| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Jermaine Turner |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with kidnapping and assault. Turner accused of kidnapping and assaulting a woman he knew between Jan. 27 and Jan. 28. Police said the victim was driven to a bank during the incident to withdraw money, where she was able to alert employees to contact police. Turner was found in possession of a firearm at the t $ (02-01-2026 - PA) |
| State of Tennessee v. Austin Robert Drummond |
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Jackson, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of first-degree murder, one count of aggravated kidnapping and weapons offenses. Austin Robert Drummond, 28, was taken into custody amid a search, and accused of parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found abandoned in a front yard. $ (08-05-2025 - TN) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Jose Rodrigo Neri-Alberran |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with first-degree rape, kidnapping, and first degree burglary. $ (01-21-2026 - OK) |
| United States of America v. Kenneth Wayne Toney |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition and Drug Conspiracy. Kenneth Wayne Toney, 41, was indicted in 2024 after being found in possession of a stolen firearm. During a routine traffic stop, Toney claimed he was driving a borrowed car and stated that he did not have a driver's license. After further $ (01-16-2026 - OK) |
| State of Ohio v. William Brock |
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Springfield, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged murder, felonious assault and kidnapping. William Brock, age 83 fatally shot Lo-Letha Toland-Hall, age 61, in 2024 after wrongly assuming she was involved in plot to rob him Brock claimed self defense. $ (01-16-2026 - OH) |
| United States of America v. Talisa Manuella Munoz |
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Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international kidnapping. Talisa Manuella Munoz, failed to return the boy to his father as required by the final parenting plan. She secretly flew to Panama after using false documents to get the child a passport. Munoz, was supposed to return the child to his father on September 8, 2025, following a weeke $ (01-18-2026 - WA) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Arturo Durant |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABDGR, ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, in violation of 21 O.S. 652(C) Date of Offense: 07/20/2024 DURANT, ARTURO Disposed: CONVICTION, 01/15/2026. Nolo Contendere Plea Count as Disposed: ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON(ABDGR) Violation of 21 O.S. 652(C) Count # $ (01-15-2026 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Ricardo Alexiz Galarza |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder and assault and battery with a deadly weapon. KRMG: "TULSA, Okla. — A teenager who police arrested for a fatal 2024 shootout where one teenager was killed and another was critically injured entered a guilty plea on Friday. Ricardo Galarza was arrested for a shootout that occurred at an ea $ (01-16-2026 - ok) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Jarrell Dominique Jones and Devyn Kole Smith |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer Miranda Snodgrass represents Jarrell Dominique Jones who is charged with felony murder in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7, which provides: A. A person commits murder in the first degree when that person unlawfully and with malice aforethought causes the death of another human being. Malice is that deliberate intention unlawfully to take away the life of a hum $ (01-16-2026 - OK) |
| United States of America v. Robert Lee Harrison, Jr. |
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of ammunition, attempted kidnapping and carjacking. On April 6, 2022, a federal grand jury charged ROBERT LEE HARRISON JR., 52, of Oklahoma City, with illegal possession of ammunition, carjacking, kidnapping, and use and discharge of a firearm during the carjacking. On January 11, $ (01-14-2026 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Brandi Ladonna Gentry |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: KID, KIDNAPPING, in violation of 21 O.S. 741 Date of Offense: 12/09/2024 GENTRY, BRANDI LADONNA Disposed: CONVICTION, 01/13/2026. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: KIDNAPPING(KID) Violation of 21 O.S. 741 Count # 2. Count as Filed: HDRO, INTERFERENCE WITH EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CA $ (01-13-2026 - OK) |
| United States of America v. Ricardo Francisco Ordaz |
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Charlottesville, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers Jessica Fay Phillips and Rhonda Quafliana represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and illegally transporting aliens resulting in death. Ricardo Franco Ordaz, 26, of Cedar Creek, Texas, arranged to transport victims from an area near the United States-Mexico border and bring them to a stash house near Austin, Texas. Once there, Ordaz, $ (01-09-2026 - VA) |
| State of New York v. Rasi Vendryes |
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Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged kidnapping, assaulting and sexually abusing a woman. Rasi Vendryes, 48, of Queens, has been arraigned on an indictment for allegedly kidnapping, assaulting and sexually abusing a 25-year-old woman in an East New York area commonly known as the “Penn Track,” a stretch of roadway along Pennsylvania Avenue near Malta S $ (01-12-2026 - NY) |
| State of Florida v. Natalie Fonseca and Nafis Reynolds |
