Statesboro, Georgia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with Sponsoring and Exhibiting an Animal in an Animal Fighting Venture.

William Shannon Scott, 49, of Midville, Ga., was indicted for Sponsoring and Exhibiting an Animal in an Animal Fighting Venture.

“William Shannon Scott’s sentencing represents the final trip to court for three men who operated il... More...   $0 (01-11-2022 - GA)

Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with felony drug and firearm possession.

James Terry Wood, 37, possessed over 18 grams of fentanyl and a Browning .40 caliber handgun. Wood had previous felony convictions for reckless homicide, facilitating burglary and kidnapping, possessing controlled substances, being a felon in possession of a firearm, evad... More...   $0 (12-20-2021 - KY)

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the government.

Farren Gaddis Ricketts, 31, and her co-conspirators concocted a scheme to gather personal identification information and then submit unemployment claims to the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC)] website for individuals who were known to be ineligible to receive pandemic... More...   $0 (12-17-2021 - VA)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking and money laundering.

Joseph “Norte Joeâ€� Gomez, the lead defendant in a large-scale 32 defendant federal indictment, was with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to launder money. All thirty-one members and associates of the Norteños street gang responsible for distri... More...   $0 (12-14-2021 - UT)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with fraud claiming and taking pandemic unemployment compensation authorized by the CARES Act.

On March 27, 2020, the CARES ACT was enacted and created the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (“PUAâ€�) program, to provide unemployment benefits to workers who lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic a... More...   $0 (12-02-2021 - PA)

Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense attorney represented Defendant charged with exploiting a minor and trafficking in child sexual abuse images.

In 2020, investigators uncovered that Charles Piel, 24, had been sending and receiving images and videos of child sexual abuse over the internet, including sending such material to a minor child in Florida in 2019. Following his arrest, invest... More...   $0 (11-27-2021 - IN)

Pittsburgh, PA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Jamelle Fairfax, age 33, was charged with conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States.

In order to combat the devastating impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the United States, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was p... More...   $0 (10-13-2021 - PA)

Savannah, GA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with being a gang member and leader in a major methamphetamine trafficking operation.

David Hamilton Sharpe, a/k/a “David Dukkedoff,� 28, and Jose Zepeda, 36, of Gray, Ga., were charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute More than 50 Grams of Methamphetamine.

“Violent, ... More...   $0 (10-08-2021 - GA)

Greensboro, NC: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of child pornography.

Michael Scott Kivett, 41, was previously convicted in Guilford County of multiple counts of Second Degree Exploitation of a Minor in 2001 and, again, in 2009. As a result, he was required to register as a sex offender.

In September 2019, Google made a report to the National... More...   $0 (10-06-2021 - NC)

Panama City, FL: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug distribution and felony possession of a firearm.

Ruben Ivan Fuller, 44, of Port Saint Joe, Florida, indicted for committing drug and firearm felonies.

Fuller’s criminal history includes eight prior felony convictions, six of which involved narcotics distribution. Given the nature of his prior conv... More...   $0 (10-01-2021 - FL)

Grand Rapids, MI: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with arson.

Kevin Daniel Baker admitted to breaking into Austin Jordan Engines, an automotive repair business located in Wyoming, Michigan, to find items that he could steal and sell to support his drug addiction. To conceal the evidence of his burglary, Mr. Baker set the business on fire and then drove away in a sto... More...   $0 (09-29-2021 - MI)

Houston, TX: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with his role in a scheme to smuggle undocumented individuals from Mexico into the United States.

Between March 2017 and June 2019, Mohamad Milon Hossain, 41, a Bangladeshi national formerly residing in Tapachula, Mexico, conspired with and assisted human smugglers operating out of Bangladesh, South and Central America, a... More...   $0 (09-28-2021 - TX)

Little Rock, AR: Criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with conspiracy that resulted in the murder of a federal informant.

Don Smith, 38, of Malvern, Arkansas, and Samuel Sherman, 38, of Batesville, Arkansas, were charged with conspiracy to cause witness tampering resulting in death. Smith was also charged with witness tampering resulting in death, conspiracy to distrib... More...   $0 (09-24-2021 - AR)

Wilmington, NC: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with armed robbery and br... More...   $0 (09-24-2021 - NC)

Wilmington, DE: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with illegally possessing a stolen 9-mill... More...   $0 (09-22-2021 - DE)

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)

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)