Richmond, VA - Guatemalan Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

A Guatemalan citizen pleaded guilty on May 23, 2018 to conspiring to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine knowing and intending that it would be unlawfully imported into the United States.

According to court documents, Paulo Cesar Montenegro Arevalo, 41, was a member of a large-scale internationa... More...   $0 (05-24-2018 - VA)

Tulsa, OK - Judge Sentenced To 34-Years For Domestic Abuse

The State of Oklahoma charged Brent Allen Morris, age 34, with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABDOM, DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY - 2ND OFFENSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 644
Date of Offense: 07/17/2016
Party Name Disposition Information
MORRIS, BRENT ALLEN Disposed: DISMISSED, 05/14/2018. Dismissed- Request o... More...   $0 (05-24-2018 - OK)

Petitioner seeks second-tier certiorari review of the circuit court’s order denying first-tier certiorari relief from the final order of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV). DHSMV had affirmed the revocation of Petitioner’s driver’s license for a period of five years, under the terms of section 322.28(2)(a)2., Florida Statutes (2013). Our standard for second-tier certior... More...   $0 (05-23-2018 - FL)

U’dreka Kynshere Andrews was convicted of first-degree murder, burglary,
and robbery and was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for the first
degree murder conviction. Andrews was 17 years old at the time she committed
the offenses. Subsequently, the United States Supreme Court held in Miller v.
Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 479 (2012), “that the Eighth Amendment for... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - FL)

On November 5, 2013, a Knox County grand jury issued a presentment charging the defendant with sixteen counts of aggravated child abuse (Counts 1-6, 11-20) and two counts of child abuse (Counts 30-31). The charges stemmed from a series of incidents in which the defendant subjected the victims to physical abuse, prolonged periods of confinement, and restraint with handcuffs. The presentment also c... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - TN)

The 2011 convictions in this case stem from the conduct of the Petitioner against the victim in 1979 and 1980 while the then-juvenile victim was attending a school associated with the church where the Petitioner was the head priest. The evidence presented at trial established that the Petitioner engaged in sexual acts with the victim on three separate occasions when the victim was thirteen and fo... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - TN)

On January 8, 2013, a Shelby County grand jury returned indictment No. 1300001, charging the defendant with first-degree murder during the perpetration of aggravated child abuse, first-degree murder during the perpetration of aggravated child neglect, aggravated child abuse of a child eight years of age or less, and aggravated child neglect of a child eight years of age or less. The victim in the... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - TN)

The primary issue presented in this appeal is
whether the Commonwealth is required to prove a defendant knows
that a firearm in his or her possession is loaded in order to be
convicted of unlawful possession of a loaded firearm under G. L.

After police officers discovered a loaded firearm in the
rear console of a vehicle driven by the defendant, he was
charged ... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - MA)

Miami, FL - Honduran Drug Kingpin Sentenced to Life in Prison

Honduran national Sergio Neftali Mejia-Duarte was sentenced today to life in prison for his involvement in a large-scale international narcotics transportation organization.

On Jan. 9, a Miami jury found Mejia-Duarte, 41, guilty of conspiring to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine with the knowledge that the coca... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - FL)

Defendant-appellant, Donnie Wright, appeals his conviction and sentence in
the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas for unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
{¶ 2} In early December 2016, appellant began dating a woman ("Mother"). Within
days, appellant moved into Mother's house. Mother has a daughter ("the victim") who also
resided with her. Later that month, appellant bega... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - )

By indictment filed October 13, 2016, plaintiff-appellee, State of Ohio, charged McDonald-Glasco with one count of murder in violation of R.C. 2903.02, an unspecified felony; one count of felony murder in violation of R.C. 2903.02, an unspecified felony; and one count of intimidation of a witness in a criminal case in violation of R.C. 2921.04, a third-degree felony. Both murder charges carried a... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - OH)

On January 16, 2015, a Franklin County Grand Jury charged Cox and a codefendant, Kareem Jones, with possession of heroin and tampering with evidence. (Jan. 16, 2015 Indictment.) The indictment included a one-year firearm specification for the possession charge. Id. {¶ 3} The defense filed motions to suppress on December 1, 2015 and May 19, 2017 seeking exclusion of statements made by Cox to pol... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - OH)

In May of 2016, R.M. wanted to trade food stamps for heroin, so a female
acquaintance connected him to an individual who was willing to facilitate an exchange. Mr.
Coleman and two others (“Terrance” and “Anthony”) arrived at R.M.’s residence and forced him
go with them to a nearby Save-a-Lot store while they used his food stamp card. The men all
traveled to the store together... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - OH)

