Portland, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and distribution of child pornography. Steven Parker, 47, sent a video file depicting child sexual abuse material to an undercover agent over a messaging application. In August 2024, the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit (MSPCCU) and the FBI executed a search warrant at his residence, resulting in t

Albany, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distribution of child pornography. A HSI undercover agent joined a “teen chat” room on a website called “chat-avenue.com” on Dec. 7, 2023, and posted “Dad of 2 8yro and 10yro.” Soon after, the agent received a private message from an individual with a screenname of “Whiteranger,” who was

Golden, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of unlawful sexual contact. Casias’ cousin, N.P., and his stepsister, R.E., accused him of engaging in unwanted sexual contact with each of them on separate occasions. N.P. reported one incident that occurred in September 2018 when she and Casias were roommates sharing an apartment. Accordin

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with public sexual indecency to a minor, furnishing obscene or harmful items to minors, molestation of a child, and five counts of sexual conduct with a minor. In 2022, Cepeda committed crimes that involved oral, penile, vaginal, and masturbatory conduct with four children under the age of fifteen. After the events oc

Buffalo, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Criminal Sex Conduct-2nd Degree-Victim Under 13. Criminal Sexual Conduct-2nd Degree-Penalty-Stat. Max. (609.343.2(a))

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault against a child, sexual assault-carnal abuse and four DUIs. Hernan Cortes-Valencia was charged with sexual assault.

Benton, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography. Law enforcement officers responded to a report of sexual assault in July 2024 when the mother of a 13-year-old minor discovered a video on the minor’s cell phone of the minor engaging in sexual acts with St. Pierre. “Thanks to the dedication of HSI agents, this predator h

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt and distribution of child pornography. While FBI agents were conducting an undercover operation online in 2024, agents discovered an IP address sharing files that contained child sexual abuse material. After further investigation, agents executed a search warrant at Evan Christopher Lee, 36's, apartment and

Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously removed alien. In 2024, Rivas-Gonzalez was convicted of both illegal re-entry and indecency with a child. Prior to that, in 2021, he was convicted of a harassment felony that had been reduced from one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Rivas-Gonzalez

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children and producing child pornography. Beginning in at least July of 2020 and continuing through at least February 2021, Hannah Kinchen, age 41, of Gonzales, Louisiana, communicated with a photographer who self-identified as a pedophile, using the Internet, about the minor victim’

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegaly reentry. Ivan Hernandez-Ortiz, 36, residing in Dallas, Texas, illegally entered the United States approximately five times, was granted voluntary return on three occasions, and was formally removed twice. Previously, he was federally prosecuted for illegal reentry into the United States in the Southern Distr

Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyber-stalking, harassing, and threatening gay men on line int the Raleigh-Durham area. David Ryan Winters, age 40, became enraged at the gay community in Raleigh-Durham for perceived slights. Starting around 2016, Winters began stalking gay men online and in person, including by showing up at victims’ hom

Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor, exploitation of a child, production of child porn, and coercion and enticement of a minor. Craig Scott Valdez, 36, used the popular social media application Snapchat to identify, groom and entice juvenile females in Alaska for the purposes of sexual exploitation. The indictment charges thi

New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion or enticement of a female minor and creating sex explict dekpictions of minor from import to the US Dercl Hasselbrink, a/k/a “Derek Spear." a convicted sex offender, engaged in sexually explicit message conversations with a 15-year-old girl (“Victim-1”), and traveled to meet Victim-1 near her home

Central Islip, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt and distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography. Renee Hoberman, age 38, of Plainview, New York, used encrypted social media messaging applications to upload, receive, and trade digital videos and images depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, including seve

Cheyenne, Wyoming, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography. on July 8, 2025, the mother of a victim found a video of Maycon Stiven Molina Perez, 23, of Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua, sexually assaulting a child on his phone. She immediately called the Laramie County Police Department and gave officers Perez’s Samsung Galaxy phone. They obtain

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States. Isidro De Jesus-Mayo, 44, of Mexico, was charged by felony information on December 17, 2025. In addition to his term of imprisonment, the court imposed a sentence of three years of supervised release. Upon his release of imprisonment, De Jesus-Mayo will be remanded to the c

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: RAPE, RAPE- FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1114(A) Date of Offense: 08/15/2012 BAILEY, BERTHEOPHILUS MAURICE SR Disposed: CONVICTION, 02/17/2026. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: RAPE- FIRST DEGREE(RAPE) Violation of 21 O.S. 1114(A) Count # 2. Count as Filed: CHGEN, CHILD

Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry into the United States after removal and failure to update sex offender registration. Roberto Nicolas-Simon, 24, was unlawfully present in the United States when he was convicted of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse in Champaign County. He acknowledged his registration obligation as a sex offender be

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Juliana Peres Magalhães, a Brazilian au pair, testified for the Commonwealth in its effort to convict Branden Banfield of murder for killing his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Rayan. Ryan had been lured to the Banfields’ home in Herndon, Va. on Feb. 24, 2023, through a sexual fetish website in

Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child and enticement. Andrew Worrall, 56, a British national currently residing in Knox County, Tennessee, Worrall contacted a 17-year-old minor female on the Snapchat application using the internet in July 2025. Knowing the age of the child, Worrall requested nude pictures of the

Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Marisa Witkop, age 21, produced four videos of a nine-year-old child, some of which she distributed using a social media application. The U.S. Secret Service and Mansfield Police Department handled the investigation. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern Dist

Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with naturalization fraud. Alvarado confessed to having knowingly made materially false statements under oath and penalty of perjury on his naturalization application and during a naturalization interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS). He answered “No” to the following questions “Wer

Abingdon, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Justin Steven Boileau, 30, a former resident of Reston, Virginia, engaged in the exploitation of children. “While social media is a powerful tool for keeping us connected, it can also be a dangerous weapon criminals use to take advantage of our kids. In bringing justice for t

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and domestic assault and battery against a pregnant woman. 21 O.S. 741, provides: Any person who, without lawful authority, seizes, confines, inveigles, decoys, kidnaps, abducts, or carries away another, with intent, either: 1. To cause such other person to be confined or imprisoned in this state a