False Imprisonment Law
 
State of Oklahoma v. Angela Lyn Wilson

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: OWN, FALSE DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP IN PAWN, in violation of 59 O.S. 1512(C)(2) Date of Offense: 11/09/2017 WILSON, ANGELA LYN Disposed: DEFERRED, 10/29/2018. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: AMEND MISDEMEANOR FALSE DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP IN PAWN(OLAR) Violation of 21 O.S. 1702-1

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United States of America v. Monica L. Thompson

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of Aggravated Identity Theft. 8 USC 1028A(a)(1): Aggravated Identity Theft; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 981(a)(1)(C), 982(a)(2), and 1028(b), and 28 USC 2461: Fraud Forfeiture 18 USC 1028A(a)(1): Aggravated Identity Theft; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 981(a)(1)(C), 982(a)(2), and 1028(b), and 28 USC

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United States of America v. Gary Grajales-Reyes

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzling $412,163 from the Washington University School of Medicine. Gary Grajales-Reyes, MD-PhD, admitted submitting 73 false requisition requests to WashU Medicine for 761 different pieces of computer equipment, falsely claiming that it was for the research laboratory that he directed. Once he received the

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United States of America v. Arthur Joyner

Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. On March 5, 2024, a federal grand jury indicted Arthur Joyner, age 43, on the single count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. The jury returned the verdict to United States District Judge Brian S. Miller, who will sentence Joyner at a late

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United States of America v. Gary Crawford

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Gary Crawford has a long, mostly violent criminal record. It began at the age of sixteen, with convictions for criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment: he fired a handgun into a crowd and killed someone. In his early twenties came several more convict

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State of West Virginia v. John Steven Prince

Weston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with battery, battery on a law enforcement officer, obstructing an officer, attempted malicious assault, two counts of domestic battery, and three counts of wanton endangerment involving a firearm. In July 2022, the petitioner was indicted for battery, battery on a law enforcement officer, obstructing an officer,

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United States of America v. Eliyahua "Eli" Weinstein

Trenton, New Jersey criminal defendant lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. A New Jersey man who was previously convicted twice of defrauding investors of more than $230 million was sentenced on November 14, 2025 to 37 years in prison for his role in a Ponzi-like fraud scheme that resulted in investor losses of more than $44 million, as well as other offenses, and his co-conspir

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State of New York v. Sanford Solny

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 13 counts of third-degree criminal possession of stolen property and one count of third-degree grand larceny. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a disbarred Brooklyn attorney who stole the deeds to 11 residential properties across Brooklyn, primarily from minority homeowners in fi

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United States of America v. Jonathan Leslie Allen, AKA Johnathan Allen, AKA Ghost

Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The Defendant claimed that the government commit grand jury abuse by offering perjured testimony. Allen alleges that testimony from an undercover agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) was false because Allen did not “meet” with ag

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United States of America v. Adrien Cole

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking.

In 2014, Cole was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release following his conviction for sex-trafficking in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591(a)(1), (b)(2) (the sex-trafficking case). His term of supervised release started in 2021. During that period,

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Sharel Mawby v. Folgers Coffee Marketing

Kansas City, Missouri, consumer law class action lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Missouri Merchandising Practices Act and unjust enrichment.

Missouri resident Mark Smith bought containers of Folgers coffee that featured
representations about the number of six-ounce cups that the coffee in each container
could produce. Believing the representations to be misleadi

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United States of America v. James A. Cohen

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with accepting payments in exchange for falsely representing that a registered sex of- fender lived at his address. After he was charged for making that representation to United States marshals, Cohen pleaded guilty to knowingly and willfully making a materially false statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the U

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United States of America v. Shawn M. Thomas

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence.

AI Overview Federal interference with commerce by threats or violence, most notably under the Hobbs Act (\(18\) U.S.C. \(1951\)), makes it illegal to obstruct, delay, or affect interstate or foreign commerce through robbery or extortion. This includes committ

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United States of America v. Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell

Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

his case is about whether the Second Amendment protects a habitual marijuana user from being permanently dispossessed of a firearm based on our Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation. On November 28, 2023, Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell was charged with possess

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Dimitrius Bashir Campbell

Allentown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted homicide and conspiracy to do the same.

On December 29, 2023, members of the Allentown Police Department were around the area of the Sportsmen's Bar for an investigation in an unrelated case when they heard shots fired. They pursued a fleeing individual, later identified as Appellant. Once of

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United States of America v. David Dupree

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i).

In 2009, after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Dupree was convicted of armed bank robbery, use of a firearm during a crime of violence, and conspiracy to commit robbery. The District Court

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United States of America v. David Piaquadio

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.

On July 25, 2019, after a nonjury trial, Judge Conner of the Middle District of Pennsylvania found Piaquadio guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone, fentanyl, and heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and three counts of possession with intent t

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United States of America v. Adam Gomez

Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of firearm with obliterated serial number.

AI Overview

Possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number is illegal under federal and state laws, though some federal challenges are ongoing.

Generally, the law prohibits knowingly possessing, receiving, or transporting a f

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State of Rhode Island v. Melissa Acevedo

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with obtaining more than $10,000 under false pretenses, fraudulently obtaining more than $500 in assistance, and giving false documents to an agent, employee or public Official.

Melissa Acevedo, age 40, was accused obtaining more than $10,000 under false pretenses, fraudulently obtaining more than $500 in a

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Amy Moore, et al. v. Howard Rubin

Brooklyn, New York, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on Racketeering (RICO) Act violation theories.

Howard Rubin, a successful bond trader, recruited women from around the country to travel to New York and engage in sadomasochism with him in exchange for money. Rubin employed assistants, whom he paid up to $15,000 per month, to lure women with promi

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State of Oklahoma v. Darrell Lamont Mayfield

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a controlled drug in jail or penal institution in violation of 57 O.S. 21 (A).

A. Any person who, without authority, brings into or has in his or her possession in any jail or state penal institution or other place where prisoners are located, any gun, knife, bomb or other dangerous instrument,

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United States of America v. Montressa Cunningham

Topeka, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud and Money Laundering.

A jury convicted Defendant Montressa Cunningham (“Cunningham”) of sixteen offenses stemming from a fourteen-month fraudulent scheme. Cunningham and his wife Felicia purchased seven higher-end used cars, financing those purchases

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United States of America v. Todd Harold Cooper

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed bank robbery.

In 2003, a jury convicted Cooper of armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113. At sentencing, the government sought a life sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c), the three strikes provision. Relevant here, § 3559(c) mandates a life
sentence if the defendant “i

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United States of America v. Marion Anthony Rogers

Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking.

(a) Offenses.—
(1) Travel or conduct of offender.—
A person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce or enters or leaves Indian country or is present within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States with the intent to kill, injure, harass,

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United States of America v. Thomas L. Horton

Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with escaping from custody in violation of 18 U.S. C. 741.


18 U.S.C. § 751(a) sets forth a penalty of up to 5 years imprisonment and/or a fine under Title 18 for escape or an attempt to escape on a felony or conviction on any offense, and one year confinement and/or a fine under Title 18 for esca

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