Florida Indian Law Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michael Ray Pennington </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> In November 2025, federal and local law enforcement conducted an undercover operation to identify and appr... More...
$ (08-06-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Cassandra Thompson, aka Cassandra Costentine </h2> <center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with Third-degree grand theft, money laundering unlawful proceeds, unlawful use of a communications device, and a computer offense involving fraud. Digested by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> State of Florida v. Cassandra Thompson... More...
$ (07-27-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Landon Dashawn Wilson </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing and distributing drugs and unlawful possession and transportation of a machine gun. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> The Tallahassee Police Department responded to a call regarding a possible burglar... More...
$ (07-14-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Gina Mr. and Diego Ramirez-Aldana </h2> </center>
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with robbery. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Gina Parra-Martinez (age 39) and Diego Ramirez-Aldana (age 29) and others robbed a jewelry vendor who was visiting Tampa to sell her jewelry at an exhibition at a hotel near... More...
$ (06-22-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Rebecca Stewart Vaughn
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of wire fraud and one count of theft of government money. By Kent Morlan Rebecca Stewart Vaughn, age 64, Tampa, Florida, engaged in a fraud scheme to obtain Social Security benefits and City of New York pension benefits that did not belong to her. The benefits were being paid to Vaughn’s aunt, J.C. ... More...
$ (05-11-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marcus Bernard Clark </h2> </center>
Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and related access devices fraudulently used with fifteen or more unauthorized devices and aggravated identity theft. Marcus Bernard Clark, age 31, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, worked at a Wendy’s fast food restaurant in Destin, Florida. During a judicially authorized extraction of the defendant’s cell ... More...
$ (04-30-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Boise Cascade </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with Lacey Act Trafficking. The Boise Cascade Company (Boise Cascade) was accused of felony violation of the Lacey Act for its role in a timber trafficking scheme to evade countervailing and anti-dumping duties. “Boise Cascade either knew about or was willfully blind to the illegal importation of the plywood they w... More...
$ (04-30-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mario G. Davis </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Marlo G. Davis, 47, of Havana, Florida, appeared in federal court for his arraignment before United States Magistrate Judge Martin A. Fitzpatrick i... More...
$ (04-21-2026 - FL)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Howard Neil Martin </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and distribution of drugs and possession of a machine gun. The Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report about a burglary in progress. When they arrived, Howard Neil Martin, 46, of Sopchoppy, Florida, was parked in the driveway of the residence and in a verbal dispute with som... More...
$ (04-01-2026 - fl)<h2> <center> Erica Lynn Odom v. James Calas Cole </h2> </center>
Crawfordville, Florida, family law lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking a protective order. Plaintiff’s petition alleged that she and Defendant had been in an on-again, off-again relationship and had lived together. She also alleged that after an argument with Defendant, called the police to their residence resulting in Plaintiff being charged with domestic violence battery. Plaintiff al... More...
$ (04-08-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Edgar Hunez </h2> </center>
Crestview, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a felony. Fla. R. App. P. 9.140(b)(2)(A)(i) (providing that a defendant may not appeal after a guilty or nolo contendere plea except for an expressly reserved appeal of a “prior dispositive order of the lower tribunal, identifying with particularity the point of law being reserved”); Carroll v. State, 383 S... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jasen Butler </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, forgery, and money laundering. Jasen Bulter, age 38, of Jupiter, the owner of Independent Marine Oil Services LLC, corrupted the competitive bidding process for military fuel contracts and submitted dozens of falsified documents such as wire transfer memos and invoices to multiple U.S. warships between A... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Austin James McCastler, II </h2> </center>
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and distribution of meth, fentanyl, marijuana and felony possession of a firearm and ammunition. Austin James McCastler, II, age 36, was arrested for distribution of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and marijuana, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug traffickin... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Irazmar Carbajal De Jesus </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with agreeing to use an unlicensed money services business to circumvent U.S. sanctions relating to Venezuela by transferring approximately $100,000 from the Dominican Republic. Irazmar Carbajal De Jesus, 60, agreed to transfer approximately $99,500 delivered in cash in the Dominican Republic to a specified bank account ... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Tiger Woods </h2> </center>
Stewart, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving while impaired. Tiger Woods was was traveling at "a high rate of speed" when his vehicle collided with another car, resulting in his vehicle rolling over onto the driver's side. Woods was not intoxicated but refused to give a urine sample to see if he was impaired. Florida's driving while impaired law... More...
