Los Angeles, California recklessly operating a drone charge criminal defense lawyer represented Andrew Rene Hernandez, age 22, who was charged with recklessly operated a drone that crashed into and damaged the fuselage of a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter.

According to his plea agreement, on September 18, 2020, at approximately 12:18 a.m., Hernandez heard police vehicles drivin... More...   $0 (01-18-2021 - Ca)

Cleveland, Ohio Controlled Substance Act Violation lawyer represented Shaffer Pharmacy, Thomas Tadsen and Wilson Bunton who were alleged to have improperly dispensed opioids and other controlled substances.

The government alleged that Shaffer Pharmacy, its pharmacist owner Thomas Tadsen, and pharmacist Wilson Bunton repeatedly dispensed opioids and other controlled substances in violation... More...   $0 (01-15-2021 - OH)

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense bankruptcy fraud charge lawyer represented Andrew Welch, 46, of Idaho Falls, was concealment of assets in bankruptcy.

According to court records, Welch, a former pharmacist in Ketchum, Idaho, filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on April 3, 2014, after the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy revoked his pharmacist license. In the bankruptcy petition... More...   $0 (01-09-2021 - ID)

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense bankruptcy fraud lawyer

Andrew Welch, 46, of Idaho Falls, was charged with concealment of assets in bankruptcy.

According to court records, Welch, a former pharmacist in Ketchum, Idaho, filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on April 3, 2014, after the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy revoked his pharmacist license. In the bankruptcy petiti... More...   $0 (12-28-2020 - ID)

Wilmington, DE - In a civil complaint filed today, the Department of Justice has alleged that Walmart Inc. unlawfully dispensed controlled substances from pharmacies it operated across the country and unlawfully distributed controlled substances to those pharmacies throughout the height of the prescription opioid crisis.

The complaint alleges that this unlawful conduct resulted in hundre... More...   $0 (12-23-2020 - DE)

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense drug lawyer represented defendant charged with unlawfully distributing opioids and other controlled substances while the doctor was absent from the clinic.

Elizabeth Korcz, M.D., 47, a licensed physician, and Matthew Korcz, 47, her husband and former practice manager, both of Hoover, Alabama, were charged with conspiracy to unlawfully distribute co... More...   $0 (12-21-2020 - AL)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania health care fraud criminal defense lawyers represented defendants, Mehran David Kohanbash, oseph Kohan and Nima Rodefshalom, who were charged with healthcare fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, and conspiracy to violate the federal anti-kickback statutes.

Brothers Mehran David Kohanbash, and Joseph Kohan and their nephew, Nima Rodefshalom, entered pleas of guilty... More...   $0 (12-14-2020 - PA)

El Paso, TX - Odessa pharmacy Town & Country Drug, Inc. (Town & Country) and its owner, pharmacist Gary Warren, have entered into a civil settlement with the United States that requires them to pay $320,000 in civil penalties to resolve allegations that they violated certain provisions of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 (CMEA), announced U.S.... More...   $0 (12-05-2020 - TX)

In this interlocutory appeal of a preliminary injunction, the dispositive issue is whether 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(23) gives Medicaid patients a right to challenge, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a State’s determination that a health care provider is not “qualified” within the meaning of § 1396a(a)(23). Our decision rests primarily on two independent bases: (1) the Supreme Court’s decision in O’Bannon v. To... More...   $0 (11-25-2020 - TX)

Beaumont, Texas health care fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Grigoriy T. Rodonaia, age 43, who was charged with 12 counts of health care fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of making a false statement, and two counts of accepting kickbacks.

Rodonaia, a physician practicing in Beaumont with Rodonaia Family Medicine and Aesthetics, was indicted on March 18,... More...   $0 (11-25-2020 - TX)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distributing drugs.

Joseph Martella, Jr., 57, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was charged with unlawfully distributing or dispensing a controlled substance.

In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that between November 2013 and June 2016, Martella, a licensed Pennsylvania pharmac... More...   $0 (11-22-2020 - PA)

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented defendants charged with fraud.

Three owners and operators of an Atlanta pharmacy have been sentenced to federal prison for a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that targeted the Georgia Women, Infants, and Children (“WIC”) program. The defendants bought WIC vouchers from low-income recipients at a discount and then fraudulently sought re... More...   $0 (11-21-2020 - GA)

Missoula, Montana forged prescription charge criminal defense lawyer represented a former Ennis pharmacist who admitted dispensing opioids to himself and to a friend using forged or altered prescriptions.

Bradley John Stoick, 70, of Hailey, Idaho, pleaded guilty on July 30 to dispensing a controlled substance by a practitioner and to acquiring or obtaining a controlled substance by misre... More...   $0 (11-18-2020 - MT)

Rapid City, SD - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.

Brian Hinman, age 38, was charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.

From approximately November 2018 to December 2018, Hinman obtained methamphetamine, which he then distributed in South Dakota. A traffic stop of Hinman by Nebraska State Patrol, in Decem... More...   $0 (11-08-2020 - SD)

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with making illegal kickbacks.

Doctor Mark A. Filippone, age 71, a Bergen County, New Jersey, doctor was charged with participating in a conspiracy to violate the federal anti-kickback statute.

Beginning in May 2016, Filippone participated in a kickback conspiracy scheme to obtain millions of dollars in heal... More...   $0 (11-02-2020 - NJ)

Corcord, New Hampshire drug possession criminal defense lawyer represented Kristina Coleman, age 40, who was charged with tampering with consumer products and unlawfully obtaining controlled substances.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Coleman worked as a pharmacy technician for a retail pharmacy chain in Nashua. In January 2019, she agreed to deliver two presc... More...   $0 (10-30-2020 - NH)

St. Louis, Missouri forged prescription criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with obtaining drugs with forged prescriptions.

Tamara Jo Nyachira, of Pittsburg, Kansas, was charged with obtaining narcotic opioid prescription drugs with forged prescriptions.

According to her plea agreement, Nyachira was a pharmacist for a large pharmacy chain, and worked at various ... More...   $0 (10-28-2020 - MO)

Alexandria, Virginia health care fraud conspiracy criminal defense lawyer represented Onkur Lal, who was charged by the United States of America with conspiracy to commit health care fraud that resulted in losses of over $3.5 million.

According to court documents, Onkur Lal, 29, worked in various roles at MedEx Pharmacy, MedEx Health Pharmacy, and Royal Care Pharmacy, which were all owned... More...   $0 (10-24-2020 - VA)

New York, NY - The United States of America charged Purdue Pharma, L.P. on civil and criminal theories relating to the manufacture and sale of opoids by the Sackler family.

“The abuse and diversion of prescription opioids has contributed to a national tragedy of addiction and deaths, in addition to those caused by illicit street opioids,” said Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen. “... More...   $0 (10-21-2020 - NY)

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to steal government property.

Wagner Checonolasco, a/k/a “Wanny,” 33, of Lyndhurst, New Jersey was charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to steal government property, specifically HIV medication.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

From Ja... More...   $0 (10-12-2020 - NJ)

Fort Worth, TX - Criminal Defense Attorney, Capital Murder


I. The murder
In December 2016, VanCleave decided to sell some of her jewelry, including two
gold chains and a gold ring, because she and her husband, Mustafah Zaatreh, were
struggling financially. Using the phone application 5miles, VanCleave listed the jewelry
and set up a meeting with a potential buyer, “J... More...   $0 (09-27-2020 - TX)