Georgia False Imprisonment Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Adam Schlueter </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually and physically abusing two minors while he was stationed overseas with the U.S. Army. Adam Schlueter was stationed in Grafenwöhr, Germany from 2009 until 2013, while enlisted in the U.S. Army. In Germany, he physically, emotionally, and sexually abused two minor victims. At trial, both minors described be... More...
$ (04-20-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Dr. Jitesh Patel and Advanced Urology, Inc. </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia commercial litigation lawyers represented Advanced Urology, Inc. and Dr. Jitesh Patel accused of violation the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and Medicaid for services that were either unnecessary or never performed. The government’s investigation began after a former Advanced Urology employee filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that Advanced Urology performed unn... More...
$ (04-02-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Alexander Paul Travis, Jason Salazar, and Audricus Phagnasay </h2> </center>
Augusta, Georgia, criminal Defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with engaging in a wire fraud conspiracy. Alexander Paul Travis, 35, of Augusta, Jason Salazar, 30, of Clovis, California, and Audricus Phagnasay, 25, of Fresno, California, for engaging in a nationwide scheme that enabled North Korean workers to access U.S.-based computer networks. The Defendants were contacted b... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Edward Kelvin Pope, et al. </h2> </center>
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... More...
$ (03-11-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Felecia Ingram
Atlanta, Georgia, Defendant charged with stealing gift cards from The Home Depot. Criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant employed by The Home Deport accused of stealing over $4 million in gift cards from her employer. While employed at The Home Depot, the Felecia Ingram abused the trust placed in her and stole a staggering $4 million from the company. “She engaged in a calculat... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Malachi Mullings
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Malachi Mullings pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to his involvement in laundering millions of dollars for an African fraud scheme. About a month later, while awaiting his sentence, Mullings’s bond was revoked after he punched his girlfriend in the face. After ... More...
$ (02-21-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Malachi Mullings
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and seven counts of money laundering. Malachi Mullings pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to his involvement in laundering millions of dollars for an African fraud scheme. About a month later, while awaiting his sentence, Mullings’s bond was revoked... More...
$ (02-10-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Christopher Upshaw, aka “Troub”
Columbus, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Christopher Upshaw, aka “Troub,” 26, of Columbus, and co-defendants Johnathon Swift, aka “JB,” aka “John Boy,” 34; Dontavis Williams, aka “Turk,” 41; and Donterious Sparks, 37, all of Columbus, were accused for engaging in mail fraud. “The defendants devised a scheme to illegally ... More...
$ (02-10-2026 - GA)United States of America ex rel., et a.l v. Arthritis & Rheumatology Center, P.C., et al.
Atlanta, Georgia, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of using medical assistants to perform infusion services in violation of Georgia law and submitted claims for those services to Medicare in violation of the False Claims Act. “Physicians who disrega... More...
$2180000 (01-30-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Paul Anthony Nicholls
Brunswick, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to import and distribute controlled drugs and money laundering. Paul Anthony Nicholls, 47, of Great Britain, was convicted of one count of Conspiracy to Import Controlled Substances Resulting in Death and one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances Resulting in Death following a 4-day j... More...
$ (01-30-2026 - GA)State of Georgia v. Kenneth Moreno Guzman
Statesboro, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with rape, statutory rape, aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, cruelty towards children, home invasion, false imprisonment, burglary, aggravated assault with a knife. ICE filed an arrest retainer on the Defendant.... More...
$ (01-28-2026 - GA)<H2> United States of America v. Donny Campbell
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... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - GA)<H2> United States of America v. Dantavious Jackson
Augusta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. On December 15, 2025, a truckdriver who operated a “ghost” tax preparation business on the side was sentenced to federal prison for making claims for refunds of false COVID-19 related employment tax credits. Dantavious Jackson, 39, Union City, Georgia, owned and operated a trucking business in Union Ci... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - GA)<H2> United States of America v. Mitchell Parsons Hughes
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally operating a drone over Truist Park duing a MLB All-Star Game. Mitchell Parsons Hughes was charged with committing a federal crime by flying a drone over Truist Park during the Major League Baseball All-Star game in July 2025 and was sentenced to six months’ probation. “Anyone attempting to fly a dr... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - GA)<H2> United States of America v. Norman Dixon
Newman, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dogfighting and CARES Act Fraud. Norman Dixson arraigned on federal charges of sponsoring and exhibiting a dog in an animal fighting venture, promoting an animal fighting venture, animal crushing, and wire fraud. “The indictment alleges that Dixson viciously abused dogs and repeatedly lied to obtain COVID relie... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Allen Brown </h1></h1>
Augusta, GA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy<br> <br> On September 25, 2025, a Richmond County man who operated a "ghost†tax preparation business in Augusta, Georgia, has been sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay restitution for defrauding the IRS.<br> <br> Allen Brown, 41, of Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced to 46 months in priso... More...
$0 (09-25-2025 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Connie Thompson </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Rome, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Enticement </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Coweta County Sex Offender and Bartow County Man Plead Guilty to Child Enticement Crimes</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2>... More...
$0 (08-19-2025 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Cedrick Demon Robinson </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexually Abusing a Child and Requesting a Sexually Explicit Photograph of a Different Child </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Former Army Soldier Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Sexually Abusing a Child and Requesting a Sexually Explicit Photo... More...
$0 (08-20-2025 - GA)United States of America v. Gabriel Brown
Macon, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a felon,<br> in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). <br> <br> In December 2021, someone fired eleven gunshots into Gabriel Brown's house while Brown and some guests were inside. In response Brown jumped out of his chair, grabbed a firearm, went on his front porch, and saw the ... More...
