Excessive Force Law
 
United States of America v. Jeffry Alan Clain

Tulsa, OK criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to meet a 14-year-old boy

A child predator was sentenced today to life in prison after attempting to meet a 14-year-old boy, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill sentenced Jeffry Alan Clain, 59, for Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Minor, Receipt and Distr

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United States of America v. Jeffry Alan Clain

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Minor, Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography, and Possession of Child Pornography in Indian Country

A child predator was sentenced today to life in prison after attempting to meet a 14-year-old boy, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

U.S. District Jud

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Janice Hughes Barners, et al. v. Roberto Felix, Jr., et al.

Houston, Texas, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a excessive force wrongful death civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Ashtian Barners was shot and killed by Officer Roberto Felix, Jr. during a traffic stop.

Barnes’s parents sued Felix and Harris County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.5 The district court granted summary judgment on the
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United States of America v. Dr. Samuel R. Chacon

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding health care benefit programs

An OB-GYN in Reno made his initial court appearance today for allegedly defrauding health care benefit programs by submitting false claims for unnecessary gynecologic tests and surgical procedures, some resulting in serious medical complications.

According to court

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United States of America v. Casey Robert Goonan

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firebombing University Police Car And Attempting To Firebomb Oakland Federal Building

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

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Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Reyes Ernesto Garcia-Urquizo, 38, of Broken Bow, Nebraska, was sentenced on September 11, 2025, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska, for Conspiracy to Distribute 500 grams or more of Methamphetamine. United States D

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United States of America v. Nathan Tobacco-Clifford

Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a man from Kyle, South Dakota, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on September 19, 2025

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United States of America v. Nathan Tobacco-Clifford

Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a man from Kyle, South Dakota, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on September 19, 2025

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United States of America v. D’quon Morrow

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl near a school

A man who distributed fentanyl near a school was sentenced today to more than 11 years in federal prison. D’quon Morrow, age 27, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 28, 2025 guilty plea to one count of distribution of at least 40 grams of fent

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United States of America v. Montrez Dixon

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged withdrug trafficking and money laundering.

A St. Joseph, Mo., man has been convicted at trial of conspiracy to commit drug trafficking and money laundering.

Montrez Dixon, 32, was found guilty on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, of one count of conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of a mixture or subs

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United States of America v. Jacob Whinkler

Washington, DC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with pointing a laser at Air Force One.

18 U.S. Code § 39A explicitly prohibits knowingly aiming the beam of a laser pointer at an aircraft or its flight path..

This federal law was enacted in 2012 to address the serious safety risks that "laser strikes" pose to pilots and passengers.

Legal penal

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United States of America v. Jermaine C. Bunn

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Asleep at the Wheel with a Loaded Gun

A Mahoning County man who was prohibited from possessing a firearm has been sentenced to prison after police officers found him unresponsive in his vehicle with a loaded gun.

Jermaine C. Bunn, 49, of Youngstown, was sentenced to 150 months (12.5 years) in prison

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United States of America v. Qwmaine Raekwon Knott, Andre Khan, Terrance Hargrove, Keith Bagle, Shamar Evans

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with possession with intent
to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.

U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle, along with federal and local law enforcement, announced that five individuals have been charged in separate federal cases as part of a coordinated enforcement operation. In addition to the federal charg

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United States of America v. Bill Dessaps

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, one count of money laundering, and one count of bank fraud

An Easton man was convicted today, following an eight-day trial of using Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to secretly purchase a home in the name of a close relative.

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United States of America v. Martin Onofre-Mendez

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARTIN ONOFRE-MENDEZ, 50, a citizen of Mexico last residing in New Haven, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to a cocaine trafficking offense.

Accor

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State of Texas v. Louis Armando Rojas

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Louis Armando Rojas, 38, is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend's husband in West Harris County after a domestic dispute in 2011. Rojas was charged on Jan 1, 2012, with murder – a first-degree felony.

In 2017, law enforcement became aware that Rojas was promoting himself on YouTube as a Mi

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State of South Carolina v. Willie Leo Darby

Charleston, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder and Possession of a Weapon During the Commission of a Violent Crime.

Willie Leo Darby was accused of murdering her husband, Michael Warren on November 12, 2021.

State’s case included testimony from North Charleston Detectives George Vantine and Charity Steinbrunner as well as a S

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The People of the State of California v. Raymond Lynde

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Raymond Lynde, who was convicted by a jury in May of second-degree murder, had just been
released from 12-year prison sentence for a string of armed robberies in Orange County when he
ambushed Ariel Burquez, 23, outside of an apartment complex in Chula Vista. Lynde stabbed
Burquez 28

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United States of America v. Scott Raymond Keast

Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with in possession of a firearm in violation of 18U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).

The Sentencing Guidelines instruct a sentencing court to
apply a base offense level of 20 if “the defendant committed
any part of the instant offense subsequent to sustaining one
felony conviction of . . . a crime of violence.”

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United States of America v. Christopher Todd Boudreau

Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted coercion and
enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity under 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) and possession of child
pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B).

Detective Travis Wafstet works in the Missoula County
Sheriff’s Office and is also a member of the FBI’s Child

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Matthew Locke v. County of Hubbard, et al.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a excessive force civil rights violation.

Matthew Locke sued Hubbard County, Sheriff Cory Aukes, and Chief Deputy Sheriff Scott Parks under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Minnesota law, alleging that the officers used excessive force against him during an oil pipeline protest. The district and official immunity an

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United States of America v. Carson Lee Maynard, Amy Marie Tillman

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl,

Drug Dealers from Montana Sentenced to Federal Prison



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United States of America v. Roosevelt Gulley III

Sacramento, Ca criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft in Connection with Covid-Related Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme

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United States of America v. Heath Choal

Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Methamphetamine in the Pierre Area

Reliance Man, Seventh in a Large-Scale Conspiracy, Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine in the Pierre Area

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United States of America v. Spencer Allen Bradley

Greeneville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine And Cocaine Conspiracy, And Money Laundering

Last Defendant Of Johnson City Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 262 Months For Methamphetamine And Cocaine Conspiracy, And Money Launder

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