Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business in violation for 18 U.S.C. 371, which provides:
18 U.S.C. § 371 is the general federal conspiracy statute, punishing two or more people who agree to commit a federal offense or defraud the United States (or its agencies) and take an overt act to fur ...
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(02-23-2026 - NJ)
United States of America v. Pierre Thomas
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering. ...
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(02-23-2026 - PA)
United States of America v. John O’Brien
John O’Brien of Masury, Ohio, engaged in a scheme with others to defraud Primary Health Network, a non-profit medical organization headquartered in Sharon, Pennsylvania, through the submission of fraudulent invoices, including from the telecommunications company O’Brien controlled. The four other defendants in the case all previously pleaded guilty, including three leaders of the organization ...
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(02-23-2026 - PA)
United States of America v. Eric Raheem Pierce
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and ammunition.
During the course of several controlled drug purchases, Eric Raheem Pierce, age 38, of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, distributed approximately 35 grams of fentanyl before attempting to discard 25 bricks of heroin and another 23 grams of fentanyl on the date of h ...
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(02-23-2026 - PA)
United States of America v. Geoffrey Magistrate
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering.
The Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”) Global Illicit Financial Team (“GIFT”) identified David Metcalf announced that Geoffrey Magistrate, 61, a current resident of Limassol, Cyprus, and a prior resident of Pennsylvania, as a corporate service provider ...
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(02-23-2026 - PA)
United States of America v. Carlos Sacanell
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with insider trading.
Carlos Sacanell, 59, of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, was charged by indictment in October 2024. In September of last year, he pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud (insider trading) and one count of making a false statement to a federal agency.
As detailed in court filings and ...
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(02-23-2026 - PA)
United States of America v. Javon Pope
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to remove property and take other action to
prevent seizure in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2232(a) as well as being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g).
The Defendant sought to suppress the evidence against him.
The Fourth Amendment
protects individuals fro ...
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(02-23-2026 - PA)
Andre Lenell Paden, Appellant
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff post conviction relief.
On March 19, 2020, while on state parole as the result of a Monroe County conviction, [Paden] was charged with [the instant] burglary and related offenses in Luzerne County. At the time, he was also facing charges for a crime committed in Lackawanna County. In March of 2022, while represented b ...
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(02-23-2026 - PA)
Sherice Sargent, et al.v . School District of Philadelphia, et al.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on an Equal Protection challenge to the School District’s 2022 Admissions
Policy for four selective high schools.
The School District of Philadelphia has three types of high schools: (1) neighborhood schools; (2) citywide schools; and (3) criteria-based schools. Criteria-based schools are selective and requ ...
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(02-23-2026 - PA)
United States of America v. Dameia O. Smith, a/k/a "Omar," a/k/a "D"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with solicitation and attempted murder of a federal
witness.
More than twenty years ago, a jury convicted Dameia
Smith of both solicitation and attempted murder of a federal
witness. The jury also convicted him of using or carrying a
firearm “during and in relation to” a “crime of violence,” 18
U ...
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(02-23-2026 - PA)
State of New Jersey v. David Parker
Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, second-degree conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
David Parker, 23, of Irvington, of first-degree murder, second-degree conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree ...
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(02-22-2026 - NJ)
State of New York v. Joshua Taylor
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony animal cruelty.
In June 2024, Joshua Taylor, also known as Moriah Taylor, age 39, was indicted on two counts of Aggravated Cruelty to Animals (Class E felonies under New York State Agriculture and Markets Law) and one count of Overdriving, Torturing and Injuring Animals; Failure to Provide Proper Sustenance ...
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(02-22-2026 - NY)
State of New York v. John Doe
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree (Class B violent felony).
On Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at approximately 1:00 p.m., the adolescent offender shot the victim with an illegal gun on the 100 block of Laird Avenue in the City of Buffalo. The victim, 19-year-old Donovan M. Miller, was pronounced dead at th ...
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(02-22-2026 - NY)
United States of America v. Victoria Afet
Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.
