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United States of America v. Telise Marie Armke

San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to engage in wire fraud. Telise Marie Armke, 56, befriended an elderly couple in 2019 and falsely claimed that she was going to receive funds from FEMA due to her home being in a flood zone. As part of her fraud scheme, Armke convinced the couple to “lend” her money to pay property taxes, pay off l

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State of Oklahoma v. Contu Lee Everett

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm after former conviction of a felony (AFCF), in violation of 21 O.S. 1283, which provides: A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person convicted of any felony in any court of this state or of another state or of the United States to have in

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Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Ryan Wedding, Olympic snowboarder turned Wedding, who competed for his home country in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, has been accused of running a major drug trafficking network that moved cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the U.S. and Canada. Ryan James Wedding, 44,

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State of Illinois v. Andres Morales Gonzalez

n January 21, 2026, the Mount Prospect Police Department charged Andres Morales Gonzalez, 35 years old, no permanent address, with one felony count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault, one felony count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, one felony count of Aggravated Battery Involving Strangulation, and one felony count of Unlawful Restraint. These charges stem from an incident that occurred o

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United States of America v. Braxton A. Thomas,

Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug-trafficking organization responsible for distributing hundreds of pounds of cocaine and pure methamphetamine. Braxton A. Thomas, 38, led an extensive drug-trafficking organization (“DTO”) from 2021 to 2024. Thomas’s DTO distributed various drugs, including cocaine and pure methamphetamine, in the Mobile

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United States of America v. Benjamin Michael Greene

Savannah, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. On February 12, 2024, while a man was putting air in the tires of his vehicle on Augusta Avenue, Greene jumped into the driver’s seat and took off with the vehicle. Officers with the Savannah Police Department were in the area and immediately responded. Benjamin Mi

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State of Florida, v. Stephen Hicks

Jacksonville, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery. Jacksonville Beach police officer Stephen Hicks accused of pulling a teenager off of an e-bike at a Jacksonville Beach skate park and throwing him to the ground, causing minor injuries.

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State of New York v. Juhmir Arrington

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with Attempted Murder in the Second Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree. Juhmir Arrington, 31, shot and paralyzed a man during a fistfight that broke out in the shadows of Albany Medical Center Hospital. The victim was looking to confront a friend of Arrington’s who had allegedly assault

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United States of America v. Brandon Sims

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking and committing a crime of violence with a machine gun. Brandon Sims, 35, of Detroit, Michigan, committed the carjacking on October 18, 2023, in Detroit, Michigan. Sims carjacked a man who was assisting a young woman move out of Mr. Sims’s residence. Sims entered the male victim’s SUV and brandished

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United States of America v. Joshua Ryan Burns

Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Joshua Ryan Burns, 41, was found by Kemper County Sheriff’s Department to be in possession of a sawed-off shotgun and a pistol during a probation home visit in Preston, Mississippi. Burns had previous felony convictions for burglary and aggravated assault which pro

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United States of America v. Jamie Perez

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal possession of a firearm. Jamie Perez, 43, was indicted for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person by a federal grand jury in November 2024. He pleaded guilty on October 7, 2025. On September 28, 2024, Sioux Falls Police found Perez asleep behind the wheel of his running vehicle, stopped

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United States of America v. Shawn Tobin Locklear, Jr.

New Bern, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyers Kelly Dagger and Paul Sun represented the Defendant charged with possession of a machine gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. After officers arrested Shawn Tobin Locklear, Jr., age 20, for armed robbery while using a gun, a state court judge released him in March 2022. A few months later in November 2022, while Locklear roamed free o

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United States of America v. Kevin Russell Beasley

Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. On Nov. 1, 2024, law enforcement intercepted a parcel, shipped from California, containing over three kilograms of cocaine. Investigators performed a controlled delivery of the parcel to the intended address in Portsmouth, a

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United States of America v. Maurice Kelly Johnson, aka “Reese"

Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of firearm by a convicted felon. On May 22, 2025, Johnson provided a Smith & Wesson model M&P Shield M2.0 9mm pistol that was sold to a confidential informant in Huntington. As part of his guilty plea, Maurice Kelly Johnson, also known as “Reese,” 58, of Huntington, admitted to possessing th

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United States of America v. Abdullah Hartage

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two violent home invasion robberies targeting business owners and employees. Abdullah Hartage, 28, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and codefendant Ali Chandler were charged by superseding indictment in October 2022. Both pleaded guilty in October 2024 to conspiracy to commit robbery which interferes with i

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State of Connecticut v. Isiah Falconer

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with armed robbery. Isiah Falconer accused of shooting at a juvenile from whom is was going to buy a watch he found for sale on the Internet. When the sale wasn't going through an electronic app, Falconer pulled out a gun, which led to a struggle and the 18-year-old firing off several shots, Murgo said in the rel

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United States of America v. Stephen L. Hochberg

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and to obstruction of justice. Stephen Hochberg, age 77, of Marlborough, and Charles D. Katz agreed in as early as 2014 to cheat the IRS. They agreed that Hochberg, who served as the Director of Corporate Services at Katz’s accounting firm and as Chief Operating Offi

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United States of America v. Eddy Mendez Carmona

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Eddy Mendez Carmona, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute and one count of distributing controlled substances. Mendez Carmona will be removed from the United States upon the completion of his prison sentence. Charges are still p

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State of Florida v. Natalie Fonseca and Nafis Reynolds

Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with attempted first-degree murder, kidnapping, carjacking, robbery, arson, and tampering with evidence. The Defendant beat and robbed a man, cut his throat, and threw him off a bridge, but he survived.

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United States of America v. Simon Meza

Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person. On September 20, 2023, Simon Meza, 45, Denver, entered the Huntington Bank at 18520 E. Green Valley Ranch Blvd in Denver and robbed the bank by demanding money from the teller. Meza took the money and fled. Eight days later, on Septembe

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United States of America v. Tracy Routh Lautenslager,

Missoula, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to smuggle a citizen of Great Britain into the United States. The government alleged in court documents that on April 1, 2025, a vehicle entered the United States through the Roosville, Montana Port of Entry. The vehicle was operated by the Tracy Routh Lautenslager, 54,, a United States citizen. She wa

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United States of America v. Alkeyvin R. Ennis

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm. Alkeyvin Ennis, age 33, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, admitted that on or about June 24, 2022, a 2020 Kia Soul was reported stolen to the Baton Rouge City Police Department. On July 8, 2022, officers spotted the stolen Kia Soul traveling westbound on Greenwell Springs Road and b

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State of Texas v. Akber Jesani and Hardin Ameena

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with with engaging in organized criminal activity, aggregate theft, and money laundering in violation of Texas law. Akber Jesani, 39, and Hardin Ameena, 28, both residents of Sugarland, Texas, are accused of stealing 1,900 stolen electronic devices valued at approximately $1.8 million May 17 as part of an ongoing invest

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United States of America v. Christopher Judge and Raquelle Judge

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. AI Overview 18 U.S.C. § 1349 makes it a federal crime to attempt or conspire to commit any fraud offense under Chapter 63 of Title 18, imposing the same penalties as if the actual fraud were completed, covering mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, and healthcare fraud. This law tar

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United States of America v. Jamar Tywone Kimpson

Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms. In 2021, workers at a local FedEx hub found three suspicious packages with a strong odor of marijuana. All three were addressed to the same person at an address in Swansea, South Carolina with return addresses of the recipient’s same name and address. Law enforcement e

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