Arizona Kidnapping Law

United States of America v. Derrick Callella

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sent a false ransom relating to the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie. Derrick Callella, age 42, admitted to sending the two text messages. He admitted to using the VOIP account from which two actual text messages came from. CALLELLA stated that he pulled family information from a cyber website, and that he had been fol... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Kari Eugene Leslie

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with with sexual abuse and kidnapping. Karl Eugene Leslie, 42, of Whiteriver, Arizona, is charged in a 15-count indictment, returned Dec. 23, 2025, with Aggravated Sexual Abuse, Kidnapping (including one count of Kidnapping-Victim Under 18), Sexual Abuse through Fear, Sexual Abuse through Coercion, and Deprivation of Ri... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Alex Esparaza Sanchez, et al. </h1></h1>

<h2><center> Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens, illegally reentering the United States, possession of a bolt action rifle </font/color="red"></center><center> District of Arizona Charges 232 Individuals for Immigration-Related Conduct this Week</h2></... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Samuel Rappylee Bateman </h1>

<h2><center> Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Sexual Abuse </font/color="red"></center><center> Leader of Child Sexual Abuse Ring Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison</h2></center> </h2></center> Samuel Rappylee Bateman, 48, of Colorado City, pleaded guilty to Consp... More...

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The State of Arizona v. Donasti Lemuel Davonsiea

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, and first-degree burglary of a residential structure. After a jury trial, Donasti Davonsiea was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, and first-degree burglary of a residential structure. The trial court sentenced him to concu... More...

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United States of America v. Darrin Bilagody

<h2> Prescott, Arizona abusive sexual contract with a child criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. </h2> 118 U.S.C. Offenses committed within Indian country (a) Any Indian who commits against the person or property of another Indian or other person any of the following offenses, namely, murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, maiming, a felony under chapter 109A, inces... More...

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The State of Arizona v. Dewayne Esaw

<h2> Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery, armed robbery, kidnapping, ad burglary. </h2> Defendant invoked his right to self-representation and the voluntarily absented himself from the trial.... More...

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States of Arizona v. Anthony Martinez

<h2> Flagstaff, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse for starving his 6-year-old son to death. </h2> Anthony Martinez, age 27, locked Deshaun Martinez in a tiny bedroom closet for 16 hours a day over a month with his older brother as punishment for stealing food in the home at night while their paren... More...

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State of Arizona v. Debra Jean Milke

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Plaintiff who was charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, kidnapping, and child abuse. On the last evening of his short life, Christopher Milke saw Santa Claus at the mall. He woke up the next morning begging his mother to let him go again. Debra agreed and sent Christopher to the mall with her roomma... More...

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State of Arizona v. Christopher Clements

Tucson, Arizona criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping and murder. Christopher Clements was accused of killing Maribel Gonzalez. ... More...

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State of Arizona v. Dwandarrius Jamar Robinson

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with capital murder. Dwandarrius Jamar Robinson was sentenced to death after a jury found him guilty of two counts of first degree murder, one count of arson of an occupied structure, and one count of kidnapping.... More...

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State of Arizona v. Justin Colorado

Flagstaff, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with premeditated murder, felony possession of a firearm and drive-by shooting. Justin Colorado was accused of killing Jessica Biakeddy, age 34, ouside a Flagstaff apartment complex . The State claimed that he shot Biakeddy to death as she lay on the pavement screaming from having been shot 10 times. <br... More...

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United States of America v. Daniel Escalante

Tucson, AZ - Kidnapping charged criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, who was charged with one count of kidnapping, three counts of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and one count of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. On May 31, 2018, Escalante held a Tohono O'Odham minor hostage at a home in Sells, Arizona, for several hours. Over this time, he struc... More...

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United States of America v. Elbert Philip Shabi

Phoenix, Arizona - Criminal Defense Lawyer Kidnapping. Shabi admitted that in 2016 or 2017, he seized the victim as she fled from him on foot. Shabi threatened the victim and held her overnight against her will. The kidnapping happened on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation, where Shabi is a tribal member. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Navajo Nation Division of Pub... More...

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United States of America v. Elbert Philip Shabi

Phoenix, Arizona kidnapping charge criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Elbert Philip Shabi, age 69, who was charged with kidnapping. Shabi admitted that in 2016 or 2017, he seized the victim as she fled from him on foot. Shabi threatened the victim and held her overnight against her will. The kidnapping happened on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation, where Shabi is a tribal m... More...

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United States of America v. Wilmer Martin Flores

<center><h1> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a>VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services Call 918-582-6422 Today </h1></center> Tucson, AZ - The United States of America charged Wilmer Martin Flores with assaulting a ... More...

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United States of America v. Devan Edward Leonard

Phoenix, AZ - RSK Gang Members Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms for Conspiracy to Commit Acts of Racketeering, Including Murder, Kidnapping, Drug Trafficking and Other Offenses On May 9, three members of Red Skin Kingz, also known as RSK, were sentenced to prison following their respective guilty pleas to RICO conspiracy for their participation in the violent RSK criminal street gang. <... More...

