San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with trafficking meth.

Reyes Espinoza lived in Mexico, California and Minnesota will coordinating the cross-border movement of 40 to 100 pounds of meth each week during much of 2020 and the first part of 2021.

21:841(a)(1),846; 21:853; 18:924(d)(1);28:2461(c);18:982(a)(1) - Conspiracy to Distribute Metham... More...   $0 (11-08-2022 - CA)

Kansas City, Missouri criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in a criminal enterprise linked to two murders and multiple violent assaults, and which distributed at least a kilogram of methamphetamine every day for nearly a year in the Kansas City, Springfield, St. Joseph, and St. Louis, Mo., areas, as well as illegally possessing firearms.

Trevor Scott Sparks, 33,... More...   $0 (11-07-2022 - MO)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with shooting his girlfriend when she tried to end their relationship in 2021 in Indian Country.

On December 2, 2021, the defendant, Jeffrey Sutton returned to his Mounds home and found that his girlfriend, the victim, had moved her belongings out onto the front lawn. She had decided to move out of the house after multiple ... More...   $0 (11-04-2022 - OK)

Miami, Florida criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with committing PPP fraud.

Luke Joselin, 36, of Coral Springs, Florida, and his co-conspirators, Judlex Jean Louis and Renaldo Harrison, flooded online loan processors with multiple fraudulent PPP loan applications. They used increasingly brazen tactics and sought more and more money as the scheme progressed.

Joseli... More...   $0 (11-02-2022 - FL)

Knoxville, Tennessee criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with using vehicles to attack a Planned Parenthood facility and a federal building.

The Government alleged that on Jan. 22, 2021, Mark Thomas Reno utilized a sedan and a shotgun to fire an incendiary round into the entrance to the Planned Parenthood – Knoxville, Tennessee, Health Center (the Center); on Dec 31, 2021,... More...   $0 (11-01-2022 - TN)

Miami, Florida criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with violent drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.

From 2013 to 2018, Ulysses Cabrera, , a/k/a “Uley,â€� a/k/a “Big Cuz,â€� and Bernardo Quinonez, a/k/a “Macho,â€�, both of Miami, led a continuing criminal enterprise that distributed cocaine, crack cocaine... More...   $0 (10-28-2022 - FL)

New York City, New York criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with making threats to kill a member of the United States Congress.

Joshua Hall pled guilty to wire fraud for impersonating family members of the then-President of the United States on social media to fraudulently raise funds for a fictitious political organization (the “Fraud Schemeâ€�). At the time HALL made th... More...   $0 (10-28-2022 - NY)

Savannah, Georgia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed massive amounts of addictive controlled substances from pain management and addiction clinics.

Dr. Wallace Steven Anderson, 68, of Douglas, Ga., was sentenced to 60 months in prison after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Unlawfully Distribute and Dispen... More...   $0 (10-27-2022 - GA)

San Diego, California criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Christopher Toups, who at the time of his crimes was a chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy, pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he and others participated in a scheme to file false claims to obtain unearned benefits from an insurance program that compensates ser... More...   $0 (10-27-2022 - CA)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged for transporting child pornography that he produced of an 18-month-old infant and for being a person required to register as a sex offender who committed a felony offense involving a minor.

Matthew Alan McNair, 41, of Tulsa, was in Indiana in the summer of 2017 when he utilized an electronic device to take sexually ... More...   $0 (10-27-2022 - IN)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with


Robert Lee Fisher, 49, of Yukon, Oklahoma, was sentenced on October 11, 2022, to 14 months in federal prison. According to public record, Fisher had an active victim’s protection order (VPO) and a conviction for domestic assault and battery; he was inside a bedroom he shared with his girlfriend and in p... More...   $0 (10-27-2022 - OK)

Greensboro, North Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.

