Sex Trafficking Law
 
In the Matter of the Adoption of C.J.B and S.A.B., Minor Children, Clay Alan Butler v. Joseph Berney Vasquez

El Reno, Oklahoma family law lawyers represented Petitioners seeking to adopt two children. Joseph Berney Vasquez (Step-Father) and Jennifer Lynn Vasquez (Mother), Petitioners/Appellees/Petitioners, filed a petition for adoption and application to determine minor children eligible for adoption without consent of the natural father. Clay Alan Butler (Father), Respondent/Appellant/Respondent, obj

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State of Oklahoma v. Lonnie Lee Baker

Newkirk, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: 1. TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS (METH) AFC 2+ (FEL) 2. CONSPIRACY TO TRAFFIC CDS (METH) AFC 2 + (FEL) 3. POSSESS OF FIREARM AFC 2 OR MORE (FEL) 4. POSSESS FIREARM DURING THE COMMISSION OF FELONY-AFC 2 OR MORE (FEL) 5. UNLAWFUL POSS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA (MIS) 6. POSSESS CDS (ALPRAZOLAM

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United States of America v. Kobie Farmer and Kenia Rodriguez

Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute drugs, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 846, and 18 U.S.C. 841. Kobie Farmer, 49, of Hollywood, and Kenia Rodriguez, 27, of Dundalk, with the assistance of cartel contacts in Mexico, purchased wholesale quantities of cocaine in California and then transpo

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United States of America v. Oscar Salvador Pelayo-Guzman

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841. Oscar Salvado Pelayo-Guzman, age 55, a Mexican national and most recently of Kansas, is associated with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel operating in Mexico and a principal member of a Kansas City-based drug trafficking organization involved in th

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State of Oklahoma v. Richard Dewayne Thedford

Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender.

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United States of America v. Matthew S. Pleisse

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt and possession of child porn, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252. Matthew S. Pleisse, 36, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, a police detective, possessed child pornography from the darkweb depicting prepubescent minors. More...   $ (10-28-2026 - PA)

United States of America v. Tal, Oren and Alon Aexander

New York, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with sex trafficking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1594, and coercion or enticement of females, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2422. From at least in or about 2008, up to and including at least in or about 2021, Alon Alexander, age 39, of Miami, Florida, Tal Alexander, age 40, of Miami, Florida, and Oren Alexander, age 39

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State of Oklahoma v. Christopher Alexander Sandoval

Wagoner, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking in drugs and possession of CDS.

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United States of America v. David Williams, a/k/a "Lavish David"

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with firearm trafficking, in violation 18 U.S.C. 922 and 26 U.S.C. 5841, unlawful possession of a machine gun, possession of unregistered machine guns, smuggling goods into the United States. On June 16, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) officers at Chicago O’Hare International Airport examine

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State of Oklahoma v. S.R.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking in illegal drugs (Meth), in violation of 63 O.S.C. 2-415.

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United States of America v. Dahir Muktar

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking a minor for sex in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951. Dahir Muktar, age 33, attempted to traffick minors for sex. He was arrested in January 2025 after he offered money for sex with purported minors using his cell phone. Maine State Police and Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case with assi

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United States of America v. Toan Chu

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender within Indian Country. Toan Chu was convicted in 1992 in Alameda County, California, for Rape by Force in Concert with Another in the Commission of Kidnapping, Forcible Oral Copulation of a Minor in Commission of Kidnapping, and Assault During Sodomy in the Commission of Kidnap

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State of Oklahoma v. Teresa Ballard

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession of controlled dangerous drugs. Teresa Ballard, age 65, was arrested on a drug trafficking charge after Tulsa police said officers found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in her bag while investigating a reported shoplifting at Walmart.

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United States of America v. Willie Curtis Slack Jr.

Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922. Willie Curtis Slack, Jr., aka Slick, age 50, of Milton, Florida, was stopped for a traffic violation in October 2023, law enforcement officers found and seized a loaded pistol and marijuana from the defendant’s waistband

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United States of America v. Justin Abbott Facey

Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of controlled substances (drugs) with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841, maintaining a drug involved premises, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 856, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute to a minor, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 8609, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug

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State of Oklahoma v. S.R.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Glen Graham represented the Defendant trafficking in illegal drugs in violation of 63 O.S. 2-415(B), which provides: B. Except as otherwise authorized by the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to: 1. Knowingly distribute, manuf

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State of Oklahoma v. Christopher Paul Suder

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with indecent exposure, in violation of 1021, which provides: A. Every person who willfully and knowingly either: 1. Lewdly exposes his or her person or genitals in any public place, or in any place where there are present other persons to be offended or annoyed thereby; provided, however, for purposes of this section

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The People of the State of California v. Paige Gratn McQuay

Auburn, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted lewd and lascivious acts on a minor under 14 and communicating with a minor with the intent commit an unlawful sexual offense. Paige Grant McQuay, a former Fresno police sergeant, age 56, was arrested by the Roseville Police Department in a sting operation that resulted in the arrest of 19 total indivi

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United States of America v. Jorge Hoyos-Lopez

Fayetteville, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of more than 50 grams of meth, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841. Jorge Hoyos-Lopez, age 35, distributed methamphetamine in and around Northwest Arkansas. On two separate occasions, the DEA conducted covert controlled purchases of methamphetamine directly from Hoyos-Lopez, each consisting of one qua

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State of Oklahoma v. Payton Marie Michelle Marris

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking in illegal drugs - meth, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-415 and unlawful possession of parahernalis, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-415(C)(4)(a), 2-416.

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United States of America v. Gabriel Aguilar-Benite

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, in violaiton of 21 U.S.C. 846 and 21 U.S.C. 841. Gabriel Aguilar-Benitez, age 36, a citizen of Mexico, unlawfully living in Louisville, Kentucky, sold cocaine to a confidential source. On April 22, 2025, a federal search warrant was executed at Aguilar-B

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United States of America v. John Robert Strama

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged drug trafficking in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841. John Robert Strama Jr., 44, was charged with engaging in a conspiracy to o distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine by fishing for square groupers in off of the Florida Keys.

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State of Oklahoma v. Jacob Cecena

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking amphetamine or methamphetamine 20 grams or more, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-415.C.4.A, possession of controlled substance without a tax stamp affixed, in violation of 68 O.S. 450.9, and trafficking fentanyl 1 gram or more, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-415.c.13.

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United States of America v. Tyrone Raineu

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in a conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), and 846. Tyron Rainey, age 36, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, was identified d

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United States of America v. Anthony Smith

Lafayette, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841. Anthony Smith, age 54, of Pensacola was accused of engaging in a conspiracy to distribute drugs. Federal agents began investigating a Louisiana-based drug trafficking network in May of 2023. Agents identified a primary supplier and several asso

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