Florida Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Rubin Goodson </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Rbein Goodson was charged with first degree murder. This court has long held that the state cannot supplement the record in an appeal of an order summarily denying a... More...
$ (06-10-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Nicolette Keough </h2> <center>
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with criminal mischief. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Nicholette Keough, age 31, allegedly "peed" on furniture in an an Airbnb in Pensacola.... More...
$ (06-11-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Lauren Hornbuckle </h2> </center>
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt to tamper with consumer products. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Lauren Hornbuckle, ate 37, of Seminole, Fllorida, was a Florida-licensed registered nurse who worked at Hospital #1. Between November 2023 a... More...
$ (06-11-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kenia Marrero and Joan Navarro Bruguet </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants engaged in a conspiracy to obtain and sell Medicare beneficiary identifier numbers (BINs) of thousands of patients for use in Medicare fraud schemes. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Kenia Marrero, 46, of Miami, paid Joan Navarro... More...
$ (06-12-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Patricia Barberena </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with child neglect with physical in jury. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Patricia Barberena, 62, a school bus driver failed to assure that all the kids on her bus had been delivered to their schools and, as a result, one... More...
$ (06-06-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Natasha Ethel Bagley </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with carjacking, aggravated assault with a weapon, criminal mischief, grand theft and battery. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Natasha Ethel Bagley, 49, of Hialeah, accused to attacking an rideshare driver and damaging his... More...
$ (06-04-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Open AI and Sam Altman </h2> </center>
Carterville, Florida, commercial litigation lawyers represent the Defendants on four counts of deceptive and unfair trade practices, two counts of negligence, two counts of violating product liability laws, one count of fraudulent misrepresentation and another count of causing a public nuisance. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK... More...
$ (06-01-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Jordan Alexander Bustillo </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with grand theft, organized scheme to defraud and obtaining property by gaming. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Jordan Alexander Bustillo, age 20, accused for cheating people in an rigged street gambling game in downtown ... More...
$ (05-29-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Nurideen Shabazz, aka DeenTheGreat </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Twenty-five-year-old Misfits boxer Nurideen Shabazz, aka DeenTheGreat, accused of assaulting and battering woman on a yacht with whom he had a relationship after... More...
$ (05-28-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Pylip Vionov and Anton Levkun </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant's charged with placing a credit card scanning device on a credit card point-of-sale machine. Reported by Kent Morlan Pylip Vionov, age 45, and Anton Levkun, age 41, from Ukraine “placed a skimming device on a credit card point-of-sale machine” at Sabor Tropical Supermarket in West Miami’s Alameda area.... More...
$ (05-27-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Peter Daniel Ring </h2> </center>
Gainesville, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sending multiple threatening interstate communications to kill or cause physical injuries. By Kent Morlan In June 2025 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) received a complaint that a threat to kill a reporter had been received. The Peter Daniel Ring, 31, of Bell, Florida, was identified as the source ... More...
$ (05-11-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Rebecca Stewart Vaughn
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of wire fraud and one count of theft of government money. By Kent Morlan Rebecca Stewart Vaughn, age 64, Tampa, Florida, engaged in a fraud scheme to obtain Social Security benefits and City of New York pension benefits that did not belong to her. The benefits were being paid to Vaughn’s aunt, J.C. ... More...
$ (05-11-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Roody Metelus </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing and submitting false tax forms to support more than 200 fraudulent loan applications under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). By Kent Morlan Roody Metelus, 47, of Westlake, owned and operated JRS Tax Services, LLC, in Dania Beach. From app... More...
$ (05-11-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Erasme Catalino Paulino Rodriguez, Joseito Diaz De Oleo, and Ober Alexander Villavicencio Jimenez
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to import more than 5 kilograms of cocaine into the United States 21 USC 963. By Kent Morlan Erasme Catalino Paulino Rodriguez, 35; Joseito Diaz De Oleo, 48; and Ober Alexander Villavicencio Jimenez, 36, all from the Dominican Republic, were aboard the M/V Best Bet, a 65-foot sport-fishing vessel, whe... More...
