Kidnapping Law
 
State of Louisiana v. Jonovan Parker

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Jonovan Parker, who was charged with second-degree murder and obstruction of justice.

Jonvan Parker, age 23, was accused of shooting and killing Renard Matthews on June 25, 2018.

Defendant pleaded not guilty and Defense counsel showed by the State's eye witness could not have seen the shooter, as he claimed.

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MAKAYLA N. MCNULTY V. SEAN T. MCNULTY

Lincoln, NE - Divorce lawyer represented appellant with appealing the decree dissolving his marriage.



Sean and Makayla were married in August 2016 in Gothenburg, Dawson County,
Nebraska. At the time of their marriage, the parties lived in Colorado, but they moved to Sidney,
Cheyenne County,

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Tyquan Atkinson

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree and third-degree murder.

Tyquan Atkinson, age 22, was charged with shooting and killing 20-year-old Nicholas Flacco who was shot in the chest in March 2021 in FDR park.

Defendant testified on his own behalf.

The State claimed that the Falacco was killed in revenge for after

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State of South Carolina v. Lewis "Trey" Branche, III

Beaufort, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Lewis "Trey" Branche, III was accused of killing his girlfriend Kristen Bennett on September 4, 2018.

Defendant's counsel admitted that that his client shot and killed the victim.

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United States of America v. Nachman Helbrans and Mayer Rosner

New York, New York criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with child sexual exploitation offenses and kidnapping.

Nachman Helbrans and Mayer Rosner, were leaders of an extremist religious sect called Lev Tahor, masterminded a scheme to kidnap a 14-year-old girl (“Minor-1”) and a 12-year-old boy (“Minor-2”) from their mother in Woodridge, New York. The defendants

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State of Oklahoma v. CARLTON RYDELL JONES, Defendant.

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney represented Defendant, charged with:
ROBBERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON, in violation of 21 O.S. 801
Date of Offense: 12/30/2020

Count # 1. Count as Filed: RBDW, ROBBERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON, in violation of 21 O.S. 801
Date of Offense: 12/30/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
JONES, CARLTON RYDELL Disposed: CONVICTIO

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State of Ohio v. Brandon Jonathan Eagle

Washington, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with kidnapping and second degree robbery.

Brandon Jonathan Engle, 28, was indicted for on or about Aug. 30, 2018, Engle “did by force, threat or deception knowingly, under circumstances creating a substantial risk of serious physical harm” to the victim, “restrain the liberty of” the victim” and “did not r

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The People v. Matthew Muller

Vallejo, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with robbery of an inhabited dwelling, residential burglary and false imprisonment.

Matthew Muller pleaded no contest to two counts of forcible rape of Denise Huskins, who was dragged from her Vallejo home in 2015, the county district attorney’s office said.

Muller was charged and convicted of kidnapping

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State of Colorado v. Robert Fergus-Jean

Breckenridge, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with first-degree attempted murder, first-degee assault.

Robert Fergus_Jean was charged with first-degree attempted murder for firing six shots at his roommate and friend Stephen Darley through Darley's bedroom door in Vail.

Defendant claimed self defense.


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United States of America v. Charles Gloriosos

Ashland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with kidnapping and sexual assault.

On July 10, 2020, and the early hours of July 11, 2020, Charles Glorioso, age 53, from Portsmouth, Ohio and Nathan Welch kidnapped a woman at knifepoint. The victim was driving the two men in her vehicle, from Portsmouth, into Greenup County, Kentucky. There, the victim testified, bot

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State of Oklahoma v. Lloyd Daniel Cole

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: FE1A, ENDANGERING OTHERS WHILE ELUDING POLICE OFFICER, in violation of 21 O.S. 540A (B)
Date of Offense: 09/02/2021
Party Name Disposition Information
COLE, LLOYD DANIEL Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/08/2022. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: ENDANGERING OTHERS WHILE ELUD

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United States of America v. James Dean Cloud

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder.

