Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute.

In February 2021, special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) identified Tom Raymond Carrooo, age 39, as a drug dealer operating in Baker and Malheur Counties in Eastern Oregon. Carroll had recently been released f... More...   $0 (08-17-2023 - WA)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with participating in a “pump and dump” stock fraud scheme designed to target retail investors and manipulate trading in penny stock shares of Suburban Minerals Corporation (“SUBB”).

According to the Indictment and statements made in court:

From at least in or about 2013 through at least in or... More...   $0 (08-17-2023 - NY)

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Olugbenga Lawal was a member of a Nigerian-based criminal organization that victimized individuals and businesses across the United States through internet-based fraud schemes, including romance fraud and business email compromises, and laundered the proceeds of those fra... More...   $0 (08-16-2023 - DE)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with malicious use of explosive materials, commonly call arson.

Coby Dale Green, age 24, was accused of fire bombing a donut shop in the early morning hours of Halloween, 2022, he broke the glass front door, lit the wick of the Molotov Cocktail, and then threw the Molotov Cocktail through the broken front door, into the... More...   $0 (08-16-2023 - OK)

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Receipt of Materials Containing Child Pornography and Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.

It came to the attention of law enforcement after a United States Probation Officer discovered child pornography on Cody John O’Hara’s cellphone. O’Hara, age 35, was previously convicted of Possession and Receip... More...   $0 (08-10-2023 - ND)

Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

Christian Leontine Glover, 34, was a money courier for Southall, a drug distribution organization, operated by Darrin J. Southall. Defendant pled guilty to conspiracy possess with intent to distribute cocaine.

Court documents reflect that Glover used her cell phone to keep up with Southal... More...   $0 (08-10-2023 - Al)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of a firearm in a federal facitiy.

“Zachariah Kade McGuire, age 32, threatened to kill staff at a federal facility and arrived prepared to execute that threat,” said U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. “I want to thank the staff and officers at the Ernest Childers Outpatient Clinic in Tulsa for their qui... More...   $0 (08-09-2023 - OK)

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise as a leader of the multibillion-dollar paramilitary and drug trafficking organization known as the “Clan del Golfo” (CDG).

“Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, a/k/a “Otoniel,” “Mao,” “Gallo” and “Mauricio-Gallo,” led one of the largest cocaine traff... More...   $0 (08-08-2023 - NY)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with telemarketing fraud.

Charles Robert Brewer, aka “Robert Brewer” or “Scott Brewer,” 59, of Manhattan Beach, California, joined a telemarketing conspiracy that spanned several states, including the District of Utah, and caused millions of dollars in losses between June 2016 to February 2017. In furtheran... More...   $0 (08-03-2023 - UT)

Newport News, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making a false statement on an application for a passport and aggravated identity theft.O’Ryan Jones, 54, after having been denied a passport in his own name, applied for a passport in the name and using the identifying information of his brother. In preparation for the passport fraud, the defendant also obtained h... More...   $0 (08-03-2023 - VA)

Macon, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sending a threatening message to bomb their local headquarters the day before the U.S. Senators from Georgia were in town for campaign events.

Jessica Diane Higginbotham aka Jessica Harriod aka Jessica Jones, 35, of Elberton, Georgia, was pleaded guilty to one count of communicating a bomb threat on May 16.
... More...   $0 (08-02-2023 - GA)

Central Islip, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with committing health care fraud.

Peter Adamczak, a licensed chiropractor operating in East Meadow, Long Island, billed a private insurance company nearly $1 million for acupuncture services that were never performed.

“Today’s sentence demonstrates that Adamczak’s long-running scheme, in which he... More...   $0 (07-31-2023 - NY)

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States into Mexico.

Jorge Alexis Hernandez-Martinez, 25, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico and his co-conspirators obtained firearms and ammunition from licensed firearms dealers within Arizona with the intent to smuggle them into Mexico. In January 2020, Hernandez-Martinez and... More...   $0 (07-28-2023 - AZ)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana in St. George.

Angel Rubio-Quintana, 42, of St. George, Utah, was first discovered by agents in March 2020, after learning that an individual in St. George was receiving large amounts of methamphetamine from a Mexican cartel. During an ... More...   $0 (07-27-2023 - UT)

Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyers represented seven Defendants charged with involvement in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of more than $11.5 million that was intended to benefit farmers who had been discriminated against.

Four of the defendants, all of whom are sisters, were each sentenced to serve 24 months in federal prison. Lynda Charles, 73, ... More...   $0 (07-27-2023 - AR)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with using approved and unapproved drugs with the intent of improving the performance of racehorses.

Jason Severis was indicted for his role in a years-long scheme in which horses trained by Severis were doped with approved and unapproved drugs designed to improve the performance of Severis’s racehorses. Seve... More...   $0 (07-26-2023 - CA)

Savannah, Georgia civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants accused of illegal labor practices reported by a whistleblower who was murdered for revealing the scheme.

Davey Tree Expert Company, of Ohio, and its subsidiary, Wolf Tree, Inc., entered into a non-prosecution and settlement agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia and the U.S. Depar... More...   $0 (07-21-2023 - GA)

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act (CAA).

Emanuele Palma, age 43, and others conspired to withhold information from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the design, calibration and function of the emissions control systems on more than 100,000 Model Year 2014, 2015 and 2016 Je... More...   $0 (07-20-2023 - MI)

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, and discharging a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking crime.

David Carr, age 36, from Kansas City, Kansas and James Poterbin, age 47, from Edwardsville, Illinois a man and tortured him in 2019 in Kansas City, Kansas.After beating, shooting, and... More...   $0 (07-19-2023 - KS)

Fort Lauderdale, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank rubbery by force or violence.

On December 26, 2019, Ariel Valero, age 45, of Hialeah, Florida, entered a Wells Fargo bank, located in Miramar, Broward County, Florida, covered head-to-toe in a black jumpsuit and ski mask. Upon entering the bank, Valero brandished a black firearm, jumped onto the tell... More...   $0 (07-18-2023 - FL)

Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with receiving and unlawfully possessing materials stolen from the U.S. Mail, including approximately 250 checks.

Keith Dujuan Calahan, of Dayton, Ohio was arrested after taking "dummy" packages of U.S. mail contained GPS tracking devices in 2022.

Law enforcement tracked the GPS locations of the stolen packages a... More...   $0 (07-17-2023 - OH)

Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with kidnapping, felony possession and use of a firearm and possession of drugs.

In February 2023, a federal jury found David Carr, 36, of Kansas City, and James Michael Poterbin, 47, of Edwardsville, guilty of kidnapping, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, and discharging a firearm in connection with a dru... More...   $0 (07-14-2023 - KS)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute; possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Hatcher Raymond Day, 27, of Phoenix, Arizona was indicted for possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and for being a felon in possession o... More...   $0 (07-13-2023 - OK)

Eugene, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with transporting methamphetamine in Deschutes County.

In April 2020, the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team began investigating Dennis Richard DeChenne Jr., 39, of Gresham, Oregon, after learning he was involved in transporting large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin from the Portland area to Central Or... More...   $0 (07-12-2023 - OR)

Shreveport, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

Paul Vincent Williams, 38, of Bossier City, Louisiana, and Trevor Selwyn Daniel, Jr., 50, of Decatur, Georgia were 216 months in prison and 120 month for were involved in an ongoing investigation of drug trafficking activities in the Shreveport/Bossier City area. Through their investigatio... More...   $0 (07-12-2023 - LA)