$ (05-10-2026 - fl)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joel Rufus French </h2> </center>
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States Government, mail fraud, and money laundering. By Kent Morlan Joel Rufus French, age 47 of Armory, Mississippi, engaged in a conspiracy to defraud of the United States. French worked with overseas telemarketing call centers that pressured elderly Americans to provide thei... More...
$ (05-09-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Rafael Jorge Gonzalez-Sintes </h2> </cente>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with f shooting or throwing a deadly missile, culpable negligence, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct. By Kent Morlan Rafael Jorge Gonzalez-Sintes, age 61, accused of throwing furniture out of his high rise apartment endangering people below.... More...
$ (05-06-2026 - FL)<H2> <center> State of Florida v. Craig Edward Leeks </h2> </center>
Dade City, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and improper exhibition of a firearm. The State charged Leeks with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault. His defense counsel moved to have him evaluated for competency, and the trial court granted the motion. The psychological evaluation concluded Leeks was competent to sta... More...
$ (05-01-2026 - fl)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Joseph Luther </h2> </center>
Perry, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple felonies. The trial court orally pronounced concurrent life sentences for Counts I and II, but the written order states that the sentences are to be served consecutively. The State correctly concedes error. A written sentencing order must conform to the orally pronounced sentence, and where there is conf... More...
$ (05-01-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Christopher Diez </h2> <center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charge with enticement of a minor for sex and battery. Miami-Dade County Sheriff Lieutenant Chirstopher Diaz allegedly attempt to meet a minor in Delray Beach to have sex.... More...
$ (05-01-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Walter Afitt Garcia </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with felony littering and misdemeanor failing to obtain an environmental permit. Walter Afitt Garcia, 48, opened gate for a dump truck driver seeking to get rid of a load of landscaping debris at an "illegal dumping transfer station" at 13105 SW 199th Ave., in Miami-Dade county. The site contained enough construction de... More...
$ (05-01-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marcus Bernard Clark </h2> </center>
Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and related access devices fraudulently used with fifteen or more unauthorized devices and aggravated identity theft. Marcus Bernard Clark, age 31, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, worked at a Wendy’s fast food restaurant in Destin, Florida. During a judicially authorized extraction of the defendant’s cell ... More...
$ (04-30-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Colleen Kieran </h2> </center>
Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Colleen Kieran, age 57, of Clermont, Florida, oversaw the accounting department of a business based in Seminole County. Over the course of nearly 13 years, Kieran used her position to siphon more than $3.9 million from the company’s accounts into her own personal PayPal account. After taking the money... More...
$ (04-30-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Boise Cascade </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with Lacey Act Trafficking. The Boise Cascade Company (Boise Cascade) was accused of felony violation of the Lacey Act for its role in a timber trafficking scheme to evade countervailing and anti-dumping duties. “Boise Cascade either knew about or was willfully blind to the illegal importation of the plywood they w... More...
$ (04-30-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Yamilet Alfonso </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with grand larceny. Yamilet Alfonso, age 36, accused of being a porch pirate and stealing $2,200 in packages from one victim's porch.... More...
$ (04-29-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Lazaro Miranda-Alonso </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with engaging in a scheme to defraud Walmart. third-degree grand theft, and five counts of using a false or fraudulently obtained receipt in Florida to request a refunds. Lazaro Miranda-Alonso, age 26, was a homeless Walmart employee who was stealing from Walmart to pay for a motel in Miami-Dade County.... More...
$ (04-23-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Mauricio Jimenez </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Jimenez, 48, of Hialeah, Florida, was a Home Depot Manager. He is accused providing discounts to “a core of accounts” and that the “high markdown activity” at his old store stopped once he left, and “took a dramatic upturn” at his new store once he arrived. Of the $55 million in gross sales th... More...
$ (04-23-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Christopher Ashley Defilippis </h2> </center>
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl that resulted in a person's death and possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute.... More...
$ (04-23-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mario G. Davis </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Marlo G. Davis, 47, of Havana, Florida, appeared in federal court for his arraignment before United States Magistrate Judge Martin A. Fitzpatrick i... More...
