New Have, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.



From approximately May 2013 to April 2017, OLGA AUCAPINA, also known as Olga Aucapina Paredes, 53, a citizen of Ecuador residing in Woodbridge, and several other Ecuadoran nationals participated in a scheme to illegally obtain tax refunds from the IRS. In o... More...    $0 (03-31-2023 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.

Beginning in approximately September 2018, hmad Khalil Elshazly, 25, of West Haven, Connecticut, a U.S. citizen, expressed a desire to travel to Syria and the surrounding area to f... More...    $0 (11-30-2022 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut possession of child porn charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Michelle Lynn Gschlecht, who was charged with possessing images of child sexual abuse.

In August 1996, Gschlecht was convicted in state court of sexual assault in the first degree related to the aggravated sexual abuse of a minor. In July 2015, Gschlecht was convicted in state court of ... More...    $0 (04-10-2021 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut immigration criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Sheldon Stephenson, who was charged with immigration fraud conspiracy.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Jodian Stephenson operated Stephenson Immigration and Legal Services, LLC, in Bridgeport. Between 2011 and 2017, Jodian Stephenson conspired with others, including Sheldon Steph... More...    $0 (12-12-2020 - CT)

Hartford, CT - Citizen of Mexico Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison for Third Illegal Reentry Offense

JOSE DEL CARMEN HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ, 43, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally reentering the U.S. after being ... More...    $0 (10-23-2018 - CT)

New Have, CT - Bronx Resident Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Supplying Heroin to New Haven Drug Ring

PABLO JOSE CRUZ, 46, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for supplying heroin to a New Have... More...    $0 (06-12-2018 - CT)

The defendant, Aceion Brown, appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying hispetition fora writoferror coramnobis. Weconclude that, in the circumstances presented, the court lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the petition, and we do not reach the merits of his ineffective assistance of counsel claim. Because the court should have dismissed the petition, rather than having denie... More...    $0 (01-19-2018 - CT)

Substitute information charging the defendant with the crime of assault in the third degree, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of New Britain, geographical area number fifteen, where the defendant was presented to the court, Baldini, J., on a plea of guilty; judgment of guilty; thereafter, the court, Keegan, J., granted the state’s motion to dismiss the defendant’s petition fo... More...    $0 (11-14-2017 - CT)

New Haven, CT - Haitian National Involved in Insurance Fraud Scheme is Sentenced

Jacques Fleurijeune, 28, also known as “Magic,” a citizen of Haiti last residing in New London, was sentenced to approximately five months of imprisonment, time already served, and three years of supervised release, for his involvement in an insurance fraud scheme.

According to court documents and s... More...    $0 (08-29-2017 - CT)

Bridgeport, CT - Illinois Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Traveling to Connecticut to Engage in Sex with Minor

Arturo Castro, 53, of Wilmette, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for traveling to Connecticut to engage in sex with a minor.

According to c... More...    $0 (08-29-2017 - CT)

Hartford, CT - Citizen of Guatemala Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Reentering the U.S.

David Oritz Juarez, 35, a citizen of Guatemala who recently resided in Hartford, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to approximately seven and one-half months of imprisonment, time already served, and two years of supervised release, for illegally reentering t... More...    $0 (04-04-2017 - CT)

The defendant, Delroy McPherson, appeals from the judgment of the trial court dismissing, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, his motion to correct an illegal sentence. On appeal, the defendant claims that the court erred in dismissing his motion, in which he alleged that his criminal trial attorney had provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to advise him properly regarding the... More...    $0 (10-22-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Delroy McPherson, appealsfromthejudgmentofthetrialcourtdismissing, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, his motion to correct an illegal sentence. On appeal, the defendant claims that the court erred in dismissing his motion, in which he alleged that his criminal trial attorney had provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to advise him properly regarding the immigra... More...    $0 (10-08-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Javier R. Monge, appealsfromthejudgmentsofthetrialcourtdismissing hispostsentencingmotiontovacatehisguiltypleasand to open the judgments of conviction. The dispositive issue is whether the court properly concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of that motion. We answer that query in the affirmative and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the trial court. The fo... More...    $0 (04-24-2016 - CT)

Thedefendant,DardianCelaj,appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying his motion tovacatehisguiltyplea.Heclaimsthatthecourtabused its discretion in so doing. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. The defendant is an Albanian national who sexually assaultedanemployeeofanightclubheownedinDerby on March 2, 2012.1 The following day, he was arrested and charged with three counts of sexual... More...    $0 (03-07-2016 - CT)

The following facts and procedural history are relevant to this appeal. Santiago was born in Guatemala to the respondent on April 18, 2009. He was cared for since his birth, however, by Maria G., an Argentinian citizen and legal permanent resident of the United States who resided in Stamford, and, for some of that time, by Henry L., Maria G.’s husband.1 OnOctober16,2012,thecommissionerfiledamotion... More...    $0 (08-22-2015 - CT)

In this uncontested wrongful termination action, the plaintiff, Brian O’Toole, appeals from the trial court’s sua sponte dismissal of his complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly dismissed his complaint because the court had (1) concurrent jurisdiction to decide his claim brought pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 4301 et seq., and (2) subje... More...    $0 (02-24-2014 - CT)

In his 2008 application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT), Muhammad Hanif claimed that he had left Pakistan due to political persecution he had suffered at the hands of police as a result of his membership in an out-of-power political party, Jamaat-e-Islami ("JI"). In the hearing that followed, he told a different story, portra... More...    $0 (07-22-2013 - CT)

The defendant, Vernon Stancuna, appeals from certain postjudgment orders entered by the trial court in this dissolution action. Specifically, the defendant claims that the court abused its discretion by (1) permitting the plaintiff, Liubov Stancuna, to travel with the parties’ minor children outside of the United States without prior notice to the defendant and (2) requiring that the defendant p... More...    $0 (05-08-2012 - CT)

This appeal arises from a class action lawsuit filed by the plaintiff, Hong Pham, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, against the defendant, Michael P. Starkowski, the commissioner of social services, challenging the constitutionality of Public Acts, Spec. Sess., September, 2009, No. 09-5, §§ 551 and 642 (Spec. Sess. P.A. 09-5), which effectively terminated certain state... More...    $0 (04-05-2011 - CT)

The plaintiff, a limited liability corporation, owns two single-family homes, located at 989 and 1019 Fairfield Beach Road in Fairfield, and for many years has rented both properties to various tenants. Throughout this rental period until approximately 1999, the plaintiff annually completed an application for, and obtained, a certificate of rental occupancy (certificate) in compliance wi... More...    $0 (05-12-2003 - CT)