Victoria Afet, the 23-year-old murderer of a 93-year-old Connie Turoi inside the Skyline Apartments pleaded guilty to murder, robbery and assault. ...
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(02-22-2026 - NY)
State of New York v. John Hughes
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
John Hughes, age 44, attacked a random person on the street with a nail-spiked wooden board.
On Sept. 20, 2024, Hughes was at the intersection of Grand Street and Madison Avenue just before 9 p.m. when he pulled a wooden board from a dumpster and began swinging it at ...
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(02-22-2026 - NY)
State of New York v. Kashawn Croswell
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with causing a fatal crash in Downtown Brooklyn after driving over 60 miles per hour, running three red lights and slamming into another vehicle, killing a 21-year-old woman and injuring three others.
“This defendant made a series of reckless and deliberate decisions that had deadly consequences. By driving at high ...
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(02-22-2026 - NY)
State of New York v. Randy Santos
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.
A jury determined that Randy Santos knowingly and purposefully murdered four men with a metal bar in the span of less than 30 minutes. They were strangers to him, and simply happened to be sleeping on Chinatown sidewalks that horrific night.
Two additional victims were injured in Santos’s brutal ...
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(02-22-2026 - NY)
State of New Mexico v. . Albert Rival
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant who brandished a fire arm.
Albert Rival, 65, was a member at the North Valley Senior Center, but staff had to call the police, saying he took things too far. ...
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(02-22-2026 - NM)
In the Matter of J.S., Jr., Alleged Deprived Child
Sapulpa, Oklahoma, family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental termination case.
In this deprived child proceeding, Appellant, Asheley Teague, the biological mother of J.S., JR. (JSJ), the minor child, appeals from the district court's order terminating her parental rights. The State of Oklahoma (State) moved to terminate Mother's parental rights, Mother waived a jury trial, and t ...
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(02-22-2026 - OK)
The State of Oklahoma v. Jesus Efren Pena
Vinita, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with acquiring proceeds from drug activity and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
Pena's rental car was stopped on I-44 in Craig County by Trooper Caleb Cole for a traffic violation on August 31, 2022. Trooper Cole's partner, Trooper Aaron Lockney, deployed his drug dog for an open-air sniff and the dog alerted on the ...
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(02-22-2026 - ok)
State of Indiana v. Andre Briski
Indianapolis, Indiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.
Andre Briski was accused of killing Ryan Hawkins in a shooting on Interstate 65, near Southport Road. ...
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(02-22-2026 - IN)
State of Nevada v. Cythia Roes
Reno, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with child abuse and neglect.
Cythia Roes. age 53, accused of child abuse and neglect charges after an investigation into a three-year-old child who fell from a moving vehicle. ...
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(02-22-2026 - NV)
United States of America v. Craig Scott Valdez
Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor, exploitation of a child, production of child porn, and coercion and enticement of a minor.
Craig Scott Valdez, 36, used the popular social media application Snapchat to identify, groom and entice juvenile females in Alaska for the purposes of sexual exploitation. The indictment charges thi ...
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(02-22-2026 - AK)
State of Florida v. Caleb Flynn
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder
Caleb Flynn, 39, charged the former contestant on "American Idol" with shooting and killing his wife and staging the crime scene to mislead investigators. ...
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(02-22-2026 - FL)
United States of America v. Steven L. Ploof
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting or threatening a federal official or family.
Steven L. Ploof, 48, of Greece, NY, went to the Ogden, NY, residence of an FBI Special Agent and his family. When he arrived at the house, Ploof placed two posterboard signs on the front porch, one sign read “Corrupt FBI AGENT!” and the other sign read ...
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(02-22-2026 - NY)
United States of America v. Jun Wang
Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to launder monetary InstrumentsJun Wang, age 63, a Chinese national and lawful permanent resident of the United States, redeemed $2,285,039.81 in gift cards originally purchased by defrauded victims throughout the United States (including in the Northern District of New York). Wang, who received the gift ...