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Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with attempted first-degree murder, kidnapping, carjacking, robbery, arson, and tampering with evidence. The Defendant beat and robbed a man, cut his throat, and threw him off a bridge, but he survived. $ (01-11-2026 - FL) |
| United States of America v. Kari Eugene Leslie |
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Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with with sexual abuse and kidnapping. Karl Eugene Leslie, 42, of Whiteriver, Arizona, is charged in a 15-count indictment, returned Dec. 23, 2025, with Aggravated Sexual Abuse, Kidnapping (including one count of Kidnapping-Victim Under 18), Sexual Abuse through Fear, Sexual Abuse through Coercion, and Deprivation of Ri $ (01-08-2026 - AZ) |
| State of South Carolina v. Tony Middleton |
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Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Dfendant, Tony Middleton, 35, charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a weapon by a prohibited person. A.I. Google: In South Carolina, "first-degree murder" isn't a distinct statutory term; rather, murder is defined as a killing with malice aforethought, leading to penalties of 30 ye $ (12-30-2025 - SC) |
| State of North Carolina v. Corey Thomas Powell |
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Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder. A.I. Google: North Carolina first-degree murder is the most serious homicide charge (a Class A felony), defined under G.S. § 14-17(a) as any killing that is willful, deliberate, and premeditated. A conviction results in a mandatory sentence of either life imprisonment without the po $ (12-11-2025 - NC) |
| United States of America v. William Kuduk |
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking and hiring gunmen to protect his illegal activities and unemployment wire fraud. William Kuduk, age 38, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was found responsible for trafficking over 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) of marijuana from his used car dealership. He also trafficked over five kilograms o $ (12-23-2025 - PA) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Melvin Tyrone Perry |
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with First Degree Murder, Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon, Kidnapping, Second Degree Burglary, and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, all After Former Conviction of Two or More Felonies. Melvin Tyrone Perry, appellant, was convicted of First Degree Murder, Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon, Kidnapping, Second Deg $ (11-02-1988 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Kenneth Ray Kinchion |
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit a Felony, Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon and ; First Degree Murder; Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon and Felonious Possession of a Firearm. ¶1 Appellant Kenneth Ray Kinchion was tried by jury and found guilty of Conspiracy to Commit a Felony, Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon (Counts 1 a $ (12-12-2003 - OK) |
| United States of America v. Elga Eugene Harper |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Kidnapping in Indian Country; Aggravated Sexual Abuse by Force and Threat in Indian Country; Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country; and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury in Indian Country. In May 2022, Elga Eugene Harper, age 43, showed up at Ellen Finlay's (Ellie) $ (12-23-2025 - OK) |
| State of North Carolina v. Cheyenne D. Woods |
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Lumberton, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged withf first-degree murder, discharging a weapon into occupied property, robbery with a dangerous weapon, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a stolen firearm, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, robbery with a dangerous weapon, second-degree kidnapping, and malicious conduct of a prison $ (12-19-2025 - NC) |
| United States of America v. Brawins Dominique Suarez Villegas, a/k/a “Chino San Vicente,” and Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, a/k/a “Jovani San Vicente,” a/k/a “El Viejo” |
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Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with: 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), Racketeering Conspiracy 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), Hobbs Act Robbery Conspiracy 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951(a) and 2, Hobbs Act Robbery, Aiding and Abetting 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A)(ii) and 2, Using and Carrying a Firearm During a Crime of Violence, Which Was Discharged, Aiding and Abetting $ (12-19-2025 - CO) |
| United States of America v. Victor Sanchez, et al. |
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Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with one kidnapping, two shootings, illegal firearms sales, and trafficking of narcotics, including methamphetamine cocaine, fentanyl, and carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 100 times more powerful than fentanyl. The defendants arrested today include: Victor Sanchez, 24, a.k.a. “Pollo” and “Chicken,” o $ (12-18-2025 - CA) |
| United States of America v. Colby Smith |
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Akron, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapped two individuals at gunpoint in two different carjacking incidents in the greater Dayton area. Colby Smith, 32, has been in local law enforcement custody since the day of the alleged crimes. He is now charged federally with kidnapping, carjacking and using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Ac $ (12-16-2025 - OH) |
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