Arson Law
 
State of Nebraska v. Thomas N. Sailors, Sr.

Lincoln, NE - Criminal defense attorney represented Thomas N. Sailors, Sr. with count I, distribution of methamphetamine, and count II, conspiracy to commit unlawful distribution of methamphetamine charges.



On October 31, 2017, the State filed an information in case
No. CR 17-183 charging Sailors with count I, distributio... More...
   $0 (05-27-2021 - NE)

United States of America v. Christopher West

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania conspiracy to commit arson charged criminal defense lawyer represented Christopher West, 26, was charged with conspiracy to set fire to property of an organization that receives federal funding and unlawful interference with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder.

In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that West attended a protest mar... More...
   $0 (05-25-2021 - PA)

State of New Mexico v. Kenneth J. Pierre

Santa Fe, NM - Criminal defense attorney represented Defendant on reckless child abuse resulting in great bodily harm charge.



Defendant resided with Ashley, with whom he was in an intimate relationship;
5 the couple’s young daughter; and J.A., Ashley’s seven-month-old son. After learning
6 Ashley had spoken with J... More...
   $0 (05-23-2021 - NM)

United States of America v. Davon De-Andre Turner

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with arson.

Davon De-Andre Turner, 25, went to the Third Precinct where a crowd of hundreds had gathered. At one point, the crowd began shouting, “Burn it down, burn it down.” Soon after, a fence that was designed to keep trespassers out of the Third Precinct building was torn down. Turner and an individual u... More...
   $0 (05-18-2021 - MN)

United States of America v. Jacob Edwards Walls

Fort Smith, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with arson.

Jacob Edward Walls, age 29, was charged with Willfully and Without Authority and Consent of the United States Set on Fire Timber, Underbrush, Grass and Other Inflammable Material Upon a Public Domain within the Buffalo National River.

Walls , was indicted by a federal grand jury, of setting a ... More...
   $0 (05-18-2021 - AR)

STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, v. BRIAN RAY MORRIS, Defendant.

El Reno, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ARS, ARSON IN THE FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1404
Date of Offense: 05/15/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
MORRIS, BRIAN RAY Disposed: DEFERRED, 05/12/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: AMENDED TO MALICIOUS INJURY DEFACING PROPERTY OF ANOTHER(MA... More...
   $0 (05-12-2021 - OK)

STATE OF OHIO v. MATTHEW W. GARST

Dayton, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Matthew W. Garst with one count of aggravated murder, one count of murder, two counts of felonious assault, and two counts of aggravated robbery charges



{¶ 2} In January 2009, Garst was indicted on one count of aggravated murder, one
count of murder, two counts of feloniou... More...
   $0 (05-03-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO vs. LAWRENCE SIPPLE

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Lawrence Sipple with a attempted voyeurism charge



{¶2} Melvina Chestnut was standing in line at an event held by the Lord’s
Gym, a charitable organization in Cincinnati, Ohio. Chestnut testified that Sipple,
whom she described as an “acquaintance,” came up ... More...
   $0 (05-02-2021 - OH)

United States of America v. Travis Rusty Wallace

Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with arson in Indian Country.

Travis Rusty Wallace, 18, was accused to committing arson Indian country.

In court documents filed in the case, the government alleged that on June 23, 2020, the victim, identified as John Doe, was in his residence in Lodge Grass when he smelled smoke. He went into his bedroom an... More...
   $0 (04-29-2021 - MT)

United States of America v. Dylan Shakespeare Robinson

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charge with his role in the arsons at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct building.

On the night of May 28, 2020, Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 23, went to the Third Precinct where a crowd of hundreds had gathered. At one point, the crowd began shouting, “Burn it down, burn it down.” Soon after, a fen... More...
   $0 (04-28-2021 - MN)

State of Oklahoma v. Casey Lauren Eichor

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ARS, ATTEMPTED ARSON - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1401A
Date of Offense: 10/22/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
EICHOR, CASEY LAUREN Disposed: DISMISSED, 04/26/2021. Dismissed by Court
Count as Disposed: ATTEMPTED ARSON - FIRST DEGREE(ARS)
Viol... More...
   $0 (04-26-2021 - OK)

United States of America v. Vanessa Faith Prettyontop, a/k/a Vanessa Faith Gunshows

Billings, Montana arson in Indian Country charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Vanessa Faith Prettyontop, also known as Vanessa Faith Gunshows, 34, who was charged with arson on a reservation.

In court documents filed in the case, the government alleged that on Oct. 3, 2020, Prettyontop started a fire in a house owned by the victim, identified as John Doe. When the fire ... More...
   $0 (04-19-2021 - MT)

United States of America v. Kendall Ray Whitlow

Tulsa, Oklahoma child abuse charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Kendall Ray Whitlow, who was charged with Child Abuse in Indian Country (18:1151 and 1153, and 21 OS 843.5(A)) and Child Neglect in Indian Country (18:1151 and 1153, and 2, and 21 OS 843.5(C)).


