Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering conspiracy and a conspiracy to import controlled substances into the United States, including 400 grams or more of fentanyl and five kilograms or more of cocaine. From approximately June to December 2017, Israel Ortiz Velasco, 33, agreed with others to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, knowing an

New Orleans, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute meth and fentanyl. LARRY TURNER and several other individuals conspired to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, multiple kilograms of fentanyl throughout the Tangipahoa, St. Tammany, and Washington Parishes region of the Eastern D

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer Jason Luong represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled drug (fentanyl) resulting in death. Antonio Curo, age 25, admitted he distributed the drug through the U.S. mail to individuals across the country. Specifically, Curo distributed fentanyl to a 16-year-old female in Houston who died after consu

El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer Solomon Wisenberg represented the Defendant charged with violating the Controlled Substances Act, the False Claims Act, and the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act. The allegations involved the issuance of 255 controlled substance prescriptions to 15 individuals between Dec. 23, 2017, and May 22, 2021. These included various prescriptions for t

Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing fentanyl and cocaine while armed and with the intent to distribute the drugs, and felon in possession of a firearm. On July 13, 2023, military police found Muwsay Ibn Ibrahim Tulu, of Fayetteville, passed out behind the wheel of a running vehicle in the middle of the road on Fort Bragg with dru

Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl. On June 15, 2023, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at a Charleston residence where they encountered Tracy Don Jackson Jr., 23, of St. Albans, sleeping on a couch in the living room. Officers found a quantity of a heroin-fentanyl mix and a Glock model G48 9mm pisto

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing 100 grams of fentanyl for distribution. On November 1, 2022, law enforcement authorities arrested Antoine Valentin, 43, at his Somersworth residence on a state assault charge, which led to the seizure of approximately 100 grams of fentanyl and drug proceeds totaling $1,300 in United States currenc

Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing and possessing with intent to distribute carfentanil, possessing with intent to distribute carfentanil, and possessing ammunition. Travis Kalani Hong-Ah Nee, 36, of Oahu, was pulled over by a Honolulu Police Officer and then fled at a high rate of speed, later collided with an unmarked police car and

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Raul Gutierrez, charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and theft of government property after breaking into an FBI vehicle and stealing a rifle. “Despite the incitement of violence against federal law enforcement by local officials, which resulted here in the theft of a firearm from an FBI vehicle and t

Springfield, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of narcotics and a machine gun. On Nov. 8, 2023, investigators with the ATF, DEA, and Springfield Police Department executed a search warrant at Darius Burnett’s residence. During the search of Burnett’s apartment and vehicle, officers located four loaded semi-automatic pistols, including two wi

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant was charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including fentanyl over 400 grams.

Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. On October 9, 2024, Chauncey Slay, 46, of North Little Rock, was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of possession with intent to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine. On June 30, 2025, Slay pleaded guilty to the indictment. Chief Judge Bak

Ashland, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. In February 2025, law enforcement received information that Terry Gannon, 52, was distributing large amounts of drugs from his r

Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute over 12 pounds of methamphetamine. On January 23, 2025, officers with the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team (KVET), a multijurisdictional narcotics enforcement team working in the Kalamazoo County area, stopped a van carrying over 12 pounds of methamphetamine as it returne

Capbell, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, and cocaine base, also known as “crack.” On January 16, 2025, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at John Ladelle Puryear’s apartment in Huntington and seized approximately 299 grams of cocaine, 10 grams of fentanyl an

Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of firearm by a convicted felon. On May 22, 2025, Johnson provided a Smith & Wesson model M&P Shield M2.0 9mm pistol that was sold to a confidential informant in Huntington. As part of his guilty plea, Maurice Kelly Johnson, also known as “Reese,” 58, of Huntington, admitted to possessing th

Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury and death and four counts of distribution of fentanyl and cocaine. Dimitris Smith, Jr., age 48, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, distributed a deadly dose of fentanyl on December 11, 2023, in East Stroudsburg, Monroe County. A 38 year old female died

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Eddy Mendez Carmona, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute and one count of distributing controlled substances. Mendez Carmona will be removed from the United States upon the completion of his prison sentence. Charges are still p

Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and money laundering. Juan Francisco Castaneda, also known as “Pariente,” 44, guilty pleaded guilty. Castaneda ran his drug trafficking and money laundering organization with the use of contraband phones while he was serving multiple life sentences f

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing controlled substances and possession of a machine gun. On August 23, 2022, Victor Valente Reynoso, an illegal alien from Mexico, sold 536 fentanyl pills outside a gas station in Clayton County, Georgia. Following that deal, Reynoso and his conspirators arranged to sell 5,000 fentanyl pills at a church

Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking fentanyl and illegally possessing firearms. Jason S. Thompson, 50, was found guilty of one count each of possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute, possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, and being a felon in possession of firearms. In the early morning hours of Aug.

Springfield, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking fentanyl and illegally possessing firearms. Jason S. Thompson, 50, was found guilty of one count each of possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute, possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, and being a felon in possession of firearms. In the early morning hours of

Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking and firearm charges. In late November 2023, Steven E. Graham, age 40, of Wenatchee, Washington, was serving a term of community custody supervision from a prior state drug conviction. Members of the Columbia River Drug Task Force were investigating Graham not only for drug trafficking, but beca

Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. 18:922(g)(1) and 924: Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition; 18:111(a) and (b): Assault on a Federal Officer; 18:924(c)(1)(A)(ii): Brandishing a Firearm During and in Relation to, and in Furtherance of, a Crime of Violence. An Albuquerque man is federally charged