Legal News for Phoenix, Arizona

United States of America v. Andre Anthony Miller

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1153. Reported by: Kent Morlan On February 18, 2024, on the Colorado River Indian Tribes (“CRIT”) Reservation, Andre Anthony Miller, 33, of Parker, Ariz.... More...

United States of America v. William Wilson

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiming a laser pointer at U.S. Air Force F-35 Fighter Jets. Reported by Kent Morlan William Wilson, 56, of Buckeye, Arizona, struck multiple United States Air Force F-35 jets training in the airspace arou... More...

United States of America v. Brooke McDonough

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement. Reported by: Kent Morlan Brooke McDonough, formerly known as Brooke Taylor, 35, of Mesa, Arizona, served as the branch manager of a Mesa bank, a position that afforded her broad authority o... More...

State of Arizona v. Xzavion Michael Wayne Johnson

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder and first-degree burglary. Reported by: Kent Morlan Xzavion Michael Wayne Johnson, age 18, accused of killing David Jimernez, age 57, during a burglary. Officers found the decomposing... More...

United States of America v. Thvoughn Lynden Curry and Alexis Daneen Curry

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit health Care Fraud. Reported by: Kent Morlan Thvoughn Lynden Curry and Alexis Daneen Curry defrauded AHCCCS through “1 Family Clinic, LLC,” their purported outpatient behavioral h... More...

State of Arizona v. Freeman

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated driving under the influence, a class 4 felony. Reported by: Kent Morlan On April 21, 2019, around 2:00 a.m., an officer noticed a car drifting from side to side on the road. While observing the... More...

State of Arizona v. Connor Burgess

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of Organized Retail Theft, a Class Four Felony. Connor Burgess (DOB 12/1993), committed a series of retail thefts targeting sporting goods retailers across the valley, resulting in more than $26,000 in losses. In one incident, he stole seven golf clubs valued at more than $4,200 from a Dick’s Sportin... More...

United States of America v. Charles Lewis Davis

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with fraud and making false statements. Reported by Kent Morlan Charles Lewis Davis, age 33, was accused of making false statements on his tax returns. Davis owns and operates Forever Investments LLC, a social media entity that posts videos involving Davis to YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, among other social media ... More...

State of Arizona v. Jonthan Marlon Truk

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with murder. Jonathan Turk, age 29, accused of killing his parents with a hammer. Turk said that he killed his parents because he was angry about being put on medication.... More...

State of Arizona v. Bryan Eugene Davis

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault. Davis lived in an apartment next door to L.B. and J.B. (collectively, “the victims”). On the morning of June 25, 2022, L.B. began playing music, prompting Davis to bang repeatedly on their adjoining wall. The victims went to Davis’s door to confront him. Though the vict... More...

United States of America v. Dr. Jaskamal Kahlon, et al.

Phoenix, Arizona, qui tam lawyers represented the United States on a whistle blower claim. Tri-City Cardiology, P.C., and Dr. Jaskamal Kahlon, Dr. Joshua D. Cohen, and Dr. M. Joshua Berkowitz were accused of violating the the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary vein ablations “Paying for unnecessary medical procedures reduces federal programs’ capacity to pay for truly... More...

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree murder. To bring an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim, a defendant must show both that counsel's performance was deficient and that the defendant was prejudiced as a result. Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687. A counsel's performance is deficient if it falls "below an objective standard of reasonab... More...

United States of America v. Mughith Faisal

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Mughith Faisal, age 29, of Glendale, Arizona, enaged in a sophisticated fraud scheme against Amazon. Abdullah Alwan, 28, of Surprise, Arizona, was an employee of Amazon working in the company’s logistics division. After leaving the company in 2021, Alwan used his knowledge of Amazon's proprietar... More...

United States of America v. Aaron Aldric Thomas

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed robbery and one count of burglary in the first degree. After searching the record and finding no arguable, non-frivolous question of law, Thomas's counsel filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Leon, 104 Ariz.... More...

United States of America v. Thvoughn Lynden Curry and Alexis Daneen Curry

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Thvoughn Lynden Curry, age 34, and Alexis Daneen Curry, age 34, were accused of ne count of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud, three counts of Health Care Fraud, and eight counts of Transactional Money Laundering. the Currys defrauded AHCCCS through “1 Family Clinic, LLC,” their purported outpat... More...

The State of Arizona v. Jason Lee Cepeda

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with public sexual indecency to a minor, furnishing obscene or harmful items to minors, molestation of a child, and five counts of sexual conduct with a minor. In 2022, Cepeda committed crimes that involved oral, penile, vaginal, and masturbatory conduct with four children under the age of fifteen. After the events oc... More...

United States of America v. Termane Billy Celaya

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter. Termane Billy Celaya, 20, of McNary, Arizona, was seated in his pickup truck while he argued with the victim, who was his significant other, while she stood outside of the vehicle. During the argument, Celaya backed up the truck and drove it forward, running over and killing the victim. Cel... More...

United States of America v. Peter Biar Ajak and Abraham Chol Keech

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Violate the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and Conspiracy to Violate the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA). “From a suburb of our Nation’s capital, Peter Biar Ajak conspired to export U.S. weaponry to South Sudan, where he planned to lead a coup and install himself in power,” said Assistant Attor... More...

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...

United States of America v. Ian William Moses

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with setting fire to a Tesla vehicle and a Tesla dealership in Mesa, Arizona, on April 28, 2025.... More...

State of Arizona v. John Lathrop

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with making threats and disorderly conduct. John Lathop, age 53, got into an argument with 2-year-old Jeremiah Bagby and 19-year-old Jalen Bails-Bacchus, food court of a mall in Chandler. During the argument, Bagby and Bails-Barcchus pulled out gun that they pointed at Lathrop.... More...

State of Arizona v. Jeremiah Bagby and Jalen Bails-Bacchus

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, concealing a deadly weapon posses JJeremiah Bagby age 22 and 19-year-old Jalen Bails-Bacchus got into an argument with 53-year-old John Lathrop who tried to hit them. The responded by pulling guns that they pointed and Lathrop.... More...

State of Arizona v. Joanna Chalup Cortez

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents Defendant charged with aggravated assault and discharging a gun inside a home. Joanna Chalup Cortez, age 29, accused for discharging a firearm during a domestic dispute that hit her son who is expected to survive.... More...

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...

Shawn Martin v. Honest Air Care and Home Services LLC, et a.l

Phoenix, Arizona, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a theory. AI Overview Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations involve employers failing to meet minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping, and child labor standards, common examples including off-the-clock work, improper tip handling, misclassifying workers, and not paying correct overtime or minimum wages, leading to b... More...