A federal jury convicted James Cloud, 37, of White Swan, Washington, on four counts of First Degree Murder. The jury also returned guilty verdicts against James Cloud for Carjacking, two counts of Brandishing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence, Kidnapping a M

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United States of America v. James Cloud

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with four counts of first-degree murder.

On March 9, 2022, a federal jury convicted James Cloud, 37, of White Swan, Washington, on four counts of First Degree Murder. The jury also returned guilty verdicts against James Cloud for Carjacking, two counts of Brandishing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence,

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State of Texas v. Darius Fields

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping and murder.

Darius Fields, age 31, was accused for kidnapping and killing a 13-year-old girl in retaliation for stolen drugs.

The State alleged that Fields was the kingpin of a lucrative drug operation and the mastermind behind the kidnapping of the child.

Michael Titus field was also mur

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United States of America v. William Stepanyan and Harutyun Harry Chalikyan

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with conspiracy and hate crime charges for attacking five victims inside a restaurant while shouting ethnic slurs, hurling chairs at the victims and threatening to kill them.

William Stepanyan, 23, of Glendale, and Harutyun Harry Chalikyan, 24, of Tujung, were charged with committing hate crimes in violation o

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United States of America v. Edgar Adrian Hernandez Lemus and Junior Almendarez Martinez

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with kidnapping.

Edgar Adrian Hernandez Lemus, 23, of the Central-Alameda neighborhood in Los Angeles and Junior Almendarez Martinez, 23, of Watts were charged for engaging in a conspiracy and kidnapping for ransom.

At the conclusion of a three-day jury trial in November 2021, Lemus was foun

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State of New York v. Micahel R. Zakrzewski

Ballston Spa, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping in the second degree, strangulation in the second degree, aggravated family offense, unlawful imprisonment in the second degree, criminal contempt in the first degree, witness tampering in the fourth degree, and assault in the third degree and criminal contempt in the second degree.

Michael R. Zak

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United States of America v. Lisa Miller

Buffalo, New York criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with international parental kidnapping.

Lisa Miller, 53, formerly of Virginia, pleaded guilty to international parental kidnapping, which carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Defendant Miller was in a civil union with Janet Jenkins under Vermont law. Miller was artificiall

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Wanda Cooper v. Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William Bryan

Brunswick, Georgia civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Decedent Ahmaud Arbery, who sued Defendants claiming $9,999,999 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of the wrongful death of Mr. Aubrey at the hands of the McMichaels and Bryan.

Following a two-week trial, three Georgia men were convicted today by a federal jury in t

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State of Michigan v. George Cunningham and Jon Stygler

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with kidnapping.

George Cunningham, 56, and Jon Stygler, 70, kidnapped a 5-year-old boy from his home and attempted for flee to Canada.

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Patrick Berrane vs State of Florida

Tallahassee, FL - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with third-degree murder, two counts of false imprisonment, and grand theft of a motor vehicle.



On the day of the fatal shooting, a friend of Appellant, Mr.
Briggs, discovered Facebook messages in which the murder victim
discussed robbi

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United States of America v. Derek Lee Lovell

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempted kidnapping, assault with intent to commit a felony and witness tampering.

Derek Lee Lovell, 37, was sentenced to 80 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release.

“Derek Lovell assaulted his partner, attempted to drag her to their car against her will, then tried to man

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State of Kansas v. Isain Lopez

Manhattan, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with 10 felony accounts including aggravate kidnapping, robbery, aggravated batter, aggravated domest battery and criminal threat.


Isain Lopez, age 24, was charged with multiple felonies.

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State of Oklahoma v. Rebecca Latane Hogue

Norman, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE BY PERMITTING CHILD ABUSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7:

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 human being

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United States of America v. Douglas Edward Bennett

Tampa, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with identity theft and felony possession of a firearm.

Douglas Edward Bennett (77, Clearwater) was indicted for assuming another’s identity, applying for a passport in that identity, and possessing firearms as a convicted felon.

According to court documents, in 1975, a Connecticut jury convicted Bennett of

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