Kidnapping Law
 
United States of America v. Tyrico Devonte Bowens

Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felon in possession of a firearm.

TYRICO DEVONTE BOWENS, age 30, of Durham, was sentenced to a 120-month term of imprisonment by the Honorable William L. Osteen, Jr., United States District Judge in the United States District Court for the MDNC. He pleaded guilty on September 29, 2023, to felon in p

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United States of America v. Augusto Mateo Francisco

Buffalo, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant who was charged with kidnapping.

Augusto Mateo Francisco, 32, of Dunkirk, NY, facilitated the illegal entry of Guatemalan migrants into the United States and helped transport them to the Dunkirk area, where he would provide them with housing and work at area farms. Francisco would charge the migrants for their housing, ri

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State of Texas v. Carlos Jaile

El Paso, Texas defendant was charged with child sexual abuse.

Carlos Jaile was charged with aggravated sexual assault and kidnapping,

The Texas Court of Appeals - El Paso described the case against Jaile as follows:

"On August 3, 1987, the eight-year-old complainant was abducted, taken to a secluded area of El Paso and sexually assaulted by a man she did not know. The ac

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Gerald Wayne Davis v. Fred Zain, et al.

Charleston, West Virginia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.

Gerald Wayne Davis was wrongfully charged and convicted for kidnapping, sexual assault, and sexual abuse as a result of perjured forensic evidence give at trial by Defendant Fred Zain.

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State of West Virginia v. Gerald Wayne Davis

Charleston, West Virginia defendant was charged with sexual assault and kidnapping.

Gerald Wayne Davis, age 26, and, his father Dewey Davis, were charged with abducting, sexually abusing and sexually assaulting a woman.


The Supreme Court of Appeals for West Virginia described the case against Davis as follows:

"The charges against the appellant arose primarily from

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State of New Jersey v. Earl Berryman

Newark, New Jersey defendant was charged with Kidnapping and sexual assault.

Earl Berryman was kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Hispanic woman in Mary 1983 in Newark, New Jersey.


March 11, 1983 was Alice Campos' eighteenth birthday. According to Campos, she and her friend, Christina Dos Santos, went to a club called "Studio One" in Newark, New Jersey, where a group of be

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State of Michigan v. Shanda Vander Ark

Norton Shores, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with open murder and first-degree child abuse.

Shanda Vander Ark, was accused of killing her 15-year-old son Timothy Ferguson in violation of 750.316 of the Michigan Penal Code, which provides:

(1) Except as provided in sections 25 and 25a of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175

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State of Arizona v. Debra Jean Milke

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Plaintiff who was charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, kidnapping, and child abuse.

On the last evening of his short life, Christopher Milke saw Santa Claus at the mall. He woke up the next morning begging his mother to let him go again. Debra agreed and sent Christopher to the mall with her roomma

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United States of America v. Wilmer Rivera-Hernandez

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate travel with intent to engage in a sex act with a minor.

Wilmer Rivera-Hernandez pleaded guilty Aug. 24. and was sentenced to 600 months in federal prison. At the hearing, the court heard additional information including a statement from the victim describing her transformation from a young, innocent

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State of Vermont v. Stacey Vaillancourt

Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter.

The State of Vermont accused Stacy Vaillancourt with manslaughter as a result of the death of a 6-month-old Harper Rose Briar at her child care business in Rutland. The cause of death was said to be an overdose of a sedative.

Defendant pled not guilty and denied that she was the person

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State of Oklahoma v. Patrick Dean Medlin

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant who was charged with:
Count # 1.
Count as Filed: RAPE, RAPE BY INSTRUMENTATION - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1114A
Date of Offense: 04/25/2020
MEDLIN, PATRICK DEAN
Disposed: CONVICTION, 11/27/2023. Jury Trial
Count as Disposed: RAPE BY INSTRUMENTATION - FIRST DEGREE(RAPE)
Violation of 21 O.S.

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United States of America v. Erik Maund, Bryon Brockway, and Adam Carey

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit murder for hire.

Erik Maund, Bryon Brockway, and Adam Carey were charged with engaging in a conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, kidnapping resulting in death and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Rob McGuire called the verdict was justice for Williams'

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United States of America v. Samuel Wayne Bolling, Jr.

Hot Springs, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping of a minor female.