§1151. Indian country defined

Except as otherwise provided in sections 1154 and 1156 of this title, ... More...
   $0 (04-13-2021 - OK)

United States of America v. Matthew Lee Rupert

Minneapolis, Minnesota arson charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Matthew Lee Rupert, age 28, who was charged with one count of arson for setting fire to a Minneapolis cell phone store.

On May 28, 2020, RUPERT, a resident of Galesburg, Illinois, posted messages on his Facebook account referencing the public protests occurring in the Twin Cities following the death of Geor... More...
   $0 (04-12-2021 - MN)

State of Oklahoma v. Donald Ray Fipps

Tulsa, Oklahoma second-degree arson charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ARS, ARSON - SECOND DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1402
Date of Offense: 06/20/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
FIPPS, DONALD RAY Disposed: CONVICTION, 04/05/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: ARSON - SECOND DEGREE(ARS)
Viola... More...
   $0 (04-05-2021 - OK)

State of Ohio v. Eric Misch

Toledo, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Eric Misch with an aggravated murder, as well as a charge of aggravated robbery.



{¶ 3} On July 2, 1993, appellant was indicted on charges of aggravated murder in
violation of R.C. 2903.01(B), with an aggravating circumstance in violation of R.C.
2929.04(A)(7) and 2... More...
   $0 (04-04-2021 - OH)

Michael Eugene Spears v. State of Oklahoma

¶1 Michael Eugene Spears was tried by jury in the District Court of Rogers County, Case No. CF-2017-1013, and convicted of First Degree Murder, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 701.7. In accordance with the jury's recommendation, the Honorable Sheila Condren sentenced Spears to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.

¶2 Spears appeals his Judgment and Sentence raising the ... More...
   $0 (04-01-2021 - OK)

State of Ohio v. Janie Arbogast,

Circleville, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Janie Arbogast with a grand theft charge.



In October 2019, the Adams County grand jury indicted Arbogast on one
count of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs in
violation of R.C. 2925.041(A), a third-degree felony; one count... More...
   $0 (03-29-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. JORDAN DEON GAY

Dayton, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Jordan Deon Gay with appealing from his improper discharge of a firearm at or into a habitation and arson charge.



{¶ 1} Jordan Deon Gay appeals from his convictions, on his guilty plea, for
improper discharge of a firearm at or into a habitation and arson. On appeal, Gay... More...
   $0 (03-26-2021 - OH)

State of Oklahoma v. Roderick Sterling Randell, Jr.

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ARS, ARSON - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1401(A)
Date of Offense: 12/31/2016
Party Name Disposition Information
RANDELL, RODERICK STERLING JR Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/24/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: ARSON - FIRST DEGREE(ARS)
Violation of 21 O.S... More...
   $0 (03-24-2021 - OK)

United States of America v. Carlos Hernandez, a/k/a “Rider” or “Creeper”

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to violate civil rights, violent crime in aid of racketeering, criminal interference with fair housing rights, use of fire in the commission of a federal felony, and carrying a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence.

Carlos Hernandez, 36, aka “Rider” or “Creeper,” was with five ... More...
   $0 (03-23-2021 - CA)

State of Tennessee v. Ariel K. Robinson, Christopher Duncan, and Timothy Shoffner

Nashville, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Ariel K. Robinson, Christopher A. Duncan and Timothy David Shoffner with a contending that: the evidence is insufficient to sustain their convictions; and the trial court erred when it sentenced them.




I. Preliminary Motions and Trial
This case arises from the de... More...
   $0 (03-19-2021 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Kellum Jordan Williams and Kevin Raynard Forman

Nashville, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Kellum Jordan Williams and Kevin Raynard Forman with challenging the sufficiency of the evidence.



This case arises from the kidnapping and murder of the victim, Amy Murphy. For
their role in these offenses, a Montgomery County grand jury indicted the defendants for <... More...
   $0 (03-19-2021 - TN)

Rodney Harold Friesz v. State of North Dakota

Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Rodney Harold Friesz with appealing from a district court order denying his application for post-conviction relief.



In October 2014, Friesz was charged with murder, a class AA felony, and
arson, a class B felony. A jury trial was held in February 2016 and Friesz was <... More...
   $0 (03-16-2021 - ND)

ALAX CLINGMON v. STATE OF ARKANSAS

Little Rock, AR - Criminal defense attorney represented Alax Clingmon with appealing the circuit court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence found in his home after officers conducted a warrantless search based on Clingmon’s status as a parolee..



On 18 August 2018, officers from the Arkansas County Sheriff’s Offic... More...
   $0 (03-12-2021 - AR)

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