlotte County in Punta Gorda. $ (01-11-2026 - FL) |
| State of Florida v. Regina Peacock |
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Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with grand theft and organized fraud. Regina Peacock accused of stealing thousands from her employer. $ (01-11-2026 - FL) |
| State of Georgia v. D’Michael Jenkins |
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Macon, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. D’Michael Jenkins, age 22, accused of killing Ashanti Macon, age 30. $ (01-11-2026 - GA) |
| State of Georgia v. Antonio Brown |
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Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Antonio Brown was accused stabbing Eleanor Bowles, age 77, to death in her Buckhead townhome. $ (01-11-2026 - GA) |
| State of Wisconsin v. Tabithe Mabb |
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La Crosse, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with arson. Tabithe Mabb faces one felony count of arson of building without owner's consent as a party to a crime. $ (01-09-2025 - WI) |
| State of Alabama v. Kevin Holloway |
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Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Kevin Holloway, age 45, accused of killing Bobby Richardson. $ (01-11-2026 - AL) |
| United States of America v. Juan Francisco Castaneda |
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Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and money laundering. Juan Francisco Castaneda, also known as “Pariente,” 44, guilty pleaded guilty. Castaneda ran his drug trafficking and money laundering organization with the use of contraband phones while he was serving multiple life sentences f $ (01-09-2026 - AL) |
| United States of America v. Nicholas Ferlando Haynie |
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Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute Cocaine and Heroin. Following a trial in September 2025, a federal jury convicted an Arkansas man of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Nicholas Ferlando Haynie, 45, of Camden, Arkansas, was a member of a dru $ (12-29-2025 - AL) |
| United States of America v. Michael Dwayne Banks and Victor Valente-Reynoso |
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Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing controlled substances and possession of a machine gun. On August 23, 2022, Victor Valente Reynoso, an illegal alien from Mexico, sold 536 fentanyl pills outside a gas station in Clayton County, Georgia. Following that deal, Reynoso and his conspirators arranged to sell 5,000 fentanyl pills at a church $ (01-09-2026 - GA) |
| United States of America v. Donny Campbell |
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Rome, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement of federal government property. Donny Campbell, a former maintenance department employee at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, while working as maintenance staff for the National Park Service, submitted timesheets claiming overtime pay for hundreds of hours that he did not work. The f $ (01-08-2026 - GA) |
| United States of America v. Ernest Lee Thomas, II |
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Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer John Wilkins represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On May 31, 2025, deputies with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle occupied by the Ernest Lee Thomas II, 35, of Pensacola, Florida. During the traffic stop, a search of the vehicle uncovered a loaded black .45-cali $ (01-08-2026 - Fl) |
| United States of America v. Eduardo Saavedra Melayes |
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Panama City, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated identify theft, falsely representing U.S. citizenship, and false statement in application for passport. In December of 2023, the Eduardo Saavedra Melayes, 45, a Mexican national, submitted a passport application in-person at a Panama City post office. Upon processing, the application was denied due $ (01-08-2026 - FL) |
| United States of America v. Chason Reed Peck |
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Ocala, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. On February 3, 2017, Chason Reed Peck (37, Palm City) applied for and received business financing from Deere & Company (“John Deere”). On February 16, 2020, Peck applied for a $300,000 total credit limit on his John Deere credit. Peck hand-wrote the financial application and gave $ (01-09-2026 - FL) |
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