California Crime Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Dequan Mitchell </h2> <center>
Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Digested 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> Dequan Mitchell, 23, of Vallejo, murdered a man. While on probation for that crime, investigators discovered Mitchell was involved in posting a... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Zaid Gitesatani </H2> </CENTER>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing a hate crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. 249(a)(1) . Reported By <a href=”https://www.morelaw.com/about” target=”_new”>Kent Morlan</a> Zaid Gitesatan, age 28, of Carlsbad, California, assaulted a Jewish man. “The defendant’s conduct, if proven, is a serious violation of the law –... More...
$ (05-20-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> State of California v. Alflya Zuckerman, Rubein Tamrzaian, Valie Muradkhanyan, Ararat Chirkinians </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with aggravated white-collar crime, presenting a false insurance claim and destroying insured property. Alfiya Zuckerman, 39, of Valley Village and Ruben Tamrazian, 26, Vahe Muradkhanyan, 32, and Ararat Chirkinian, 39, all of Glendale, were charged with multiple felonies including aggravated white-collar crime... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marvin Mutch </h2> </center>
Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and one count of being a felon in possession of ammunition. in May 2025, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Marvin Mutch’s residence. Inside his residential office, officers seized various electronic devices containing tens of t... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Guramrit Sidhu </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute and to Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Export Controlled Substances, and Continuing Criminal Enterprise. From September 13, 2022, to October 24, 2022, Guramrit Sidhu, 62, of Brampton, Ontario, Canada, orchestrated the distribution of eight separ... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Matthew Henry Jacober
Fresno, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of explosives, ammunition, and meth. In July 2025, Matthew Henry Jacober, 44, of Bakersfield, possessed 50 pounds of dynamite, which he had hidden in a cave approximately 10 to 15 feet from a travel trailer where Jacober was residing. In 2021, Jacober was convicted in Kern County Super... More...
$ (02-18-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Daren Li
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Money Laundering. Daren Li, 42, is a fugitive after cutting off his ankle electronic monitoring device and absconding in December 2025. He was sentenced by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner, who will determine restitution at a later date. Li pleaded guilty in November 2024 to one... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Robert Jordan
Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. On Oct. 1, 2024, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop on a silver Infiniti SUV with no license plates that Robert Jordan, 52, of Stockton, was driving. In the location where the license plates should have been, the SUV instead had a laminated piece of pap... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Junwei Guo
San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with flying a drone within restricted airspace surrounding Levi’s Stadium during a National Football League (NFL) game in violation of a temporary flight restriction (TFR) imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Junwei Guo, 27, operated a drone within the airspace surrounding Levi’s Stadium on Nov.... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Jorge Rubén Camargo-Clarke
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine for the purpose of unlawful importation. Jorge Rubén Camargo-Clarke, 46, a.k.a. “Cool nene,” was the head of the Bagdad syndicate, the largest drug trafficking organization in Panama. From that position, Camargo directed the actions of approximately 4,000 narcotrafficker... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Jing Guo
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in an international fraud and money laundering scheme. Jing Guo, age 36, of San Gabrie, California participated in an international fraud and money laundering scheme that tricked more than 40 elderly victims out of more than $1.2 million. According to charging documents, Guo and others used ... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - CA)<center. United States of America v. Ryan Wedding
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Ryan Wedding, Olympic snowboarder turned Wedding, who competed for his home country in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, has been accused of running a major drug trafficking network that moved cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the U.S. and Canada. Ryan James Wedding, 44,... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Michael William Hutchison III
Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine. Between Jan. 26, 2023, and May 10, 2024, Michael William Hutchison III, was a leader and organizer of violent drug traffickers who distributed massive amounts of lethal drugs in the Sacramento region. Hutchison’s specific role involved orchestrating the ... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Marco Antonio Aguayo
Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with posted on Instagram death threats against Vice President JD Vance during his visit to Disneyland Resort last year. Marco Antonio Aguayo, 22, of Anaheim, is charged with threats against the President and successors to the Presidency. on July 12, 2025, Vice President Vance visited and stayed at the Disneyland Re... More...
$ (01-18-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with attempted murder and murder. on March 26, 2024, 15-year-olds Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero, age 15, from Wilmington, California—members of the Mexican Mafia-affiliated Westside Wilmas gang from the greater Los Angeles area—drove from Wilmington, California to a Chili’s restaurant in Chula Vist... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Rayshawn Williams
Sacramento, California,criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally dealing in firearms and possessing machineguns. Between May and July 2024,Rayshawn Williams, 20, of Stockton sold ten firearms to a confidential informant in illegal deals conducted on the streets in exchange for cash. Of the ten firearms sold to the informant, two of them were Glock pistols with m... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Audrey Illeene Carroll, Zachary Aaron Page, Dante James Anthony-Gaffield and Tina Lai, 41, a.k.a. “Kickwhere"
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, and one count of possession of unregistered firearms. The defendants were charged with one count each of providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, and one count of possession of unregistered firearms: ... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder and attempted murder. on March 26, 2024, 15-year-olds Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero—members of the Mexican Mafia-affiliated Westside Wilmas gang from the greater Los Angeles area—drove from Wilmington, California to a Chili’s restaurant in Chula Vista, where their target was dining with his ... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Victor Sanchez, et al.
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with one kidnapping, two shootings, illegal firearms sales, and trafficking of narcotics, including methamphetamine cocaine, fentanyl, and carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 100 times more powerful than fentanyl. The defendants arrested today include: Victor Sanchez, 24, a.k.a. “Pollo” and “Chicken,” o... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Jeremiah Manuyag Flores
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the civil rights of a man in pretrial custody at the San Diego Central Courthouse by using excessive force that caused serious injuries and then writing a false report to cover up his illegal actions. San Diego Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremiah Manuyag Flores was assigned to the Court Services Bureau at ... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Claudia Patricia Alvarez Hernandez
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant accused of drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy. Claudia Patricia Alvarez Hernandez, the wife of incarcerated Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Jorge Alberto Valenzuela Valenzuela, was sentenced in federal court today to 14 years in prison for her role in a massive drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy. U.S... More...
