Atlanta, GA: Fraud with identification documents criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Bamidele Muraina, a Nigerian national who hacked into tax preparation firms and filed fraudulent unemployment benefit claims and tax returns using stolen personally identifiable information, and Gabriel Kalembo, a previously convicted fraudster who laundered the fraudulent assets, have been sentenced to... More...   $0 (09-11-2021 - GA)

Atlanta, GA: Armed robbery charge criminal defense lawyer represented, Giovanni Annucci-Romero was indicted for a string of armed robberies in the cities of Gainesville and Cleveland, Georgia.

“The excellent coordination of federal and local law enforcement officers achieved the arrest and successful prosecution of this serial robber,â€� said Acting U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine. “The... More...   $0 (08-31-2021 - GA)

Louisville, KY: Felony possession of a firearm criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Daniel Tawan Mathis, Jr., age 31, who was in possession of a gun on April 13, 2019, in the Western District of Kentucky, Jefferson County, with knowledge that he had previously been convicted of a felony. Court documents allege that Mathis had been convicted of three counts of Robbery in the second degr... More...   $0 (08-25-2021 - KY)

Paducah, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun.

Jermaine Tyrone Jones, 41, of Paducah, possessed a handgun on August 30, 2017, after being previously convicted of a felony offense. Paducah Police Department Officer Andrew Parrish located the handgun in Jones’s clothing after Jones’s arrest for Fourth-De... More...   $0 (08-13-2021 - KY)

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to traffic drugs.

Aumontae Wayne Smith, 22, was Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl; Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl; Possession of Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime; and Possession of Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime... More...   $0 (08-09-2021 - OR)

¶1 The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit [certifying court] certified the following questions pursuant to the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, 20 O.S. 1991 ' ' 1601 et seq.:

1. In light of the facts as detailed below that the Defendants Laurance B. Wolfberg and Carolyn Wolfberg either individually or combined instituted four separate lawsuits and filed on... More...   $0 (01-03-1995 - OK)

Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Monquel Dejuan-Lee Paulk, formerly of Lansing, Michigan, was with being a felon in possession of a firearm earlier this year.

On July 14, 2020, Paulk appeared in the 30th Circuit Court in Ingham County and received a sentence of 36 to 270 monthsâ... More...   $0 (07-26-2021 - MI)

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.

Glen Zinszer, age 51, of Liverpool, New York, was indicted for committing wire fraud and willfully filing false tax returns.

Zinszer admitted that he began operating the Brazzlebox company in 2012, which he represented to investors would be like a Facebook for business. Beginning in April 20... More...   $0 (07-22-2021 - NY)

Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony firearm possession and other crimes.

Alfred Wisher, 39, faces a minimum sentence of 14 years in prison after jurors convicted him on all 11 counts in a federal indictment related to a July 2019 series of violent crimes and firearm offenses in the Savannah and Waycross areas, said David H. Estes, Acting U.... More...   $0 (07-16-2021 - GA)

Tallahassee, Florida drug trafficking and dog fighting charge criminal defense lawyers represented multiple defendants.

A total of 21 defendants were arrested and have been sentenced or are awaiting sentencing from the long-term investigation into drug trafficking and dogfighting, to include:

Dennis Lamar Howard, 47, of Chattahoochee, Florida; Sentenced to credit for time ser... More...   $0 (06-11-2021 - FL)

San Francisco, California - The Department of Justice announced that it has seized 63.7 bitcoins currently valued at approximately $2.3 million. These funds allegedly represent the proceeds of a May 8, ransom payment to individuals in a group known as DarkSide, which had targeted Colonial Pipeline, resulting in critical infrastructure being taken out of operation. The seizure warrant was authorize... More...   $0 (06-08-2021 - DC)

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Larry Dewayne Gaither, who was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to the indictment, Gaither unlawfully possessed an American Tactical .223 and 103 rounds of Wolf Performance .223 caliber ammunition in January 2020. Gaither was previously convicted in Calhoun County, Alabama, of felony ... More...   $0 (05-28-2021 - AL)

Columbus, Georgie criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, William Clinton Storey, 41, of Preston, Georgia, who was charged with one count distribution of child pornography.

“William Storey will spend a significant period of time in prison for his role in distributing large amounts of the most depraved depictions of child sexual abuse online—a criminal act made even more distur... More...   $0 (05-27-2021 - GA)

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempting to provide material support of the Islamic State of Iraq.

Damon M. Joseph, aka Abdullah Ali Yusuf, 23, of Holland, Ohio, was charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, aka ISIS, and attempting to commit a hate crime, for planning an attack on a synagogue... More...   $0 (05-19-2021 - OH)

Tulsa, Oklahoma: The United States of America indicted 33 individuals for production and/or possession of child pornography.

Operation Clean Sweep netted 33 alleged child predators in 10 of the 11 counties in the Northern District of Oklahoma. Twelve of those defendants have pleaded guilty thus far in federal court. The operation further identified and/or rescued 12 child victims during t... More...   $0 (05-13-2021 - )

Macon, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

Kelvin D. Carswell, aka “K-9,â€� “Nine,â€� “Kinineso Harlem Carswell,â€� “9ne Oharlem,â€� “Kninepunkin KinGcarswell,â€� 41, of Macon, was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846 i/c/w 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).<... More...   $0 (05-11-2021 - GA)

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with racketeering conspiracy.

From March 2016, Moises Alexis Reyes-Canales, aka Sicopita, 23, of Annapolis, was a member and associate of MS-13, and participated in a racketeering conspiracy that included assaults, murder, attempted murder, robbery, and drug trafficking. Specifically, Reyes-Canales admitted that he ... More...   $0 (05-07-2021 - MD)

Brooklyn criminal lawyers represented defendants charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Abed Ahmad, age 37, and his brother Alaa Ahmad, age 34, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano to bank fraud conspiracy and conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft relating to a scheme to defraud JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its cust... More...   $0 (05-02-2021 - NY)

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.

Glen Roy Wyat, age 66, of Casper, Wyoming was charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and attempted possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams.

During an investigation that took place in March 2017, the Casper Police Depa... More...   $0 (04-30-2021 - WY)

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846.

Eber Uriel Perez-Ramirez, age 29, of Aurora, CO, admitted that he acted as a lieutenant in a drug trafficking organization from October of 2019 until February 12, 2020, when he was arrested by ag... More...   $0 (04-30-2021 - CO)

Greeneville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, and making a false tax return.

Tammy Lynn Hawk, 47, of Bristol, was charged with one count each of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, and making a false tax return. Hawk was sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by three year... More...   $0 (04-26-2021 - TN)

Anchorage, Alaska Sex trafficking of children charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Tristan Jamal Grant, aka “Goo,� 35, who conspired with another person to traffic two minors, a 15-year-old female and a 17-year-old female.

Both minors were runaways who stayed with Grant at his co-conspirator’s apartment. While at the apartment, they created an online advertisement t... More...   $0 (04-19-2021 - AK)

Pocatello, Idaho sexual exploitation of children charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Richard Neils Dutton, 52, of Idaho Falls, was charged wiht sexual exploitation of children. Dutton pleaded guilty to the charge on November 4, 2020.

In January 2020, staff at a local elementary school reported that Dutton was sexually abusing minor aged children. A subsequent investigati... More...   $0 (04-19-2021 - IA)

Tulsa, Oklahoma bank fraud charge criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants, Ibanga Etuk, 41, and Teosha Etuk, 33, who were charged with one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.

A Tulsa couple who fraudulently applied for Paycheck Protection Program forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco... More...   $0 (04-13-2021 - OK)