Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with bank fraud. By Kent Morlan Robert M. McCloughy, 43, of Carlstadt, New Jersey was charged in a three-count complaint with one count of wire fraud and two counts of engaging in monetary transactions involving criminally derived property. McCloughy is expected to have his initial yesterday before U.S. Magistrate

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represents represents the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm after former conviction of a felony, identity theift, possession of a stolen behile and conspiracy to commit a felony. By Kent Morlan Kenny Wood accused of possessing a rental car with fake identity documents and p

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with identity theft, possession of a stolen vehicle, and conspiracy to commit a felony. By Kent Morlan Jhmaree Washington accused of using false identity documents to rend a car and then did not return it.

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. John Irmer, 71, was accused of killing 24-year-old Susan Rose, in 1979.

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. By Kent Morlan Beginning no later than December 2022, Victor Kolawole, 26, of Brockton and Keith Wainaina, 24, of Lowell, conspired with Phalentz Vernot and others to defraud local banks. Specifically, Vernot obta

New Have, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with Intent to Distribute, Distribution of, and Dispensing of Controlled Substances. by Kent Morlan Law enforcement began investigating Michele Rene Muzyka, 61, of Cheshire, Connecticut, an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), after ph

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. by Kent Morlan Beginning in or around early 2021, William Elvis, 35, Moses Kolawole Hezekiah, 34, Destiny Okobeni Oghentega, 30, and others engaged in a scheme to defraud individuals through online imperson

Portland, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transmitting a threatening interstate communication. Blake Tibbetts, 25, made a post on X, a social media website, in which he used a racial epithet in an angry exchange with another X user and threatened to pay “a visit VERY soon” to the user’s “kind,” sending “them” his “condolences.” Tibbett

Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud transmissions of text messages and transfer of money for the purpose of executing a scheme to obtain money and property by false pretenses. For years Cedric Wormely, 59, of Birmingham, Alabama, defrauded women who were seeking love. With limited exceptions, Wormely met his victims through various onli

Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with disorderly conduct in the second degree, ORS 166.025. The facts underlying the incident are largely undisputed. Portland Police responded to a call at about 2:00 a.m. to the Holocene night club in Portland. The record does not contain testimony about the contents of the call, nor why the police were originally disp

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assaulting and battering an inmate of the Tulsa County jail. Andrew Etcheverry was helping Detention Officers with an inmate at the Tulsa County Jail when they say the inmate bit Etcheverry on the hand. Officials say Etcheverry then punched the hand-cuffed inmate several times.

Stilwell, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who claimed that they were injured and/or damaged as a direct result of a car truck accident caused the Performance Food's employee.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: LA5, LARCENY OF AUTOMOBILE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1720 Date of Offense: 01/30/2024 Count as Disposed: LARCENY OF AUTOMOBILE(LA5) Violation of 21 O.S. 1720 Count # 2. Count as Filed: CCV, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A CREDIT/DEBIT CARD, in violation of 21 O.S. 1550.29 Date of Offense: 0

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: LA4, POSSESSION OF STOLEN VEHICLE, in violation of 47 O.S. 4-103 Date of Offense: 05/05/2021 Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF STOLEN VEHICLE(LA4) Violation of 47 O.S. 4-103 Dismissed- Request of the State Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF STOLEN VEHICLE(LA4) Violation of 47 O.S. 4-1

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU8TAM1, TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS - METH, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-415(B) Date of Offense: 10/16/2023 Party Name Disposition Information KAAD, RUSSELL LEE Disposed: CONVICTION, 04/29/2026. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS - METH(DU8TAM1) Violation

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: DI1, DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL - 2ND OFFENSE, in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902(A)(2) Date of Offense: 08/06/2022 Party Name Disposition Information ECKFELDT, MATTHEW EVERETT Disposed: DEFERRED, 04/28/2026. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALC

Dade City, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and improper exhibition of a firearm. The State charged Leeks with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault. His defense counsel moved to have him evaluated for competency, and the trial court granted the motion. The psychological evaluation concluded Leeks was competent to sta

Perry, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple felonies. The trial court orally pronounced concurrent life sentences for Counts I and II, but the written order states that the sentences are to be served consecutively. The State correctly concedes error. A written sentencing order must conform to the orally pronounced sentence, and where there is conf

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charge with enticement of a minor for sex and battery. Miami-Dade County Sheriff Lieutenant Chirstopher Diaz allegedly attempt to meet a minor in Delray Beach to have sex.

Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with 3 counts of first-degree murder. William Graham Oliver, 54, allegedly murdered Lisa Ferguson and her two children while robbing them.

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Nashville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with failure to properly store a firearm under North Carolina law, a Class 1 misdemeanor. Malasia Brianna Coleman's son got on a bus taking students to M.B. Hubbard Elementary School in Battleboro carrying a gun. Another student thought that his book bag weighed too much.