Samuel Allen Mouzon, age 62, of Lexington, North Carolina, was sentenced to a 41-month term of imprisonment by the Honorable Catherine C. Eagles, United States District Judge in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. In addition to prison time, MOUZON was or... More...   $0 (10-26-2022 - NC)

Greenville, South Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Dishannon Matthew Workman, age28, from Fountain Inn, South Carolina, who was on supervised release for a prior federal gun conviction, was in possession of a .380 Ruger pistol and marijuana when he was stopped by an officer of the Fountain Inn Police Department on Ju... More...   $0 (10-25-2022 - )

Norfolk, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a machine gun.

Between approximately October 2021 and April 2022, Patrick Tate Adamiak, 28, was obtaining illegal machine guns that were not registered and he was selling these machine guns online. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) purchased eight machine guns from him... More...   $0 (10-25-2022 - )

Alexandria, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places.

Dean Edward Cheves, 63, was serving at the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines from 2017 to 2021, during which time he met multiple minors over the internet. From December 2020 to March 2021, Cheves communicated online with a then 15- to 16-year-old Philippine mino... More...   $0 (10-24-2022 - VA)

Richmond, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Joshua Brian Romano, 40, owned various businesses that purchased, rehabilitated, and sold homes around Richmond. He funded this work via construction loans that were held in escrow in the trust account of a Chesterfield County law firm. The loans were earmarked for use by Romano only... More...   $0 (10-21-2022 - VA)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: OWPN, POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AFCF, in violation of 21 O.S. 1283
Date of Offense: 09/07/2021
Party Name Disposition Information
YOUNG, DEONTAY RESHAUN Disposed: CONVICTION, 10/21/2022. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AFCF(OWPN)
Violation of 21... More...   $0 (10-21-2022 - ok)

Syracuse, New York criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

James Mack, age 39, used his Honda Accord as a stash location for his drug trafficking operation. During a search of the defendant’s A... More...   $0 (10-21-2022 - NY)

Central Islip, New York criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally structuring financial transactions and payroll tax evasion.

“John Drago, age 58, operated his check cashing business as a haven for tax cheats like himself, concealing over $9.5 million from the federal government,â€� stated United States Attorney Peace. “Today’s sentence demonstrates that si... More...   $0 (10-21-2022 - NY)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder, a firearm felony and carjacking in Indian Country.

“Hunter Hobbs conspired with an accomplice to rob two acquaintances and then killed them so they couldn’t report the robbery to police. The week prior, the pair shot a complete stranger during an attempted carjacking,â€� said U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. â€... More...   $0 (10-21-2022 - OK)

Montgomery, Alabama criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Foreman’s conviction is a part of a larger drug conspiracy including seven other co-defendants and spanning multiple Alabama counties, including Covington and Crenshaw.

During the two-day trial, federal prosecutors presented evidence of a March 2019 phon... More...   $0 (10-20-2022 - AL)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempting to entice an individual he believed was a 14-year-old child and for possessing child pornography.

Bradley Scott Pickens, age 45, admitted in his plea agreement to knowingly possessing and accessing child sexual abuse material. Some of the depictions also included children under 12 years old. He further a... More...   $0 (10-20-2022 - OK)

Jacksonville, Florida criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

Raymond Reeves, age 22, from Jacksonville, was arrested by officers from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) after he was observed driving recklessly. After the traffic stop, JSO officers arrested Reeves and recovered a loaded 9mm pistol from the floorboard of his ... More...   $0 (10-18-2022 - FL)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendants charged with firearm felonies.

The following seven defendants appeared in federal court in separate and unrelated cases:

Sentencings:

ROBERT LEE FISHER, 49, of Yukon, Oklahoma, was sentenced on October 11, 2022, to 14 months in federal prison. According to public record, Fisher had an active victim’... More...   $0 (10-18-2022 - OK)

Boise, Idaho criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with producing child pornography in violation of of 18 U.S.C. 2251, which provides:

(a) Any person who employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any minor to engage in, or who has a minor assist any other person to engage in, or who transports any minor in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or in any Ter... More...   $0 (10-18-2022 - ID)