$ (04-21-2026 - FL)<h2> <central> United States of America v. Joseph Elegele, Jr. </h2> </central>
Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Between August 2017 and June 2023, Joseph Elegele, Jr. (41, Orlando) was part of a fraud scheme that laundered funds that had been fraudulently obtained from various businesses throughout the United States and in the Bahamas. Elegele’s role in the scheme was to establish bu... More...
$ (04-20-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Gabriela Saldana </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with making threats on WhatsApp to kill or do bodily injury. Saldana “made a threat to kill or do bodily harm” in posts about “a scheduled event” in a WhatsApp group chat.... More...
$ (04-06-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Lubby Navarro </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with third-degree grand theft. Former Miami-Dade School Board Vice Chair Lubby Navarro, age 51, was accused of using a school district credit card to run up about $100,000 in personal purchase. The state alleged that Navarro used the official card to buy food, groceries, appliances, vacations and more.... More...
$ (04-14-2026 - FL)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Howard Neil Martin </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and distribution of drugs and possession of a machine gun. The Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report about a burglary in progress. When they arrived, Howard Neil Martin, 46, of Sopchoppy, Florida, was parked in the driveway of the residence and in a verbal dispute with som... More...
$ (04-01-2026 - fl)<h2> <center> Erica Lynn Odom v. James Calas Cole </h2> </center>
Crawfordville, Florida, family law lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking a protective order. Plaintiff’s petition alleged that she and Defendant had been in an on-again, off-again relationship and had lived together. She also alleged that after an argument with Defendant, called the police to their residence resulting in Plaintiff being charged with domestic violence battery. Plaintiff al... More...
$ (04-08-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Edgar Hunez </h2> </center>
Crestview, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a felony. Fla. R. App. P. 9.140(b)(2)(A)(i) (providing that a defendant may not appeal after a guilty or nolo contendere plea except for an expressly reserved appeal of a “prior dispositive order of the lower tribunal, identifying with particularity the point of law being reserved”); Carroll v. State, 383 S... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ronald St. Clair </h2> </center>
Fort Myers, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted tax evasion. Ronald St. Clair attempted to hide his assets from the IRS after accumulating tax debts for 2011 through 2017. In 2020, after the IRS notified St. Clair that it intended to levy his assets to collect his unpaid taxes, St. Clair sold real property he owned and transferred the proceeds into ... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Joseph Sanderson </h2> </center>
Milton, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violation of conditions for suspended sentence. Joseph Sanderson violated probation. 2 must make such findings. We reject the argument and affirm Appellant’s judgment and sentence. Appellant was on sex-offender probation after admitting guilt for fifteen counts of possession of child sexual abuse material i... More...
$ (04-09-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jasen Butler </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, forgery, and money laundering. Jasen Bulter, age 38, of Jupiter, the owner of Independent Marine Oil Services LLC, corrupted the competitive bidding process for military fuel contracts and submitted dozens of falsified documents such as wire transfer memos and invoices to multiple U.S. warships between A... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Jaylyn Coleman </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with grand theft. Jaylyn Coleman, age 29, accused of stealing a gold chain valued at %more than$18,000. The defend attempted to sell the chain but was told it was fake by the jeweler.... More...
$ (04-02-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jean Joseph and Janalies Camille Bingham </H2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Jean Joseph, also known as “Jon,” 55, of Boca Raton, and Camille Bingham, also known as Janalie Camille Joseph, 44, also of Boca Raton were accused of orchestrating a years-long real estate investment fraud scheme that raised more than $50 million from inves... More...
$ (04-01-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Briana McCarthy, Brianna Hannan, Carlotta Hawkins, Kearla Walerk Whitney Branch, and Kavon Reese </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants chargd with fraud. Six individuals charged with defrauding the Florida. The individuals were accused of orchestrating a scheme to process property damage claims through the Florida Division of Risk Management, allegedly defrauding the state of $1.7 million. The Florida Department of Financial Services Criminal Investigati... More...
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