Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with dozens of pharmacy burglaries and stolen controlled substances worth millions of dollars. On November 8, 2023, a federal grand jury indicted Antoinen Dion Hampton, AGE 39, and Reginald Tremayne Jackson, AGE 35,, along with 16 other defendants, and on July 2, 2024, the indictment was superseded to add an add

Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, with Notice of Prior Serious Drug Felony Conviction; and illegal Reentry of Alien Following Removal, with Notice of Prior Aggravated Felony Conviction. On May 28, 2025, Lorain police officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle in which Jaime Ortega-Urquidi, 63, was a

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child endangerment, reckless driving, obstructing an officer and driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902, which provides: Version 4 (Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 33, eff. January 1, 2026) A. It is unlawful and punishable as provided in this section for any person

El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault of a young girl. Edwin Fernando Perez, 54, was charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child The testimony at trial reflected that, in 2022, the victim reported to a school counselor that she had been assaulted by the Defendant several years earlier at a sleepover at his house. At the time of th

New Orleans, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping and conspiracy to receive ransom payments. Janette Ramirez, age 34, co-defendant Hector Mondragon-Flores and Edwin Salgado-Nunez kidnapped the victim. They bound the victim’s hands and legs together, held him at gunpoint in Mondragon-Flores’s apartment, and demanded the pa

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and meth. an investigation began in March 2019 when authorities identified a Houston-based drug trafficking organization with additional operations in Dallas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Authorities determined Tran led the organization and operated a pill press lab

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being an Alien Unlawfully in the United States in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition; Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute; Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises; and Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Crimes. Agents began investigating Geovanny Alexander Pineda-Cubias, 25, after

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Santos Castro-Mota, 46, a Dominican Republic national, ran a drug trafficking operation out of the State Correctional Institution Phoenix (Collegeville, Pennsylvania). A joint investigation by federal, state, and local law enforcement operating under the High Intensity Drug Trafficking A

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers Roger Marion, Max Nicholas. Reed Keefe and Sarah Stein represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Robert Lederhilger stole millions of dollars from tens of thousands of small businesses, $180 at a time. Lederhilger thought his large scale, small sum fraud would go undetected. He was wrong. Stealing $5 million $180 at a time got him 73 m

White Plains, New York, criminal defense lawyer Steve Yurowitz represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud investors in two investment vehicles he managed and promoted. Solomon Lichtenstein, age solicited and received millions of dollars from friends, relatives, and members of his community on the back of false statements and misrepresenta

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with failure to surrender. The Court was advised that, on November 21, 2024, Julian Thompson, 33, was sentenced in the Western District of Pennsylvania to 10 years of imprisonment on his convictions for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of a firearm and ammunition by

Rome, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Edward Kelvin Pope, David Wilson, and Kevin Josue Campos Rivera coordinated with Jose Santos Isaola Cisneros, a federal inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Atlanta, were accused of distributing methamphetamine to couriers and customers throughout north Geo

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Jay Husbands represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. On June 6, 2025, officers with the Lawton Police Department responded to a home after receiving reports of shots fired. When officers arrived, they observed Steven Lynn England, age 32, of Lawton, Oklahoma, in the front yard arguing with a woman and dis

Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manufacturing of and possession with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone, a Schedule I controlled substance, within 1,000 feet of a playground. Derrick Jones, age 44, of Arvada, Colorado, purchased precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of alpha-PVP and had t

Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer Michael Becker represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Adepoju Babtunde Salako, 34, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was part of a conspiracy that stole more than $5 million in funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, and 30 state unemployment programs through several

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with posting threats against then President Biden and Vice President Harris on the social media site X. On December 22, 2023, Michael David Hanson, 44, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, posted “#joeAndKamala I’m asking you to resign on Monday your alternative is death brutally murdered…” on one of his X accounts.

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Mughith Faisal, age 29, of Glendale, Arizona, enaged in a sophisticated fraud scheme against Amazon. Abdullah Alwan, 28, of Surprise, Arizona, was an employee of Amazon working in the company’s logistics division. After leaving the company in 2021, Alwan used his knowledge of Amazon's proprietar

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Appellants. ¶3 The Court of Appeals certified the following additional four questions for our consideration and we respond pursuant to the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act. See 20 O.S.2021, § 1601 et seq.: 1. If § 1311 does require the State in a threats prosecution to prove a defendant had a mens rea of will

Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer Meldinda Powers represented the Defendant charged with knowingly possess a destructive device, not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, in violation if 26 U.S.C. Sections 5841, 5861(d), and 5871. James R. Nelson, age 40, from Onarga, Illinois, possessed an unregistered destructive device and refused to relinquish

Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Thomas Shannon, 44, exploited at least eighteen children online, ranging in ages from 12 to 17. Police discovered Shannon’s crimes when a16-year-old minor in North Carolina reported that she had been sexually exploited on Snapchat. Investigators identified the perpetrato

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with wire fraud. Tracy Davenport, 51, of Louisville, and others working at her direction, engaged in a scheme to induce customers into signing a contract for a pool installation and paying a large down payment up front. Davenport used those funds for purposes other than what was agreed upon. Davenport pled guilty

Erie, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire and health care fraud. Aaron Hertel, 47, of North East, Pennsylvania, and Michael Brown, 49, of Erie, Pennsylvania led, managed, and supervised a conspiracy involving numerous employees at Hertel & Brown Physical and Aquatic Therapy that involved the use of unlicensed technicians to trea

Central Islip, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Sherry Xue Li was accused of money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud the United States by obstructing the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) administration of campaign finance laws. Li orchestrated a nearly

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking of a Child and Sex Trafficking. Matthew Halstead, age 32, was accused of sex trafficking and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy. “Sex trafficking evolves with technology, and traffickers increasingly rely on social media and anonymous messaging applications,” said District Attorney

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and securities fraud. “Joshua Schuster promised to use investor funds to develop real estate projects throughout our City,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “Schuster instead constructed a fraud, stealing more than $13 million from his investors in order to fund his lifestyle and pay off earl