Montgomery, Alabama, white collar criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendant charged with wire fraud, making false statements to a Federal Insured Bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment of money laundering. The Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. is charged with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering.

Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Erina Sasha Parker, 39, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute bulk cocaine. Specifically, Parker admitted that in April and May 2024, she worked as a bulk cocaine courier for a massive drug-trafficking organization (“DTO”) in Mobile

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with stealing valuable items from the mail. “Francina Sutton worked with two corrupt U.S. Postal Service mail carriers to steal dozens of checks, credit cards, and gift cards from the mail and separately conspired with an assistant bank manager to launder a stolen $4.9 million U.S. Treasury check,” said U.S. Attor

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with felony littering and misdemeanor failing to obtain an environmental permit. Walter Afitt Garcia, 48, opened gate for a dump truck driver seeking to get rid of a load of landscaping debris at an "illegal dumping transfer station" at 13105 SW 199th Ave., in Miami-Dade county. The site contained enough construction de

Augusta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care and wire fraud. Mira Stallings, 41, of Thomson, Georgia, is a licensed behavioral therapist and owner of ABAscape LLC, a Thomson, Georgia, agency that provided behavioral therapy services to individuals with developmental disabilities. A parent of patients who received services from ABscape reported co

Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and related access devices fraudulently used with fifteen or more unauthorized devices and aggravated identity theft. Marcus Bernard Clark, age 31, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, worked at a Wendy’s fast food restaurant in Destin, Florida. During a judicially authorized extraction of the defendant’s cell

Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Colleen Kieran, age 57, of Clermont, Florida, oversaw the accounting department of a business based in Seminole County. Over the course of nearly 13 years, Kieran used her position to siphon more than $3.9 million from the company’s accounts into her own personal PayPal account. After taking the money

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with Lacey Act Trafficking. The Boise Cascade Company (Boise Cascade) was accused of felony violation of the Lacey Act for its role in a timber trafficking scheme to evade countervailing and anti-dumping duties. “Boise Cascade either knew about or was willfully blind to the illegal importation of the plywood they w

Jacksonville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with communicating threats and cyberstalking. Dylan Warbritton, age 23, accused of sending threatening text messages to the victim, including messages that threatened physical harm. * * * North Carolina, stalking is defined as willfully following, harassing, or intimidating another person on more than

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Lester T. Jones, Jr., joined the Accounting and Finance Department of ATL Hawks, LLC (“the Hawks”) in 2016. Following his promotion to Senior Vice President of Finance in August 2021, Jones became the most senior accounting executive for the Hawks after the Chief Financial Officer. Beginning in e

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with grand larceny. Yamilet Alfonso, age 36, accused of being a porch pirate and stealing $2,200 in packages from one victim's porch.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: DI6AM, DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL 2ND OFFENSE, in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902(A)(2) Date of Offense: 05/12/2024 LANE, ERICA NICOLE Disposed: DEFERRED, 04/27/2026. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL 2ND OFFENSE(DI6AM) Violation of 47

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: CHGEN, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5E Date of Offense: 09/01/2023 Mercado, Gabriel Disposed: CONVICTION, 04/27/2026. Nolo Contendere Plea Count as Disposed: CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE(CHGEN) Violation of 21 O.S. 843.5E Count # 2. Count as Filed: SEXB, SEXUAL BATTER

Tulsa, Oklahoma, ciriminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with DUI and unsafe lane change. 47 O.S. 11-902: A. It is unlawful and punishable as provided for in this section for any person to drive, operate, or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within this state, whether upon public roads, highways, streets, turnpikes, other public places or upon any private ro

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: LA5, LARCENY OF AUTOMOBILE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1720 Count # 2. Count as Filed: CCV, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A CREDIT/DEBIT CARD, in violation of 21 O.S. 1550.29 Count # 3. Count as Filed: CCV, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A CREDIT/DEBIT CARD, in violation of 21 O.S. 1550.29

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. On April 19, 2025, officers with the Oklahoma City Police Department responded to a metro convenience store following reports of a man with a firearm. When officers arrived, they encountered Naim Bilal Evans, age 38, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, crossing the street and recovere

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal possession of a machinegun. Derrick Carl Andrew Chatman, 25, of Broken Arrow, converted in semi-automatic weapon turning it into a machinegun at a Tulsa gun show in 2025. In July 2025, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was contacted by the Tulsa Police Department about recoveri

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law. On January 28, 2025, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Joshua Gabriel Blake, age 31, of Cameron, Oklahoma, while acting under color of law as an Oklahoma State Highway Patrol Trooper, and while using a dangerous weapon, kicked the victim in the head, thereby willfully

Topeka, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally taking mail that was supposed to be delivered to customers. Gayli Harman, 44, of Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, formerly of Manhattan, Kansas, worked for the U. S. Postal Service in Westmoreland in the Sales, Service, and Distribution department. Between June 2021 and March 2023, Harman opened mail that was

Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm after he shot a store employee during an attempted liquor theft at an Albuquerque business. On December 29, 2024, Kevin Metcalf, 37, entered El Rey Liquors in downtown Albuquerque and attempted to steal a bottle of alcohol. When a store employee intervened, Metcalf fled the sce

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. On October 26, 2023, a Utah Highway Patrol trooper made a traffic stop on I-15. Christopher Gerard Ruiz, 42, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was the passenger, Aponas was the driver, and three children ages10 and under were in the backseat. Aponas admitted to law enforcement that methamphetamine was in

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple charges of sexual assault against Indigenous women and girls. Lee Chasing His Horse, age 48, an actor in Dances with Wolves and other projects, was charged with more than a dozen sexually related crimes.

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft from an Iowa nonprofit receiving federal funds. Jodi Dyan Spargur-Tate, 55, was employed by Children and Families of Iowa (CFI) between 2015 and 2022. During her time as Program Director, Spargur-Tate submitted false and fraudulent reimbursement requests, including falsified invoices and receipts. Spargur-Ta

Pierre, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault, resisting, and impeding a federal officer. In December 2022, Duane Rouillard, III, age 37, was in custody at the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Adult Correctional Facility, in Todd County, South Dakota. On the evening of December 29, 2022, Rouillard assaulted a corrections officer by punching him multiples times

Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer John McCall represented the Defendant charged with Shoplifting (Over $2,500 but not more than $20,000) and Conspiracy to Commit Shoplifting (Over $2500, Less than $20,000) 30-16-20 provides: A. Shoplifting consists of one or more of the following acts: (1) willfully taking possession of merchandise with the intention of converting it withou

Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with illegally documenting Air Force planes located at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska. Tianrui Liang, 21, of China, drove to New York after being confronted by the FBI in Nebraska. The FBI obtained an arrest warrant for Liang who was subsequently arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, of Minneapolis, MN,began consuming information from and about ISIS and other State Department designated foreign terrorist organizations in at least 2024. For example, Hassan obtain

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy. Cymone McClellan, 33, of St. Louis, operated a nonprofit, Sister of Lavender Rose (S.O.L.R.), that submitted false and fraudulent meal reimbursement claims to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services from about January 2019 to June 2022. Terra Davis, now 44, was McClellan’s

Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. On July 2, 2024, Tommy Avance, 41, of Little Rock, was indicted by a federal grand jury in a four-count Indictment for possession with intent to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, being a felon in po

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with willful failure to collect and pay taxes. George Dilles, age 55, of Inverness, Illinois, was the president and part-owner of NG Enterprises, Inc., a company that provided elderly home personal care in the Milwaukee area and over time employed from 50 to 110 workers. Dilles was required to withhold federal incom

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transport of firearms. Alexander Martinez-Quiroz, age 35, of Chicago, possessed a rifle and handgun from December 2025 to April 2026. Martinez-Quiroz fired three shots from the handgun while standing in front of a Chicago building on Dec. 18, 2025. While firing the shots, Martinez-Quiroz calls out that h

Chattanooga, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged attempted second-degree murder and possession of a firearm during a dangerous felony. Ladarryl Martin, 38, accused of stabbing when he became upset with the victim, punched him, stabbed him and fired several rounds from a gun.

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Catherine Spidell-Ferguson and D’Angelo Ferguson admitted to participating in the submission of three separate PPP loan applications, which included false representations and fictitious supporting documents. As part of the scheme, D’Angelo Ferguson claimed each company had a certain amount of mont

Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Barry Anderson, was a 20-plus year employee with a multinational company specializing in industrial explosives and technical and blasting services, who served in various roles throughout the years. In his role as regional president, Anderson embezzled approximately $400,000 through a

Dayton, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. James Thomas Hurt, 25, of Dayton, possessed a machinegun during the shooting at the bus hub during the morning of Sept. 26, 2025. Surveillance video allegedly showed Hurt being assaulted by other individuals before running and returning fire. Hurt allegedly discarded his firearm in a

Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of visual depictions involving a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Terence Lorenzo Clemons, 52, of Lexington, Kentucky was a County Extension Agent that operated 4-H programs in the Bath County School System. In April 2024, Clemons began a romantic “relationship” with a minor victim in t

Paducah, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Michael Shawn Boaz, 47, of Clinton, and his co-conspirator fraudulently billed health care benefit programs for customers at two pharmacies in Kentucky. From 2017 through 2021, they caused $2,185,739.52 in losses to health care benefit providers by submitting claims for fra

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking. Adrienne Rosse, 37, of Arlington, Tennessee, Adrienne Rosse’s husband, Charles Rosse, is being prosecuted by the Shelby County District Attorneys’ Office for charges of rape and sexual battery. A 2023 trial on those charges resulted in a mistrial due to a hung jury. The Assistant District Attor