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)

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with computer fraud.

Joshua Polloso Epifaniou, 22, of Nicosia, Cyprus was charged federal computer fraud charges brought in Arizona and the Northern District of Georgia.

“Cybercrime is a threat to both our individual privacy and to the security of American companies,â€� said Acting U.S. Attorney Anthony Mar... More...   $0 (03-28-2021 - AZ)

Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud.

James Patrick Garrett, 65, of Branson, Missouri was charged with one count of wire fraud for stealing $85,000 from hundreds of his own audience members who donated to his non-existent charity for foster children.

“For several years, this performer took advantage of his own audiences by... More...   $0 (03-26-2021 - MO)

Las Vegas, Nevada conspiracy to damage computers charge criminal defense lawyer represented Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, 27, who was charged with conspiring with others to recruit an employee of a large U.S. company to transmit malware provided by the conspirators into the company’s computer network. Once the malware was installed, Kriuchkov and his co-conspirators would use it to exfiltrate data f... More...   $0 (03-19-2021 - NV)

New Orleans, Louisiana civil rights violation charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, former SBPP Captain Andre Dominick, 61, of New Orleans, who was with violating Nimali Henry’s civil rights under color of law.

Henry died in the custody of the St. Bernard Parish Prison (SBPP) on April 1, 2014. Henry died after she failed to receive medical treatment for her rare blood d... More...   $0 (03-12-2021 - LA)

Wilington, North Carolina distribution of child pornography charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Donald Gregory Hoggard, 40, who was charged with distribution of child pornography.

A search warrant was executed at the residence on October 8, 2019. Hoggard was present and admitted that he had an account with Kik. Hoggard admitted to posting and trading child pornograp... More...   $0 (02-17-2021 - NC)

Baltimore, Maryland felony use of a firearm criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant,Cortez Weaver, a/k/a Corty and Tez, age 29, of Balitmore, Maryland who was charged with possessing, brandishing, and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, resulting in the death of Maurice Finney.

“Disputes between rival drug gangs lead to many shootings and murders in... More...   $0 (02-03-2021 - MD)

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charge with money laundering.

David Paul Rietz, age 60, of Lakewood, Colorado was sentenced to serve 92 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit money laundering. Rietz also was ordered to pay restitution of $4,197,775.83. IRS Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of... More...   $0 (12-20-2020 - CO)

Birmingham, Alabama drug possession criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Anthony Lamon Frazier, age 38, who was charged with possession of methamphetamine.

“Frazier’s conviction sends the message to those dealing drugs – you will get caught, and you will be held responsible for pushing this poison in our communities,” USA Escalona said. “I want to commend the Talladega County D... More...   $0 (12-11-2020 - AL)

Macon, Georgia felony firearm criminal defense lawyer represent Defendant, Keon Hendley, who was charged with illegal firearms trafficking.

ATF agents, working with a confidential informant (CI), negotiated the purchase of large amounts of firearms from Hendley, a convicted felon, on four separate occasions in 2019 at various locations across Macon. In total, 23 firearms were obtained fro... More...   $0 (12-11-2020 - GA)