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United States of America v. Andrew Charles Beard

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with cyberstalking using a dangerous weapon resulting in death and with discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.

“If you looked up evil in the dictionary, you would see Andrew Charles Beard, age 35, stabbing his wife in a parking lot. His crimes are gut wrenching and shock the conscience. I am very proud of t

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United States of America v. Randall Dwight Holden, II

Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with interception of oral communications.

Randall Dwight Holden II, age 33, admitted to secretly recording a video of a woman engaged in sexually explicit conduct in her Logan County home on November 25, 2017. The video was later uploaded to the internet without the victim’s knowledge. The video was one of s

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United States of America v. Vincent Deritis

Statesville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography.

Trial evidence and witness testimony, between October 29, 2018, and March 17, 2019, Vincent Deritis, age 33, secretly recorded a minor while the minor was exiting the shower. On April 3, 2019, law enforcement executed a search warrant a

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United States of America v. Rodney Kent a/k/a "Hot Rodd"

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sex trafficking, arising from his forcible coercion of a minor to engage in prostitution.

In September 2018, Rodney Kent a/k/a "Hot Rodd" was charged by Indictment for sex trafficking of a minor via force, fraud and coercion stemming from his actions to traffic the victim. The defendant and the victim fi

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United States of America v. Bryan David Somers

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with receipt and distribution of child pornography. Prior to his arrest, Somers was an EMT and a substitute teacher at a local elementary school.

Bryan David Somers “[b]y receiving and distributing these images, Somers participated in the continuing abuse and exploitation of children,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K.

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United States of America v. Gary Lynn Hammonds

Greeneville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with knowingly distributing child pornography, knowingly receiving child pornography and knowingly possessing child pornography involving a child less than 12 years of age.

Gary Lynn Hammonds, age 53, of Kingsport, Tennessee, possessed over 1,000 videos and images containing child pornography on a laptop computer

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United States of America v. Aaron William Butcher

Council Bluffs, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with receipt of child pornography.

In February of 2021, a cybertip was sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding child pornography being uploaded to a Dropbox account. The email address was traced to Aaron William Butcher, age 34, in Atlantic, Iowa, and law enforcement obtaine

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United States of America v. Thomas James Israel and Max Schafer

Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with exploiting four children between October 2019 and August 2020. One of the victims was exploited by both Israel and Schafer during separate incidents. Israel previously pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child and distribution of child sexual abuse material. On November 15, 2021, Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pra

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United States of America v. Timothy W. Wright

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sexually exploiting at least five minors and possessing child pornography.

Timothy W. Wright admitted to placing a hidden camera in the bathroom of his home, thereby producing pornographic images of two minors via that hidden camera. To save videos or images of the minors from the hidden camera to his phone, Wright

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United States of America v. Marissa L. Kiser

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.

The defendant moved for judgment of acquittal during trial after the close of the government's case-in-chief and again after the close of all of the evidence. The court reserved decision on the motions, Fed. R. Crim. P. 29(b), and the defendant was thereafter convicted by

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M.O. v. GEICO Insurance Company and Government Employees Insurance Company

Kansas City, Missouri insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant seeking confirmation of an arbitration award in her favor.

In November of 2017, M.O. and Insured began a romantic relationship. Effective at that
time was an automobile insurance policy issued by GEICO to Insured.

On February 25, 2021, M.O. submitted to GEICO a copy of a petition she intended

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United States of America v. Eddie Gomez

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with two counts of aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country. Gomez pleaded guilty on Feb. 28, 2022.

Between May 28, 20212, and May 27, 2014, Eddie Gomez, age 30, of Albuquerque, sexually abused Jane Doe 1 in her home on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation. Gomez also admitted to sexually abusing Jane Doe 2 on Nov.

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United States of America v. Jason Metz

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distributing heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and crack.

In May 2020, the DEA New Haven Task Force and Waterbury Police Department began an investigation into a drug trafficking organization that was distributing large amounts of heroin, cocaine and crack in the Waterbury area, and was believed to be headed by Zach

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United States of America v. Jason Proulx

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sexually exploiting a minor and transporting child pornography.

Jason Proulx, 44, pleaded guilty on September 27, 2021.

According to court records, in 2016 or 2017, Proulx recorded sexually explicit videos of a girl who was seven or eight years old at the time. In July 2019, Proulx uploaded the videos t

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United States of America v. Bryan David Somers

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with receipt and distribution of child pornography. Prior to his arrest, Somers was an EMT and a substitute teacher at a local elementary school.

“By receiving and distributing these images, Somers participated in the continuing abuse and exploitation of children,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. “The pic

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United States of America v. Judd Evans Ballard

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distribution of child pornography.

An investigation began after Yahoo reported that child pornography had been uploaded to two Yahoo accounts. The report was assigned to the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (“ICAC”) Task Force for investigation. ICAC determined that the accounts belonged to Judd Evans Ballar

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United States of America v. Lorenzo Jimenez Alanis

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distributing methamphetamine, along with downloading and possessing a large collection of child pornography.

Lorenzo Jimenez Alanis, 47, of Mabton, Washington, was a source of supply for pound level quantities of methamphetamine associated with a drug trafficking organization operating directly out of Mexico.

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United States of America v. Derrick Lamont Jones

Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit auto theft.

From 2003 through 2019, Derrick Lamont Jones, ate 57, of Toledo, conspired together with codefendant Kelly Marie Thomas to steal, conceal and transport motorcoach buses. Court records state that between April 2003 and April 2009, Jones stole several buses from businesses in Ohio and e

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United States of America v. Louis D. Coleman, III

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with kidnapping and murder.

Coleman, 35, of Providence, R.I., was convicted following a jury trial of the federal charge of kidnapping resulting in death. U.S. Chief District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV scheduled sentencing for Sept. 22, 2022. Coleman was arrested and charged in March 2019 and was subsequently

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United States of America v. Daniel Hendricks

Casper, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with production of child pornography.

Daniel Hendricks, age 33, of Casper, Wyoming, came to the attention of law enforcement when Facebook reported that he was sharing child pornography on its platform. The Wyoming Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force acted swiftly to execute search warrants on Hendricks

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United States of America v. Daniel Gary Archibald

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distribution of child pornography.

In May 2020, the residence of Daniel Gary Archibald, 45, was searched by detectives with the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children task force. The search was conducted at Archibald’s Rexburg residence after receiving information that he was chatting with a 14-year-old girl on

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United States of America v. Fainyan Kain James Kimmerly

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with persuading a 13-year-old to produce sexual images of the 13-year-old and send the images to the Defendant.

In the summer of 2019, Fainyan Kain James Kimmerly, age 22, of Spoken, used Facebook to communicate with a 13-year-old whom he knew to be a minor. In a series of Facebook Messenger communications, Kimmerly

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United States of America v. Joshua James Duggar

Fayetteville, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with receiving material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Joshua James Duggar, 34, of Springdale, repeatedly downloaded and viewed images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children, including images of prepubescent children and depictions of sadistic abuse. Duggar, a former reality tel

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United States of America v. Willis Lewis and Brittany Jones

Washington, DC: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, sex trafficking of minors, and related offenses.

Willis Lewis, age 48, and Brittany Jones, age 32, were indicted for sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, sex trafficking of minors, and related offenses, in connection with their trafficking of a 15-year-old

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United States of America v. Daniel Lee Ogorzolka

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with receipt of child porn.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents executed a search warrant in July 2019 at the residence of Daniel Lee Ogorzolka, 70. Two devices were seized that contained over 25 videos and over 2,000 images of prepubescent children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Ogorzolk

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