While driving home from work late one evening, the victim in this matter stopped
at a gas station to purchase a few items. Mr. Hudson and his friend, Ronald Henry, were outside
when the victim arrived and followed him into the lobby. The victim intended to make a work
related cash deposit the following morning, so he was carrying a money bag in his pocket. He
removed the bag ... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - OH)

Appellant Douglas C. Shine, Jr. (“appellant”) appeals from his convictions for
multiple counts of aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, and other offenses in
connection with four shootings. Appellant assigns 21 errors for our review.1 Having reviewed
the record and pertinent law, we affirm the decision of the trial court. The apposite facts follow.
{¶2} Following a s... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - OH)

In February 2017, Kronenberg was charged with three counts of menacing by
stalking in violation of R.C. 2903.211(A)(1). The indictment charged that the offenses occurred
on February 22, 2017, and there was a count for each of the three victims: James LaMarca (Count
1), Mary Jo LaMarca (Count 2), and Alysse LaMarca (Count 3). All three counts contained
“furthermore” clauses, t... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - OH)

Appellant, Robert J. Cowdrey, sets forth the following three assignments of
error:
I. The court erred in denying the motion to suppress.
II. The court erred in denying the motion for acquittal.
III. The court erred in sentencing defendant to the maximum prison
term.
{¶ 3} The following undisputed facts are relevant to this appeal. In 2016,
appellant, a 52-... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - OH)

During visitation hours at an Ohio correctional facility, appellant and
another inmate (the victim) got into an altercation. Appellant’s two children and their
mother were visiting appellant; and the victim’s mother was visiting the victim. Both
inmates were behind a barrier, which separates visitors from inmates.
{¶ 4} Appellant’s children, both toddlers at that time, got r... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - OH)

In our prior decision, we summarized the facts that supported Roberson’s
five criminal convictions. Roberson I, ¶ 4-34. The only facts that are relevant to the
assignment of error before us now are those relating to the August 27, 2015 incident,
which supported two of Roberson’s convictions: aggravated burglary and rape. The
relevant facts are these:
Roberson met C.G... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - OH)

Providence, RI - Fall River Man Admits to Being an Armed Drug Trafficker

Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation by Newport Police resulted in the arrest of four for allegedly possessing firearms, trafficking cocaine and crack cocaine

An armed drug trafficker arrested by Newport Police during a Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation into an alleged cocaine and crack cocaine tr... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - RI)

At approximately 2:00 a.m. on March 28, 2016, Maston was a passenger in
a vehicle driven by Hannah Tincher. As Tincher was driving on East Dorothy Lane in
Kettering, Officer Devin Maloney initiated a traffic stop due to a traffic violation. After
back-up arrived, Maloney conducted a free-air sniff by his canine partner, Jax. Jax
alerted to an odor of narcotics, and the offi... More...   $0 (05-20-2018 - OH)

This matter is before the Court on the August 8, 2017 Notice of Appeal of
Andrew Melms. Melms appeals from the trial court’s July 28, 2017 Judgment Entry of
Conviction, following a no contest plea to one count of aggravated possession of drugs,
namely fentanyl, in violation of R.C. 2925.11(A), a felony of the fifth degree. His appeal
is specifically addressed to the trial co... More...   $0 (05-20-2018 - OH)

The case was tried to a jury. Much of the account of what happened came from Myers’s friend and codefendant Timothy Mosley. According to Mosley, he and Myers began to concoct their scheme on January 27, 2014. That morning, Myers, who had just slept through the start of a new job, woke up Mosley
and asked him if he “wanted to make some money.” When Mosley said he did, Myers suggested that ... More...   $0 (05-20-2018 - OH)

On January 6, 2016, in Elkhart Superior Court, Davis and the State entered into
a plea agreement under which Davis pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle while
intoxicatedendangering a person, a Class A misdemeanor.1 That same day,
the trial court sentenced Davis to one year in the county jail suspended to
probation (“lhart probation”. The terms of Davis’s Elkhart probation More...   $0 (05-20-2018 - )

Susanna Conlin appeals from her conviction of operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person,1 a Class A misdemeanor. She argues the trial
court erred by misapplying a statutory presumption in favor of the State and by
abusing its discretion in the admission of evidence.
[2] The following issues are presented for our review:
1. Did the trial court misapply a stat... More...   $0 (05-20-2018 - IN)