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Edward Tuffly, a/k/a Bud Tuffly v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Edward “Bud” Tuffly, the treasurer of the National Border Patrol Council, the union for Border Patrol agents, seeks to compel, under the Freedom of Information Act, the disclosure of the names of 149 non-citizens who were released from detention pending a final determination whether they will be removed—names that could be linked to other personal information that has... More...

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State of Arizona v. Wade Eugene Bradford

Phoenix, AZ - Convicted Murderer Wade Bradford Receives Life Sentence for Cold Case Homicide Wade Eugene Bradford (D.O.B. 6/17/1960) has been sentenced to a term of natural life in prison for the 2006 murder of Eleanor Su Pigon, whose body was discovered in 2014 as Bradford was awaiting trial for a murder he committed in 2010. Judge Scott McCoy ordered the sentence to be served consecutiv... More...

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State of Arizona v. Chad Michael Goulding

Phoenix, AZ - Former Phoenix Police Officer Charged in Multiple Bank Robberies Former Phoenix Police Officer Chad Michael Goulding (DOB 9/30/1970) has been arrested and charged with carrying out five Phoenix area bank robberies during a five month period in 2006. Goulding, who left the Phoenix Police force in 2005 after serving on the force for 13 years, is currently in custody and held o... More...

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United States of America v. Joseph S. Martin and Christopher J. Heikkila

Phoenix, AZ - Arizona Man and U.S. Citizen Residing in Germany Sentenced for Sexual Assault Two men were sentenced in the District of Arizona for the sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl in Landstuhl, Germany, in October 2013. U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell of the District of Arizona sentenced Joseph S. Martin, 20, of Peoria, Ariz., to 96 months in prison, and Christopher... More...

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ROBERT DOUGLAS SMITH v. DORA B. SCHRIRO, Warden, Arizona, Department of Corrections

In 1982, Robert Smith was convicted in Arizona state court of kidnapping, sexual assault, and murder and sentenced to death. Lambright v. Stewart, 167 F.3d 477, 479 (9th Cir. 1999), reh’g granted, vacated, 177 F.3d 901 (9th Cir. 1999), rev’d, en banc, 191 F.3d 1181 (9th Cir. 1999). On June 20, 2002, the Supreme Court decided Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), holding that the execution... More...

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. CHRISTOPHER JAMES

Federal law lacks a generic statute addressing nonconsensuarape, as every state has. Instead, 18 U.S.C. § 2241 prohibits aggravated forcible sexual assault. 18 U.S.C. § 2242(2) covers the less frequent scenario where an assailant sexually assaults a victim who is (A) mentally incapable of understanding what is happening, or (B) physically incapable of resisting the assault. Under § 2242(2)(A)... More...

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STATE OF ARIZONA v SHAWN PATRICK LYNCH

The victim, James Panzarella, was seen at a Scottsdale bar with Lynch and Michael Sehwani on March 24, 2001. Lynch, Sehwani, and Panzarella went to Panzarella’s residence early the next morning. Later that morning, Sehwani used Panzarella’s American Express card at a supermarket. Ten minutes later, the card was reported lost. Sehwani again used the card at a convenience store and unsuccess... More...

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United States of America v. Damien Zepeda

Damien Zepeda appeals from his convictions and sentence on one count of conspiracy to commit assault with a dangerous weapon and to commit assault resulting in serious bodily injury; one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury; three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon; and four counts of use of a firearm during a crime of violence. We affirm. The crim... More...

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United States of America v. Dario Castillo and Ramon Zuniga

United States of America charged border parol agents Dario Castillo and Ramon Zuniga depriving a person under color of law of his or her civil rights in violation of 18 U.S.C. 242 and conspiracy to deprive persons of civil rights in violation of 18 U.S.C. 241 in conjunction with the arrest in 2008 of four drug smugglers in 2008. The Government claimed that the Defendants told the four Mexican men... More...

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Michael Lacey v. Joseph M. Arpaio

This Â§ 1983 case concerns allegations of unlawful conduct by officials in the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office ("MCSOâ€) and the Maricopa County Attorney's Office ("MCAOâ€), conduct which culminated in the late-night arrests of Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, owners of the Phoenix New Times, LLC. Lacey, Larkin, and the New Times (collectively, "Laceyâ€) sued Sheriff Joseph Arpaio, ... More...

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Michael Lacey v. Joseph M. Arpaio

This case arose from the controversial late-night arrests and subsequent release of two Phoenix newspaper executives. As a result, Michael Lacey, Jim Larkin, and Phoenix New Times, LLC (Plaintiffs) sued various officials connected with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and the Sheriff's Office, including the county attorney, the sheriff, and a special prosecutor. They alleged the special prose... More...

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