$ (12-09-2025 - CA)<H2> United States of America v. Joseph Sullivan
San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obstruction of proceedings before the Federal Trade Commission and misprison of a felony.<br> <br> Misprision is the crime of "having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony†and "conceal[ing]†or failing<br> to "as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil... More...
$0 (11-18-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Carlitos Ricardo Parias </h1></h1>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault on a federal officer.<br> <br> A Mexican national living illegally in the United States was charged today in a federal criminal complaint with ramming law enforcement vehicles in an attempt to dislodge his car during an immigration arrest, in an incident in which both defendant and a deputy U.S. marshal... More...
$0 (10-21-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta </h1></h1>
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a drug trafficking conspiracy.<br> <br> Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta, an undocumented Mexican national living in Yakima, Washington, admitted in federal court that he murdered a man and his six-months-pregnant wife while they were engaged in a drug trafficking conspiracy.<br> <br> Madrigal-Birrueta and coconspirator... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - CA)The People of the State of Califronia v. Gerardo Magallanes
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder for killing an off-duty Monterey Park Police Officer Gardiel Solorio in August 2022.<br> <br> "Officer Solorio dedicated his life to serving and protecting his community, and his murder was a devastating loss to his family, his colleagues, and all of Los Angeles County and beyond,†Los Angeles Coun... More...
$0 (10-07-2025 - CA)The People of the State of California v. Vaagn Galustyan and Armin Martirosya
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cheating at poke at casino.<br> <br> Two felony criminal charges were filed against two men who won more than $30,000 at two local casinos by working together to gain an unfair advantage at poker tables by marking cards. Vaagn Galustyan, 52, and Armin Martirosyan, 53, have been charged with two felony counts of c... More...
$0 (10-07-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Casey Robert Goonan </h1></h1>
San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firebombing University Police Car And Attempting To Firebomb Oakland Federal Building<br> <br> Casey Robert Goonan was sentenced today to 235 months in federal prison for committing a series of arsons and firebombings at the University of California, Berkeley and the Oakland federal building in June 2024. Sen... More...
$0 (09-23-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. </h1></h1>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged <br> with publishing private or identifying information about an individual on the internet with malicious intent <br> <br> A Santa Monica man has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with doxxing – publishing private or identifying information about an individual on the internet with mal... More...
$0 (09-23-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta </h1></h1>
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murdering Couple and their Unborn Child During Drug Trafficking Conspiracy <br> <br> Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta, an undocumented Mexican national living in Yakima, Washington, admitted in federal court today that he murdered a man and his six-months-pregnant wife while they were engaged in a drug trafficking cons... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - CA)The People of the State of California v. Raymond Lynde
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Raymond Lynde, who was convicted by a jury in May of second-degree murder, had just been<br> released from 12-year prison sentence for a string of armed robberies in Orange County when he<br> ambushed Ariel Burquez, 23, outside of an apartment complex in Chula Vista. Lynde stabbed<br> Burquez 28 ... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - CA)The People of the State of California v. Marion Salinas
Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault and child abuse.<br> <br> On September 3, 2025, Mario Salinas was convicted by a jury of 15 counts lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14 years old. The jury also found a multiple victim enhancement to be true and that the victims were particularly vulnerable; the crime was carried out in a m... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - CA)United States of America v. Keenon Green
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted sex trafficking of a<br> minor, 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a) & (b)(2), and attempted sexual enticement of a minor, id. § 2422(b).<br> <br> Some people use Instagram to keep in touch with friends<br> and family. Others like to follow their favorite celebrities or<br> athletes. And then there is Keenon Green... More...
$0 (09-18-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Andrew Kyle White </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Twice Illegally Landed Airplane on Navy Base, Stole Truck and Damaged Gates P </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> San Diego Man Who Twice Illegally Landed Airplane on Navy Base, Stole Truck and Damaged Gates Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges</... More...
$0 (09-15-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. James L. Kenney, and Kevin Leacy </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sacramento, CA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> West Sacramento Men Indicted for Firearm and Drug Offenses</h2></center>... More...
$0 (09-11-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Rayshawn Williams </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally dealing in firearms and two counts of possessing machine guns </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Stockton Man Pleads Guilty to Firearms Trafficking, Including 2 Machine Guns</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"><... More...
$0 (08-26-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Salvador Vega Rendon Jr. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Stanislaus County Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Possessing Fent... More...
$0 (08-26-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Yasmin Cruz, Christin Arnulfo Cruz Yepez, Arturo Gonzalez Aguila, Jesus Horacio Soto-Leyva, Efren Espinoza-Garcia </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Transportation of Illegal Aliens. Attempted Transportation of Illegal Aliens. Deported Alien Found in the United States. Importation of a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Dangerous Weapon by a Restricted Person </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Jiaci Liu </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a multinational fraud conspiracy targeting seniors </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Chinese National Sentenced to 24 months in prison for Scam Targeting Elderly Americans</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"><... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. José Ãngel Del Villar </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault on a federal officer, bringing in aliens for financial gain, reentering the U.S. after deportation, and importation of controlled substances. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Latin Music Conglomerate CEO Sentenced to 4 Years in Feder... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Joseph Allen Davis </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Felon in Possession of a Firearm </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b> <br> Davis Picnic Day Shooter Charged with Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i>... More...
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