California Criminal Defense Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Alma Patricia Contreras Villafana </h2> </center>
Los Angeles,, California criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendants charged with five counts of wire fraud, one count of use of a false and forged certificate of naturalization, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of false claim to United States citizens. Alma Patricia Contreras Villafana, 54, of South Los Angeles, secured r employment at a South Bay aerospace manufac... More...
$ (09-20-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Samir Ousman Alsheik </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with fraud and misuse of visas in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1546, conspiracy to commit torture in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2340,, and attempted unlawful procurement of naturalization in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1425. Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 74, formerly of Lexington, South Carolina, was charged with one count of conspir... More...
$ (09-17-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Bailey A. Szramowski and Johnnese H. Poomaihealani
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846 resulting in death. Bailey A. Szramowski provided an active-duty U.S. Navy servicemember assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln with 10 purported oxycodone pills in December 2022. The victim, identified in court records by his initials, ... More...
$ (09-17-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People of the States of California v. Bailee Rios </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represents Bailee Rios, age 35, of Simi Valley, who is charged with second degree murder for drinking, driving and causing a car bus accident that killed two an injured five others while intoxicated. The DA said Rios had drugs in her system at the time, and narcotics were found in her car. Hochman did not speak to the specific type of narcotics b... More...
$ (09-17-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Paul Ricahrd Randall </h2> </center>
Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349, wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, and cocealment of money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956(a)(1)(B)(i). Paul Richard Randall, 67, of Orange, California, along with pharmacist and pharmacy owner Kyrollos Mekail, 38, of Moreno Vall... More...
$ (09-10-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marice L. Curry </h2> </center>
Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aiding and Assisting in the Preparation of False Tax Returns in violation of 26 U.S.C. 7206(2). Marice Curry, 35, of Fresno, filed more than 50 fraudulent tax returned in 2023. United States Sentencing Commision: Of the 66,662 cases reported to the Commission in fiscal year 2025, 324 involved tax fraud. ... More...
$ (08-27-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People of the State of California v. Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Reported 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> Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar, age 32, fatally shoot and killed Los Angeles Sheriff Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer. Salazar pleaded not guilty by reason o... More...
$ (08-25-2026 - CA)<h2> </center> United States of America v. Robert Manuel Nacionales Tafoya </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with one count of federal program bribery and admitted to accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes. Reported 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> Robert Manuel Nacionales Tafoya was charged with bribery in violation... More...
$ (08-25-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People of the State of California v. Cesar Jimenez </h2> </center>
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with domestic assault and battery. Reported 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> Lt. Ruben Gutierrez was arrested for domestic assault and battery. California, domestic battery is governed by California Penal Code 243(e)(1) a... More...
$ (08-25-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Georgina Bribiesca Chavez </h2> </center>
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with participating in a years-long scheme to smuggle exotic reptiles into and out of the United States in violation of the Lacey Act Trafficking, 16 U.S.C. 3372(a)(1) and 16 U.S.C. 3373(d)(1)(B). Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">K... More...
$ (08-25-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Esmeralda Soriano, a.k.a. “Esmeralda Aguilar” and “Esmeralda Silva”
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with food stamp fraud in violation of 7 U.S.C. 2024(b). Reported 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> Esmeralda Soriano, 48, a.k.a. “Esmeralda Aguilar” and “Esmeralda Silva,” of Santa Ana, owned Soriano Produce is a l... More...
$ (08-08-2026 - CA)<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. Sangsoo Kim </h2> </center>
San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry following removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326 and false use of a passport in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1543. 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> Sangsoo Kim, 56, a national of South Korea, admi... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Olof Kyros Gustafsson aka “El Silencio" </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. 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> Olof Kyros Gustafsson, 32, a.k.a. “El Silencio,” was the CEO of Escobar Inc., a corporation registered in Puerto Rico that held ... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Andrea Nicole Doherty </h2> </center>
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding customers of her former Porsche restoration and resale business and pocketing more than $827,000. 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> Andrea Nicole Doherty, 38, admitted that she took over CPR Classic ... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People of the States of California v. Daniel Flores </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with wrongfully eavesdropping on or recording confidential communications. 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> Daniel Flores, accused of making recordings made in 2024, when he was working in a unit of the Los Angel... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michael Stamp and Marcus Plank </h2> </center>
San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with securities fraud. 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> Michael Stamp and Marcus Plank accused of exploitation of their employer’s confidential information allowed them to make more than $300,000 in illegal ... More...
$ (07-26-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> State People of the State of California v. Carlos Reales Dominguez </h2> </center>
Woodland, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with two counts of second-degree murder. 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> Carlos Reales Dominguez, age 23, was accused of stabbing two people to death near the University of California, Davis, in 2023.... More...
$ (07-23-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Scott Allen Simpkins </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obstructing a federal investigation. Reported 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> Scott Allen Simpkins, 34, of Brea, was a deputy assigned to LASD’s Lakewood Station and worked for LASD’s Special Enforcement Bureau a... More...
$ (07-14-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Manuel Rubin Perez </h2> <center>
Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute meth. Reported 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> Between April and July 2018, Manuel Ruben Perez, 40, of Orland, California, worked with others to sell methamphetamine and heroin in and around... More...