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(02-22-2026 - NY)
United States of America v. Derek Hasselbrink, a/k/a "Derek Spear"
New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion or enticement of a female minor and creating sex explict dekpictions of minor from import to the US
Dercl Hasselbrink, a/k/a “Derek Spear." a convicted sex offender, engaged in sexually explicit message conversations with a 15-year-old girl (“Victim-1”), and traveled to meet Victim-1 near her home ...
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(02-22-2026 - NY)
United States of America v. Renee Hoberman, a/k/a “Rina”
Central Islip, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt and distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
Renee Hoberman, age 38, of Plainview, New York, used encrypted social media messaging applications to upload, receive, and trade digital videos and images depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, including seve ...
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(02-22-2026 - NY)
United States of America v. Christopher Santiago-Rosado
New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl.
In 2024, the FBI’s Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force and Bridgeport Police Department investigated an open-air drug market that was operating in the area of Noble Avenue and Shelton Street in Bridgeport. Between March and Septembe ...
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(02-22-2026 - CT)
United States of America v. Zynex, Inc.
Providence, Rhode Island, quit tam lawyers represented the Defendant accused of r participating in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud, securities fraud, mail fraud, and other violations.
In the Statement of Facts included in the NPA, Zynex also admits the following:
Zynex fraudulently obtained millions of dollars from government and private health care payors and patients by subm ...
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(02-22-2026 - RI)
United States of America v. Caleb Rhine
Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt of firearm while under indictment.
Caleb Rhine, 22, was indicted in Hancock County Superior Court on one count of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs. On May 5, 2024, Rhine, while still under indictment, attempted to purchase a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer in Ellsworth. To make the p ...
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(02-22-2026 - ME)
United States of America v. John Cozza
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to the Social Security Administration during its redetermination of eligibility to receive disability benefits.
John Cozza, 64, of Plainfield, Vermont, stated in a March 2021 application for SSDI benefits that he had not been self-employed in 2020 or in 2021, through the date of his appl ...
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(02-22-2026 - VT)
United States of America v. Michael Kirouac
Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.
Michael Kirouac, 38, stole over a million dollars from taxpayers amidst one of the worst health and economic crises in a century,” said U.S. Attorney Creegan. “This office will continue to vigilantly investigate and prosecute those who defraud pandemic relief programs.
“The defendant misa ...
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(02-22-2026 - NH)
United States of America v. Adrian Derrell Davis
Huntsville, Alabama, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and filing a false tax return after embezzling more than $400,000.
Adrian Derrell Davis, 42, was the pastor at All Nations Worship Assembly (the “Church”) in Huntsville. From 2018 to 2020, Davis used his position as pastor to embezzle approximately $434,339 from the Church. For example, in 2018, ...
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(02-22-2026 - AL)
State of West Virginia v. Kayla Six
Wellsburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud in connection with an access device.
Kayla Six, 31, was charged with felony offense of fraud in connection with an access device. ...
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(02-22-2026 - WV)
United States of America v. Keion Rowell, a/k/a Keion J. Roswell, a/k/a Kuntzo
Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor.
Defendant's motion to suppress certain evidence against him was denied. ...
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(02-21-2026 - MA)
United States of America v. Danielle McBreairty
Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal contempt.
Danielle McBreairty ("McBreairty") was called by the government to testify in a criminal trial in the United States District Court for the District of Maine. Invoking
her privilege against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, she refused to do so. The Dist ...
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(02-21-2026 - ME)
Boston, Massachusetts health care fraud criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Over four years, Chang Goo Yoon submitted more than a million dollars in false health insurance claims, resulting in his conviction on two counts of health care
fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1347.
Yoon worked as a licensed physical therapist who owned and operated several clinics in Massachusetts. Between ...
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(02-21-2026 - MA)
United States of America v. Detrick Spelton
Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire frau. ...
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(02-21-2026 - AL)
United States of America v. Tomario Richardo Hicks
Albany, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession with intent to distribute meth, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
On January 28, 2022, Georgia State Patrol pulled Hicks over
after Hicks committed a traffic violation. While stopping Hicks,
the patrol officer saw him throw item ...
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(02-21-2026 - GA)