$ (03-28-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Pedro Nelson Caniza </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with one count each of battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer with violence. Pedro Nelson Caniza, 47, of North Miami Beach, became upset at the Miami Open and battered an office who was trying to remove him.... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Scott Oranje </h2> </center>
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On November 10, 2025, police officer intercepted a package added to Scott Oranje, in Mary Esther, Florida. The package c... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Victor Waldeck Oliveira Iglesias </h2> <center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute firearms outside the United States and smuggling. Victor Waldeck Oliveira Iglesias, 31, conspired with co-defendant Alvaro Teixeira, 50, to smuggle eight sets of HK firearm parts to Brazil. The co-defendants planned to conceal the illegal gun parts inside shipments that were otherwise legally ... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tomás Niembro Concha </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Powers Act and Wire Fraud. Tomás Niembro Concha, 64, of Miami, Florida, conspired with others to siphon money from Nodus Bank, ultimately leading to the bank’s failure in 2023. Niembro and his co-conspirators concealed from other Nodus Bank board members and execut... More...
$ (03-21-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding COVID-19 relief programs of millions of dollars and concealing his criminal conduct during the naturalization process. Between April 2020 and May 2021, Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint, 25, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, fraudulently obtained COVID-19 relief funds through companies he owned or controlled and by p... More...
$ (03-19-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Alaisjah Dayshawn Perkins </h2> </center>
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with receipt, transfer, possession and production of machine guns. On April 26, 2025, law enforcement officers observed posts on a Facebook profile advertising the sale of machinegun conversion devices (MCDs). Subsequently, an undercover officer began communicating with Alaisjah Dayshawn Perkins. Between April and May ... More...
$ (03-11-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Mario Mercier Hernandez
Tamps, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate transportation of stolen property. Beginning around 2019, Mario Mercier Hernandez (61, New Port Richey) embarked on a string of thefts of avionics equipment from more than forty airports across the United States, including airports in Florida, Tennessee, New Jersey, Maryland, and South Carolina. Mercier, ... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Mckenzie Levar Monestine
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing approximately 450 fraudulent, stolen or counterfeit access devices, which included others’ credit card numbers, social security numbers, and means to gain access to bank accounts. On or about June 22, 2020, law enforcement agents executed a search warrant at Mckenzie Levar Monestine’s home. That search... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - FL)Thomas O'Neal v. Ameircan Shaman Franchise System, Inc., et al.
Tampa, Florida, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. We have held that a settlement agreement bars litigation of wage-and-hour claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act only if the settlement was approved by a court or the Department of La- bor. See Lynn’s Food Stores, Inc. v. United States, 679 F.2d 1350, 1352– 53 (11th Cir. 19... More...
$ (02-11-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Joan Manuel Estadella
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute meth. An indictment in the Southern District of Florida charged Estadella with (1) possessing a Taurus 9mm pistol with serial number TLZ57339 and its ammunition as a convicted felon between November 28, 2020, and December 1, 2020, in violatio... More...
$ (02-21-2026 - FL)State of Florida v. Roslain Arabi Perdomo
Miami, Florida criminal dense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with child neglect. Roslain Arabi Perdomo, age 36, was found outside her home nude with her daughter. Florida child neglect law (Section 827.03) defines neglect as a caregiver’s failure to provide a child with necessary care, such as food, shelter, clothing, medical care, or supervision, which causes or is likely to cau... More...
$ (02-16-2026 - FL)Jafet Castro-Reyes v. City of Opa-Locka, et al.
Miami, Florida, crivil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on excessive for claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Plaintiff-Appellee Jafet Castro-Reyes experienced an episode of erratic behavior at his apartment in Opa-Locka, Florida. During that episode, Castro-Reyes’s friend and family members became so concerned with his behavior that they tied Castro-Reyes up at his hands and feet using e... More...
