Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with making threats against the President, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 871. On October 15th, a Crime Stoppers tip led authorities to a Facebook post where Jaden Read made comments in response to a KAKE News article detailing President Trump’s upcoming visit to Wichita, KS on October 19th, 2026. Jaden J. Read’s threatenin

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of hate crime, and one count of institutional vandalism, all class 2 felony offenses. On January 30, 2026, surveillance video showed Shahid Hussain, age 43, of Niles, Illinois, enter the Northwestern campus drawing swastikas and other Nazi symbols on numerous signs and other university property. The vi

Fresno, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Julian Charles McElhaney, age 27, fatally shot his father, William McElhaney, 55, and mother, Sylvia McElhaney, 64, in 2022. Under California law, a killing is classified as first-degree murder if it meets any of the following criteria: • Willful, Deliberate, and Premeditated: The defendant acted

Pawhuska, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree burglary. Under Oklahoma law (Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 1435), second-degree burglary is defined as breaking and entering into an unoccupied dwelling, commercial building, structure, room, booth, tent, railroad car, vehicle, vessel, or forcibly opening a coin-operated or vending machine with the inten

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder. On Aug. 8, 2001, Jahon Terez Smith, age 50, drove through the 13100 block of South Willowbrook Avenue, intending to kill rival gang members, as both he and his front passenger fired guns from the car. Stephen Murphy, 25, had his 2-year-old daughter, Kali, in his arms as they fled from th

Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with second degree murder. Joseph Clark beat his wife Noelle Clark, hit her with a belt, and stabbed her in the chest in a child’s bedroom. He then dragged her through the home to the garage, where he ran over her body with the car. She had tire marks on her arms. To convict someone of second-degree murder, the stat

Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree murder, first degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action. The evidence established that David A. Harris and another man had broken into an apartment, shot and killed one victim, and wounded a second victim. At trial, the State relied on a confession that Harris gave to police short

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with felony murder, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.. Angelo C. Lacirignola.drove the wrong way on I-244 causing an accident that killed Fredie Hunter, age 64, of Catoosa. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a 44-year-old man drove the wrong way on I-244 with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.22. Under Oklahoma law, secon

Sayre, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery in the first degree robbery, in violation of 21 O.S. 791. Kenneth Edgar Meschew, was accused of taking, stealing and carrying away from the said victim, by use of force and fear the sum of $120 in lawful money of the United States. The information charges a crime conjointly committed by `Bill Ridgway and

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma lawyer sued his client on a breach of contract theory claiming that the defendant owed him $285,000. In May 2021, Mr. Riebold hired the Helms Law Firm to represent him in a custody dispute between himself and his ex-wife, including an appeal of the divorce decree. As a part of this representation, Mr. Riebold signed a contract which provided that the services of Mr. Hel

Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with aggravated murder. Aliyah Hnderson, age 28, charged with two counts of aggravated murder for killing two young girls whose bodies were found in buried in suitcases. The bodies of the two girls were discovered Monday, March 2, in suitcases partially buried in shallow graves near Ginn Academy by a dog walker. Und

San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder. Roy Anthony Lopez accused of beating his wife to death. California first-degree murder law is defined under California Penal Code Sections 187 and 189. It involves the unlawful killing of a human being or fetus with malice aforethought, combined with specific factors like premeditation,

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder. Chevazz Campbel,age 37, stabbed and killed a CTA employee. Under Illinois law (720 ILCS 5/9-1), first degree murder is defined as killing an individual without lawful justification when a person does any of the following: • Intentional Murder: They intend to kill or do great bodily harm

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production and advertisement of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251. Juan Carlos Barturen, 47, of Loretto, Tennessee, sexually abused a minor victim for a period of almost five years and that Barturen had first raped the victim when she was ten years old. The victim also disclosed that Barturen dem

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree burglary, in violation of 21 O.S. 1431.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving under the influence of alcohol -2nd offense, in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902.C.PM1, B4, which provides: C. 1. Any person who is convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense and shall: a. participate in an assessment and evaluation pursuan

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with computer fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1030B, and money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956-4999. Jonathan Spalletta, a/k/a "Cthulhon," a/k/a "Jspalletta" Jonathan Spalletta, a/k/a "Cthulhon," a/k/a "Jspalletta," age 36, of Rockville, Maryland, engaged in a deceptive series of transactions with

Winston-Salem, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interfrence with commerce by robbery, in violation of 18 U.S. 1951, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, in violation of 19 U.S.C. 924. Todd Albert Lawton, age 43, entered the Family Fare BP convenience store at 1427 West First Street in Winston-Salem at approximatel

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841. Tulsa County Deputy Sheriff Freddie Alaniz investigates crimes on the highways in and around Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has experience in drug interdiction, has served as a task force officer with the federal Drug Enforcement Administr

Justice went to hell in Utah in 1985 when Douglas Stewart Carter was convicted of e first degree, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-202 (Supp.1985),[1] and was sentenced to death. Carter's was released from prison and exonerated on September 28, 2026, based on the results of DNA from the crime scene that showed that he was not the perpetrator of the crime. On the night of February 27, 19

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child endangerment in violation of 21 O.S..852.2, which provides: A. It is unlawful and punishable as provided for in this section for any person to drive, operate, or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within this state, whether upon public roads, highways, streets, turnpikes, other public places or u

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unauthorized use of a credit card in violation of 21 O.S. 1550.29 and larceny of lost property in violation of 21 O.S. 1702, which provides: One who finds lost property under circumstances which gives him knowledge or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who appropriates such property to his own use, or to the

Okmulgee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with domestic abuse with prior pattern of physical abuse. Oklahoma defines domestic abuse under Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 644 as any act of physical harm, assault, battery, stalking, or harassment committed against a family or household member, current or former intimate partner, dating partner, or co

Eufaula, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Kent Morlan represents the Defendant charged with conspiracy and grand larceny. Defendant, a tow truck operator, was called by Johnson to retrieve a broken down trailer from a highway in McInstosh County, Defendant's tow truck was inoperative and he called Calvert to use h

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with to production of a morphed image of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). , in or about March 2025, Biathrow produced an image of an identifiable minor by cropping a hardcopy image that depicted a prepubescent girl engaging in a sex act. The image was printed on laminated paper and the reverse side of the paper c