$ (07-10-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Guramrit Sidh </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise in violation of 21 U.S.C. 848(a). Reported 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> from September 2020 to February 2023, Sidhu led an organization responsible for trafficking dr... More...
$ (07-10-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jeremiah Manuyag Flores </h2> </center>
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with depriving another of rights under color of law in violation of 18 U.S.C. 242, and falsification of records in a federal investigation in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1519. Reported 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> Former S... More...
$ (07-10-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People of the States of California v. David Bradshaw </h2> </center>
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a semiautomatic firearm (Pen. Code,[1] § 245, subd. (b)), assault with a firearm (§ 245, subd. (a)(2)), and shooting at an occupied motor vehicle (§ 246). Reported 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> The Pe... More...
$ (06-26-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Gilberto Barron </h2> </center>
Fresno, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violaition of 18 U.S.C. 1349, money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956, and aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1028A. Reported 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> Gil... More...
$ (06-29-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Daniel Damato </h2> </center>
Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud in violaiton of 18 U.S.C. 1343. Reported 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> Daniel Damato engaged in a wire fraud scheme in which he knowingly sold counterfeit sports memorabilia and attempted to obstruct the ... More...
$ (06-29-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Lucinda Jane Weist Manera, “Lucy Weist” </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with helping her convicted fraudster boyfriend hide from federal law enforcement, hide out in Mexico, and then later flee to his native Germany to avoid incarceration and sentencing in his U.S. criminal case. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" tar... More...
$ (06-29-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Randal Vance, Rebecca Vance and Keir Ceballos-Rivera </h2> </center>
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to employ or use minors to violate the Controlled Substances Act – Title 21, U.S.C., Sections 841, 846, and 861(a). Reported 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> Randal Vance the ringleader of the conspirac... More...
$ (06-29-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People v. Gene Evin Atkins </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder. Reported 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> Gene Atkins, age 36, was charged with attempting to murder hs grandmother and girlfriend prior to a standoff at a Silver Lake Trader Joe’s where he held sh... More...
$ (06-10-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Daniel Chartraw </h2> </center>
Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant accused of wire fraud. Reported 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> Daniel Chartraw, 53, formerly of South Lake Tahoe and Lodi, engaged in a wide-ranging series of fraudulent schemes involving cryptocurrency companies, sham busines... More...
$ (06-20-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Richard Tillman </h2> </center>
San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with malicious destruction of government property by fire (arson). Reported 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> Richard Tillman, 45, was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 7, 2025. Tillman pleaded guilty to one count of... More...
$ (06-19-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. United States and State of California ex rel. Jason Vellen v. Circle Medical Care of California, Circle Medical Technologies, Inc., Dr. Nicole Tsang, D.O, and George Favvas </h2> </center>
San Francisco, California, qui tam lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a violation of the False Claims Act. Reported 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> Circle Medical Care of California operates an online telehealth platform through which it offers mental health treatment and primary care medical service... More...
$ (06-19-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joyce Turner </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining FEMA disaster relief money. Reported 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> Joyce Turner, 56, of Rosharon, Texas, submitted a fraudulent disaster benefits application to FEMA, falsely claiming she li... More...
$ (06-19-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Victor Hugo Villalobos Almazan and Nayeli Noemi Montoya Rodriguez </h2> </center>
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with bank fraud. Reported 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> Victor Hugo Villalobos Almazan and his wife, Nayeli Noemi Montoya Rodriguez, Mexican nationals entered the United States on tourist visas. They posed as legitim... More...
$ (06-18-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> the People of California v. Alex Demolle </h2> </center>
Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with first-degree murder. Reported 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> On July 23, 1999, 11-year-old Jaquita Mack went missing.1 Her body was discovered the next day on a hillside in Oakland. Two weeks later, defendant Alex De... More...
$ (06-01-2026 - CA)<h2> </center> United States of America v. Oladapo Olagbemi </h2> </center>
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding an assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns. Reported 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> Oladapo Olagbemi, age 72, of San Diego, prepared false Schedules 1, C, and E accompanying his client’s in... More...
$ (06-09-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People v. Nick Pasqual </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder and forcible rape. Reported 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> Actor Nick Pasqual was accused of first-degree residential burglary and multiple counts of injuring a spouse, cohabitant, fiance's, boyfr... More...
$ (06-04-2026 - CA)<h2> <center< State of California v. Nay Min Tar </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with battery and threatening to kill a stranger on the Third Street Promenade. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new"> Nay Min Tar, date of birth January 7, 1977, allegedly was driving on Broadway near the Third Street Promenade when he... More...
$ (05-28-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jose Manuel Perez </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, pro se defendant defended himself without the help of a lawyer charged with smuggling goods into the United States. Reported 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> Jose Manuel Perez, 34, of Oxnard, and other co-conspirators smuggled wildlife into the United States from Mexico and else... More...
$ (05-28-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Philip Frederick Camino </h2> </center>
Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new"> Philip Frederick Camino, 46, of Culver City, California, submitted and caused to be submitted false and fraudulent applications to the United States Small Bu... More...
$ (05-28-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kenneth Iwamasa </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death and serious bodily injury. Reported 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> Kenneth Iwamasa, 61, of Toluca Lake, was a live-in personal assistant was sentenced today to... More...
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