$ (02-10-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Celso Navarro Diaz
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to traffic more than five kilograms of cocaine on vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and conspiring to import more than five kilograms of cocaine into the United States. Celso Navarro Diaz was the head of an organization in Colombia that transported cocaine and marijuana from the Pac... More...
$ (02-10-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Joel Rufus French
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged for his role in a yearslong scheme to bilk Medicare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) out of nearly $200 million by selling patient information and sham doctors’ orders for orthotic braces that patients did not want or need. “This defendant’s conduct was egr... More...
$ (02-03-2026 - FL)United States of America v. David A. Girard
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted enticement of a minor, travel in interstate commerce for illicit sexual conduct and failure to register as a sex offender. David A. Girard, age 20, of Robertsdale, Alabama, is a registered sexual offender based upon prior sex offense convictions in 2009. He is accused for attempting to entice a min... More...
$ (01-30-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Nhan Pham
Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt in interstate commerce and proffered delivery of an adulterated device, in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Between 2015 and 2019, Nhan Pham (55, Orlando) , a physician who performed cosmetic procedures, ordered silicone oil online and injected the silicone into his patients for glute... More...
$ (01-30-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Sherwood Avionics and Accessories, Inc.
Miami, Florida - Sherwood Avionics and Accessories, Inc. (Sherwood), headquartered in Opa-Locka, has agreed to pay $109,618 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to use contractually required and updated technical manuals when performing repairs on U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) C-130 aircraft landing gear. “The False Claims Act protects more than taxpayer dollars�... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - FL)<H2> United States of America v. Jevan Antonio Miller
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity and interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct after previously pleading guilty in federal court. Between April 10, 2025, and April 12, 2025, detectives of the Tallahassee Police Department and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office,... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - FL)<H2> United States of America v. Jasen Butler,
West Palm Beach, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, money laundering, and forgery for orchestrating a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of War and other federal agencies out of over $4.5 million. Jason Butler, 37, of Jupiter, Florida, the owner of Independent Marine Oil Services LLC, submitted dozens of falsified documents such as wire tra... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - FL)<H2> United States of America v. Ernest Lee Thomas, II
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer John Wilkins represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On May 31, 2025, deputies with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle occupied by the Ernest Lee Thomas II, 35, of Pensacola, Florida. During the traffic stop, a search of the vehicle uncovered a loaded black .45-cali... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - Fl)<H2> United States of America v. Eduardo Saavedra Melayes
Panama City, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated identify theft, falsely representing U.S. citizenship, and false statement in application for passport. In December of 2023, the Eduardo Saavedra Melayes, 45, a Mexican national, submitted a passport application in-person at a Panama City post office. Upon processing, the application was denied due... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - FL)<H2> United States of America v. Ryan Clifford Goldberg and Kevin Martin
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiring to obstruct, delay or affect commerce through extortion in connection with ransomware attacks occurring in 2023. Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, Kevin Martin, 36, of Texas, and another co-conspirator successfully deployed the ransomware known as ALPHV BlackCat between April 2023 and December 2023 agains... More...
$ (12-20-2025 - FL)<H2> United States of America v. Kevin Noel Ochoa Venegas (a/k/a Kevin Noel Ochoa-Venegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banegas Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banega)
Tallahassee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien. On April 11, 2025, the Kevin Noel Ochoa Venegas (a/k/a Kevin Noel Ochoa-Venegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banegas Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banega), 32, of Honduras, was arrested in Bay County, Florida, for driving without a valid license. Law e... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - FL)<H2> United States of America v. Bienvenido Leo Rodriguez, et al.
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with conspiring to traffic large quantities of cocaine in and around Miami-Dade County and elsewhere in the Southern District of Florida. The eight-count superseding indictment charges the following defendants—each a resident of Miami unless otherwise indicated—with drug trafficking conspiracy and related offenses: B... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - FL)<H2> Marcin Priwoznik v. UNUM Life Insurance Company of America
Tampa, Florida, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful denial of E.R.I.S.A. benefits theory.... More...
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