Irma Yolanda Munoz Soto sued Union Pacific Railroad
Company and two of its employees, Scott King and Robert Finch
(collectively Union Pacific parties), for wrongful death (premises
liability and general negligence) after Soto’s 16-year-old daughter
was struck and killed by a freight train on an at-grade railroad
crossing in Santa Clarita. The court granted the Union Pacific
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Jackson, MS - The United States of America charged Nicholas Thames with felony possession of a firearm.

Nicholas Thames, 22, of Jackson, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm after he had been previously convicted of felony crimes. Thames was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.

“Project EJECT was created... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - MS)

New Orleans, LA - The United States of America charged Carlos Mario Cantu-Cox and Christopher Cantu-Cox with distributing.

CARLOS MARIO CANTU-COX, age 48, and his husband, CHRISTOPHER CANTU-COX, age 37, both of Pasadena, Texas, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 for distributing ketamine that resulted in the death of a Slidell, Louisiana teenager. The eighteen year old’s dead bo... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - LA)

Baton Rouge, LA - The United States of America charged Jonathan Francis Kimbrell with attempted enticement of a minor.

Jonathan Francis Kimbrell, a 45-year-old resident of Livingston, Louisiana. Kimbrell was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 20, 2019, and charged with the attempted enticement of a minor.

After a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelle... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - LA)

Alexandria, LA - The United States of America charged Jon Michael Mauldwin with carjacking, felony firearms possession and kidnapping.

Jon Michael Mauldwin, 28, was sentenced today to 241 months in prison and five years of supervised release for a federal carjacking and related firearms charge stemming from the kidnapping of a Port Barre man, announced David C. Joseph, United States Attor... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - LA)

Beaumont, TX - The United States of America charged Taylor Graham Cozart with felony possession of a firearm.

A 30-year-old Vidor, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown.

Taylor Graham Cozart pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm today before U.S. Mag... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - TX)

Houston, TX - The United States of America charged Mitchell Gregory Schoemaker with possession of a machine gun and impersonating a federal agent.

A 33-year-old Cypress resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for illegally possessing a machine gun and impersonating a federal agent.

U.S. District Court Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. handed Shoemaker a 78-mont... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - TX)

Dallas, TX - The United States of America charged 64 White Supremacits with gang related activities.

Sixty-four individuals with ties to various white supremacist gangs have been convicted and sentenced to a combined 820 years in federal prison following an investigation led by the Texas Department of Public Safety, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - TX)

Portland, OR - The United States of America charged Timothy Ray Vance with distributing large qualities of meth.

Timothy Ray Vance, 54, of Salem, Oregon, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine throughout Marion County.

Vance has a long criminal history dating back to 1983. Vance served m... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - OR)

St. Paul, MN - The United States of America v. Michael Jacob Blandford and Matthew Jon Leighland with distribution of drugs.

MICHAEL JACOB BLANDFORD, 28, and MATTHEW JON LEIGLAND, 26, to one count each of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. BLANDFORD and LEIGLAND, who were initially charged on April 26, 2019, entered their guilty pleas before Judge Nancy E. Brasel in U.S... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - MN)

Madison, WI - The United States of America charged Jeremiah Edwards with armed robbery.

Jeremiah Edwards, 34, Madison, Wisconsin, was found guilty yesterday evening of armed robbery of an O’Reilly Auto Parts store, brandishing a firearm during that crime, being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing THC-products with an intent to distribute, and possessing a firearm in furtherance... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - WI)

Burlington, VT - The United States of America charged John Guerrero, a/k/a Sunshire with conspiracy to distribute drugs and possession of a machine gun during a violent crime.

John Guerrero (also known as “Sunshine” to his former drug customers in Franklin County) was sentenced today in federal court on one count of conspiring to distribute two hundred and eighty grams or more of cocaine ... More...   $0 (02-14-2020 - VT)

Tulsa, OK - Criminal defense lawyer Michael French represented Michael Thomas Mitchell who was charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU8II, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG - METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402
Date of Offense: 04/17/2014
Party Name Dispos... More...   $0 (02-14-2020 - OK)

Statesville, NC - The United States of America charged Ronnie Dean Brown with possession of child porn.

Ronnie Dean Brown, 36, of North Wilkesboro, N.C., to 121 months in prison on child pornography charges, announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina. Brown was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release and was ordered to register as a sex offe... More...   $0 (02-14-2020 - NC)

Greensboro, NC - The United States of America charged Tyler Lloyd Grantz with knowingly possessing a stole firearm, drug possession and discharging a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.

A jury in federal court convicted a Kernersville man of four felony charges related to shooting at a state trooper.

Following a three day trial in Greensboro, the jury found TYLER LLOYD GRAN... More...   $0 (02-14-2020 - NC)

Raleigh, NC - The United States of America charged Preston Obryan Miles with drug distribution and felony firearms possession.

PRESTON OBRYAN MILES, 35, of Kittrell was sentenced to 78 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release. MILES was named in a two-count Indictment on July 10, 2019, charging him with possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine and po... More...   $0 (02-14-2020 - NC)

Richmond, VA - The United States of America charged Derrick Leon Williams, Jr. with distribution of heroin and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

A Richmond man pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute.

According to court documents, Derrick Leon Williams, Jr., 22, was arrested by Richmond Police ... More...   $0 (02-14-2020 - VA)