$0 (08-08-2025 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Malik Javier McKenzie </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Augusta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug, firearm, and jury tampering </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Convicted Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Nearly 50 Years Imprisonment</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> A Savann... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - GA)United States of America v. Robert Scott Kennedy
Albany, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.<br> After a three-day jury trial, Robert Kennedy was convicted of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, see 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2); possessing heroin with the intent to distrib-ute it, see 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C); and possessing... More...
$0 (07-31-2025 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Delta Airlines, Inc. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Misuse of Pandemic-Relief Funds </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Delta Airlines Pays $8.1 Million To Settle Lawsuit Alleging Misuse of Pandemic-Relief Funds</h2></center></b></b>< <br> <br> Delta Airlines, Inc. ("Deltaâ€) paid $8.1 million ... More...
$0 (07-16-2025 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Dantavious Jackson </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Augusta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with executing a mail fraud scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Union City "Ghost Preparer†Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Seeking Over $4 Million in COVID-19 Employment Tax Credits</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red">... More...
$0 (07-07-2025 - GA)Curtrina Martin and Toi Cliatt v. United States of America, et al.
Atlanta, Georgia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> On October 18, 2017, the FBI raided the wrong house in suburban At-<br> lanta. Officers meant to execute search and arrest warrants at a sus-<br> pected gang hideout at 3741 Landau Lane but instead stormed 3756<br> Denville Trace, a quiet family home occupied by peti... More...
$0 (06-13-2025 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Terry Lewis Burston </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with postal robbery, aggravated assault on a federal employee, Hobbs Act Robbery, and using a firearm during a crime of violence </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Federal Felon Arrested in Connection with Months-Long Armed Robbery Spree</h2></ce... More...
$0 (05-27-2025 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Allen Brown </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Augusta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Augusta "Ghost Preparer†Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A man who operated a "ghost†tax preparation business in Augusta, ... More...
$0 (05-27-2025 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Allen Brown </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Augusta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Filing False Tax Returns for Clients </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Augusta "Ghost Preparer†Pleads Guilty to Preparing and Filing False Tax Returns for Clients</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A man who operate... More...
$0 (05-27-2025 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Kim Brown </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Augusta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Preparing and Filing False Tax Returns </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Augusta "Ghost Preparer†Pleads Guilty to Preparing and Filing False Tax Returns for Clients</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A woman who o... More...
$0 (05-27-2025 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Milan Patel </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Options Trading Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Five Defendants Sentenced in Options Trading Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Milan Patel has been sentenced to prison in connection with a years-long market ... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Calah Williams </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing Economic Injury Disaster Loan ("EIDLâ€), Paycheck Protection Program ("PPPâ€), and unemployment insurance </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Florida Woman Sentenced to Prison for Pandemic-Related Fraud</h2></center></b></b>... More...
$0 (12-17-2024 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Kenyona Pinckney </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lead defendant in drug trafficking conspiracy sentenced to nearly 15 years in federal prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Kenyona Pinckney, 33, of Savannah, pleaded... More...
$0 (12-17-2024 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Kenyona Pinckney </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Kenyona Pinckney, 33, of Savannah, was charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Cocaine, Methamphetamine, and Marijuana, said Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. A... More...
$0 (12-17-2024 - GA)State of Georgia v. Hiram Abernathy
<h2><br> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with "aggravated battery, aggravated assault, armed robbery, kidnapping with bodily injury, false imprisonment, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of marijuana.<br> </h2><br> ... More...
$0 (11-13-2024 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Mitchell C. Simpson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Used-Car Dealer Sentenced to Federal Prison for $3 Million Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Mitchell C. Simpson, who stole $3 million from companies that pr... More...
$0 (11-12-2024 - GA)Project Veritas v. Cable New Network, Inc.
<h2><br> Atlanta, Georgia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory.<br> </h2><br> On February 11, 2021, Twitter1 suspended from its platform<br> Project Veritas ("Veritasâ€)—an investigative journalistic<br> organization most well-known for its undercover reporting.<br> Veritas's suspension made headlines. On February 15, Ana<br> Cabrera and Bri... More...
$0 (11-07-2024 - GA)State of Georgia v. Leilani Simon </h2.
<h2><br> Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> </h2><br> Leilani Simon was accused of killing her 20-month-old toddler son Quinton Simon on October 5, 2022, and was indicted on 19 charges, including malice murder, felony murder, concealing the death of another and making false statements in the death of her son.<br> <br> The child's body was ... More...
$0 (10-26-2024 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Micky Lee Wagner, aka “Clifton Leigh Wagner Martin,†“Mickey Lee Wagner,†“Leigh Wagner,†“Michy Wagner,†“Lee Wagner,†and “Dr. Leigh†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Factoring Companies </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man Sentenced for Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Defraud Factoring Companies</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Micky Lee Wagner, also known as "Clifton Leigh ... More...
$0 (09-18-2024 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Roderick Billingslea </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obtaining a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan and operating illegal trucking businesses. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Georgia Trucker Sentenced for PPP Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Roderick... More...
$0 (08-15-2024 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Alvin Demar; Joshua Carter; Jamal Plunkett </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Firearms and Other Gun-Related Offenses </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Three Men Sentenced for Trafficking Firearms and Other Gun-Related Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Alvin Demar and Joshua Ca... More...
$0 (08-05-2024 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Teresa Carter and Sharon Crowder </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Social Security Benefits </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Georgia Women Sentenced for Stealing Social Security Benefits</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Teresa Carter and Sharon Crowder have been sentenced f... More...
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