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United States of America v. Travis Kyle Mayer

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with engaging in sextortion and online sexual exploitation of minors.

Travis Kyle Mayer, 33, downloaded and received child pornography from a Russian-based child pornography distribution website. In 2018, Mayer sexually exploited a 15-year-old girl, through persuasion and coercion, using her to produce child po

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United States of America v. Brenton Cronebach, Jr.

Akron, Ohio criminal defense transportation of child pornography charge lawyer.

Brenton Cronebach, Jr., 56, of Dover, Ohio, was indicting for transporting child pornography.

“Accessing and transporting child pornography contributes to the abuse and exploitation of children here and around the world,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler. “Today’s senten

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United States of America v. Jacob Daylen Ross

Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with possession of child porn.

Jacob Daylen Ross, 47, of Marion, N.C., was convicted on five counts of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography

“Ross’s lengthy sentence reflects the depravity of his actions,” said U.S. Attorney King. “Perpetrators w

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Nathaniel Boyd v. The State of Texas

Fort Worth, Texas - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with three counts of aggravated sexual assault and two counts of indecency with a child charges.



1. Boyd moves in with A.R. and her mother

In January 2018, Boyd moved into his then-girlfriend’s apartment with her
daught

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United States of America v. Michael Schmeer

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged for downloading thousands of child sex abuses images and videos over the internet.

An investigation revealed that an IP address at Michael Schmeer’s residence was being used to download child sex abuse images and videos from a peer-to-peer file sharing network. On August 12, 2020, investigators conducted a cou

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United States of America v. Charles Paul Jansen

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of child porn.

Charles Paul Jansen, 36, of Pittsfield, was indicted for distribution of child pornography,

On April 11, 2020, an undercover officer (UC) was conducting an investigation on Kik in an attempt to identify individuals using the platform to exchange child sexual abuse materi

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United States of America v. Jason McCraw

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with receipt of child pornography.

Jason McCraw, age 47, of O’Fallon, Missouri, pleaded guilty.

According to the plea agreement, on November 26, 2019, a social networking application reported its detection of twenty-six images of child pornography on an account belonging to McCraw. On June 10, 202

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Jonathan Eliazar Merlo v. Victor Manuel Lopez

Houston, Texas - Family law, divorce lawyer represented an annulment.



n December 2015, Merlo, a resident of Nicaragua, and Lopez, a resident of
the United States, met online. After corresponding for a few months, Lopez traveled
to Nicaragua to meet Merlo in person. The men decided to continue their
relationship, la

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United States of America v. Thomas Owens Child Sexual Predator

Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with distribution and possession of child pornography charges.



I. Background
A. The BitTorrent Network and Torrential Downpour
Receptor
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing network that is
used to distribute large amounts of data over the Interne

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United States of America v. Edward Walker

Miami, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with sex trafficking by force or coercion.

A New Haven, Connecticut man who coerced two women and a girl into selling themselves for sex in Miami during Super Bowl LIV was sentenced yesterday in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to 25 years’ imprisonment.

The sentence of 48-year-old Edward Walker follows his convictio

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United States of America v. David John Alcock

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually exploiting a child.

David John Alcock, 48, of Citrus Heights, indicted for for sexual exploitation of a child.

According to court documents, Alcock sexually abused a 13-year-old victim for months, producing multiple visual depictions of those acts. Alcock sent at least one video recording o

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United States of America v. Jacob Matthew Medina

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.

Jacob Matthew Medina, 29, of Glendale, Arizona, was charged with conspiring to possess fentanyl and heroin with intent to distribute, in connection with an Internet-based drug trafficking operation.

In November 2018, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service began an investigatio

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United States of America v. Charles Walter Christopher

Rock Island, Illinois criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with coercion or enticement of a minor female.

Charles Walter Christopher, 43, from A West Liberty, Iowa, was sentenced on December 15, 2021, to a total of 264 months in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for attempted enticement of a minor and committing a sex offense while a registered

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United States of America v. Carey Ackies a/k/a Boyd

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with two counts of conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine base charges. His appeal challenges: denials of motions to suppress two warrants obtained by law enforcement and evidence obtained from his warrantless arrest, evidence rulings at his trial, and his sentence.

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United States of America v. Shawn Sayer

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a one count of cyberstalking charge.



We briefly summarize the relevant facts and procedural course of this case.

After Jane Doe3 ended her relationship with Sayer in January 2006, Sayer stalked and harassed her for various years,
causing her to seek a

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United States of America v. David Howard Babit

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with coercing children to commit sexual acts.

David Howard Babit, 49, utilized the Internet applications LiveMe, ooVoo, Skype, and Snapchat to contact and manipulate two 12-year-old children to create and send child sexual abuse images. He used an alias when speaking with the victims, pretending to be a 16-year-old

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United States of America v. Hunter Daniel Secrest

Sacramento, California criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs on the Internet.

Hunter Daniel Secrest, 27, formerly of San Francisco, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

According to court documents, Secrest and his co-conspira

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United States of America v. John T. Earnest

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Obstruction of Hate Crimes, including Free Exercise of Religious Beliefs, Attempted Damage to Religious Property, and Using and Carrying a Firearm During and In Relation to a Crime of Violence.

John T. Earnest, a California man who entered the Chabad of Poway on April 27, 2019, opened fire and killed one woma

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United States of America v. Glenn Chin

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with committing mail fraud and violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO") charge.



WBUR filed this motion in the criminal case against New
England Compounding Center ("NECC") supervisory pharmacist Glenn
Chin. He had been charged w

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United States of America v. Russell James Anderson-Baldwin

St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged for producing child porn.

Russell James Anderson-Baldwin, 39, used Instagram, Snapchat, and other online messaging apps to communicate with a minor victim. Between December 2019 and August 2020, Anderson-Baldwin coerced the minor to create sexually explicit videos. In total, Anderson-Baldwin created approximately

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United States of America v. Brett Blomme

Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with possession of child porn.

Brett Blomme, 39, Cottage Grove, Wisconsin was indicted for distributing child pornography. At the time he committed this offense, Blomme was a Milwaukee County Children’s Court judge.

On January 28, 2021, the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investig

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United States of America v. Dakota Olson

East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with possession of child porn.

Dakota Olson, 27, was charged with one count of transportation of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.

According to court documents and statements made in federal court, Olson came to the attention of
law enforcement based on a cyber

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United States of America v. Marcus Antwan Gambrell and Kevin Rudolph

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor.

Marcus Antwan Gambrell, 30, of Raleigh, was indicted for manufacturing child pornography. Gambrell and co-defendant Kevin Rudolph were charged in a four-count superseding indictment on April 7, 2020. The indictment charged both men with sex trafficking of a minor and using the i

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United States of America v. Brittany Berry

Syracuse, New York criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child.

Brittany Berry, age 27, of Marathon, New York was charged with sexual exploitation of a child.

As part of her previously entered guilty plea, Brittany Berry admitted that she conspired with Lawrence Berry (who was sentenced in November to 30 years’ imprisonment for h

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United States of America v. Estevan Antonio

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with Sexual Abuse.

Estevan Antonio, 26, of Acoma, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Acoma Pueblo, was charged with sexual abuse.

Antonio pleaded guilty on June 28, 2019. According to the plea agreement, on the night of July 5, 2017, and into the morning of July 6, 2017, Antonio sexually abus

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