Samuel Wayne Bolling Jr., age 40 and Dayla Diane Ferrer, age 21, entered into an agreement to kidnap a minor female in an attempt to extort money from her relatives. On April 18, 2022, Ferrer approached the minor female in the downtown area of Hot Springs, Arkansas and req

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Vladek Filler v. Hancock County, et al.

Concluding that a defendant committed the tort of malicious prosecution, the Court awards $1,769,354 in compensatory, economic, and punitive damages in favor of a man the defendant falsely accused of committing gross sexual assaults and assaults against his then wife. The Court's verdict and judgment runs against his now ex-wife's friend, who conspired with his wife to concoct the allegations that

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State of New Mexico v. William Smith

Albuquerque, New Mexico defendant was charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

Smith met Cari Talton, age 26, and Leslie McDonnell, age 18, on August 8 at a party at Smith's house.

On August 12, 1977, the bodies of Talton and McDonnell were found in a corral near Mountainair in Torrance County, New Mexico. Both women had been shot to death with a shotgun. Autopsies indi

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United States of America v. Richard Thomas Ball

Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking three adult females by force, fraud, and coercion and kidnapping one of the adult females; 30 years for sexual exploitation and attempted sexual exploitation of a minor female; and 10 years for conspiracy to distribute marijuana.

Richard Thomas Ball, 47, used deceptive and coercive tactics as

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United States of America v. Allen Posey, et al.

Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute drugs, murder, kidnapping, and assault.

"The Simon City Royals terrorized Mississippi prisons and communities for far too long,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. "These convict

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Norma Anderson, et al. v. Jena Griswold, in her official capacity as Colorado Secretary of State and Donald J. Trump

Denver, constitutional law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant seeking a declaratory judgment that Donald Trump violated the 14th Amendment on January 5, 2021 and should be barred from serving as President again.

Petitioners Norma Anderson, Michelle Priola, Claudine Cmarada, Krista Kafer, Kathi
Wright, and Christopher Castilian, eligible Colorado electors, bring t

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State of Georgia v. Kenneth Chesebro

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to filed false documents.

Kenneth Chesebro, a former attorney for Donald Trump was charged under Georgia's racketeering laws for his involvement with others who were trying to change the outcome of the 2020 election for President in Georgia.

"Georgia racketeering law, codified at O.C.G.A.

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State of Oklahoma v. Christopher Lee Young

Guthrie, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: ENTB, Breaking and Entering, in violation of 21 O.S. 1438
Date of Offense: 12/28/2022
Young, Christopher Lee
Disposed: CONVICTION, 10/02/2023. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: Breaking and Entering(ENTB)
Violation of 21 O.S. 1438
Count # 2.
Count as Filed:

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United States of America v. Jeffrey Carl Cunningham

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual assault abuse of a minor under the age of 12 in Indian Country in violation of 18 USC 1151, 1153, and 2241(c).

18 U.S.C. 1151 provides:

Except as otherwise provided in sections 1154 and 1156 of this title, the term "Indian country”, as used in this chapter, means (a) all land w

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United States of America v. Krystal Diane Pinkins

Anniston, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder, robbery, and unlawful use of a firearm during a crime of violence.

On August 14, 2022, a couple who were college students from Florida, were driving to Cheaha State Park, in Clay County, Alabama, to hike to see the waterfalls. The couple were flagged down by Yasmine Marie Adel Hider, 21, to help "jum

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United States of America v. Wayne D. Lozier

Saint Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping.

Wayne D. Lozier Jr., now 44, of the New Orleans area, was charged with two felony counts.

Testimony and evidence presented at trial, including from Lozier's body camera, showed that the victim had an arrest warrant from the 22nd Judicial District Court in St. Tammany Parish for two

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State of Oklahoma v. Hakeem Deangelo Elliott

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

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: BRG1, BURGLARY - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1431
Date of Offense: 09/10/2022
ELLIOTT, HAKEEM DEANGELO
Disposed: CONVICTION, 09/18/2023. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: AMENDED TO - BURGLARY - SECOND DEGREE(BRG2)
Violation of 21 O.S. 1435
Count #

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United States of America v. John Edward Miller

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate violent threats to family or federal official in violation of 18 U.S.C. 115, which provides:

(a)
(1) Whoever—
(A) assaults, kidnaps, or murders, or attempts or conspires to kidnap or murder, or threatens to assault, kidnap or murder a member of the immediate family of a United State

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