Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Jay Husbands represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. On June 6, 2025, officers with the Lawton Police Department responded to a home after receiving reports of shots fired. When officers arrived, they observed Steven Lynn England, age 32, of Lawton, Oklahoma, in the front yard arguing with a woman and dis

Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manufacturing of and possession with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone, a Schedule I controlled substance, within 1,000 feet of a playground. Derrick Jones, age 44, of Arvada, Colorado, purchased precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of alpha-PVP and had t

Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer Michael Becker represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Adepoju Babtunde Salako, 34, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was part of a conspiracy that stole more than $5 million in funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, and 30 state unemployment programs through several

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with posting threats against then President Biden and Vice President Harris on the social media site X. On December 22, 2023, Michael David Hanson, 44, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, posted “#joeAndKamala I’m asking you to resign on Monday your alternative is death brutally murdered…” on one of his X accounts.

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Mughith Faisal, age 29, of Glendale, Arizona, enaged in a sophisticated fraud scheme against Amazon. Abdullah Alwan, 28, of Surprise, Arizona, was an employee of Amazon working in the company’s logistics division. After leaving the company in 2021, Alwan used his knowledge of Amazon's proprietar

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Appellants. ¶3 The Court of Appeals certified the following additional four questions for our consideration and we respond pursuant to the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act. See 20 O.S.2021, § 1601 et seq.: 1. If § 1311 does require the State in a threats prosecution to prove a defendant had a mens rea of will

Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer Meldinda Powers represented the Defendant charged with knowingly possess a destructive device, not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, in violation if 26 U.S.C. Sections 5841, 5861(d), and 5871. James R. Nelson, age 40, from Onarga, Illinois, possessed an unregistered destructive device and refused to relinquish

Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Thomas Shannon, 44, exploited at least eighteen children online, ranging in ages from 12 to 17. Police discovered Shannon’s crimes when a16-year-old minor in North Carolina reported that she had been sexually exploited on Snapchat. Investigators identified the perpetrato

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with wire fraud. Tracy Davenport, 51, of Louisville, and others working at her direction, engaged in a scheme to induce customers into signing a contract for a pool installation and paying a large down payment up front. Davenport used those funds for purposes other than what was agreed upon. Davenport pled guilty

Erie, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire and health care fraud. Aaron Hertel, 47, of North East, Pennsylvania, and Michael Brown, 49, of Erie, Pennsylvania led, managed, and supervised a conspiracy involving numerous employees at Hertel & Brown Physical and Aquatic Therapy that involved the use of unlicensed technicians to trea

Central Islip, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Sherry Xue Li was accused of money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud the United States by obstructing the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) administration of campaign finance laws. Li orchestrated a nearly

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking of a Child and Sex Trafficking. Matthew Halstead, age 32, was accused of sex trafficking and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy. “Sex trafficking evolves with technology, and traffickers increasingly rely on social media and anonymous messaging applications,” said District Attorney

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and securities fraud. “Joshua Schuster promised to use investor funds to develop real estate projects throughout our City,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “Schuster instead constructed a fraud, stealing more than $13 million from his investors in order to fund his lifestyle and pay off earl

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second Degree and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree. Clarkson Wilson, age 47, dated Imani Armstrong or about six months until she attempted to end their relationship. On September 1, 2022, WILSON traveled into Manhattan on the subway and exited near the IHOP Restaurant where

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and making false statements. Philip Castracucco was the owner of a contracting business (“Company-1”) that performed construction work, primarily for masonry projects in the vicinity of Westchester County, New York. From 2017 through 2022, CASTRACUCCO caused Company-1 business receipt checks in a t

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Between January and March 2025, Synchronoss, a cloud storage provider for Verizon Wireless, submitted eight CyberTipline reports documenting 43 images and five videos of suspected child pornography uploaded to an account associated with Green. A subsequent court-authorized sea

Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Dustin Cole Mosley, 40, and Jason Robert Riel, 41, created a shell safety services and supplies business, which billed the ARC for fake safety services and supplies purportedly provided to the ARC. Mosley worked as the ARC’s Safety Manager, and it entrusted him to approve invoices

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to the FBI relating to her relationship with the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (“FSB”), and to naturalization fraud for lying about her involvement in prostitution-related offenses. Nomma Zarubina, age 35, was trying to cultivate relationships with American l

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Thvoughn Lynden Curry, age 34, and Alexis Daneen Curry, age 34, were accused of ne count of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud, three counts of Health Care Fraud, and eight counts of Transactional Money Laundering. the Currys defrauded AHCCCS through “1 Family Clinic, LLC,” their purported outpat

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Cleveland Stephens, a/k/a “Schmitty,” age 63, from Cedar Rapids, sold pounds of methamphetamine to multiple people. In October 2022, he was in a car that was stopped in Davenport, Iowa. Law enforcement officers searched the car and found cocaine base, cocaine

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with malicious injury to property - more than $1,000. A. Every person who maliciously injures, defaces or destroys any real or personal property not his or her own, in cases other than such as are specified in Section 1761 et seq. of this title, is guilty of: 1. A misdemeanor, if the damage, defacement or destruction

Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with exploitation of children From 2019 through 2024, Thomas Shannon, 44, previously of Byron Center, exploited at least eighteen children online, ranging in ages from 12 to 17. Police discovered Shannon’s crimes when a16-year-old minor in North Carolina reported that she had been sexually exploited on Snapcha

Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government property. Dustin Jagger, 41, of Canton, Ohio, and Damarco McKinley, 26, of Cleveland, worked for the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), where he used his position as a logistics employee to purchase $198,183.84 worth of iPads, iPhones, and other electronics and goods. Jagger kept s

Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with embezzlement of U.S. Property. Barrett R. Howell represented a client under investigation with others for federal healthcare fraud. Carlos A. Lopez was a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice and was the lead prosecutor in the healthcare fraud investigation. Between September 2021 and December 2022,

Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant's charged with conspiracy to conduct affairs of an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activities. Fredy Mauricio Buruca, a/k/a “Piranha,” “Machete,” and “Insoportable,” 27, of El Salvador, was sentenced to 30 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to re