Illinois Bank Robbery Law
<h2> <center> State of Illinois v. Chevazz Campbell </h2> </center>
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder. Chevazz Campbel,age 37, stabbed and killed a CTA employee. Under Illinois law (720 ILCS 5/9-1), first degree murder is defined as killing an individual without lawful justification when a person does any of the following: • Intentional Murder: They intend to kill or do great bodily harm... More...
$ (10-12-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Darren Carlyle Sadler </h2> </center>
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343.\ Darren Carlyle Sadler, age 40, of Sacramento, California, participated in a scheme to fraudulently obtain loans pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), which was created by the CARES Act to provide financial relief for small businesses during the Covid-19 ... More...
$ (10-09-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jalal Nimer Asad </h2> </center>
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371 and structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements in violation of 31 U.S.C. 5324. 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> Jalal Nimer Asad,... More...
$ (07-27-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Andrew Franklin </h2> </center>
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery and kidnapping. 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> Andrew Franklin, 19, of Chciago, DASHUN BROWN, 24, of Chicago, posed as a food delivery driver to cause an individual in the residence to open the front doo... More...
$ (06-16-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Dennis McKay </h2> </center>
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented by Defendant charged with three counts of Hobbs Act robbery affecting commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a) and one count of discharging a firearm in connection to a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(iii). Reported by Kent Morlan The Defendant elected to plead guilty. The U.S. Probation Office for th... More...
$ (05-25-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Robert Dunlap </h2> </center>
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Robert Dunlap claimed to operate a cryptocurrency business that sold a purported digital asset called “Meta-1 Coin” through a “Meta-1 Coin Trust.” Dunlap made numerous false and misleading statements to potential and actual investors, including claims that the Meta-1 Coin was backed by as much as $... More...
$ (04-16-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Rickey Martin, Jr. </h2> </center>
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed robbery. Rickey Martin, Jr., 36, robbed a motel in Maryville, Illinois at gunpoint.... More...
$ (03-26-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Rickey Martin, Jr., </h2> </center>
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Hobbs Act robbery and one count of brandish and use of a firearm during a crime of violence. Rickey Martin, Jr., 36, robbed a motel in Maryville, Illinois at gunpoint. Martin admitted to robbing the owner of a motel in Maryville in May 2023. He brandished a firearm loaded with an extended m... More...
$ (03-16-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mark A. Pingsterhaus </h2> </center>
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and theft of government property. Mark A. Pingsterhaus, age 52, of Carlyle, is accused of using City of Carlyle and Carlyle Fire Protection District funds for unauthorized and personal expenses like travel, entertainment, goods and services. In two examples, the indictment states he used the City... More...
$ (03-06-2026 - IL)State of Illinois v. Pezhman Gilani Yahyavi and Mahmood Bashang
Wheaton, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with armed robbery. Pezhman Gilani Yahyavi, 46, and Mahmood Bashang, 30, were each charged one count of disorderly conduct, falsely reporting a crime. Bashang allegedly told the dispatcher the two were jewelry vendors returning from a show in Rosemont when three armed offenders robbed them of between $1.5 million... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Shondra McLarty
Rockford, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzling more than $34,000 from a club. Shondra McLarty, age 55, , of Rockton, Ill., admitted in a plea agreement that she embezzled and stole money from the Tumbling and Acro Boosters Club (“TAB”) from 2023 to 2024 while she served as Treasurer. McLarty fraudulently used TAB’s business debit card and frau... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - IL)the People of the State of Illinois v. Alfred Roland Walker
Bloomington, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with home invasion (720 ILCS 5/19-6(a)(3) (West 2016)), armed robbery (id. § 18-2(a)(2)), aggravated battery with a firearm (id. § 12-3.05(e)(1)), and aggravated discharge of a firearm (id. § 24-1.2(a)(2)).... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Donte Hughes
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbing a United States Postal Service letter carrier. DONTE HUGHES and another individual approached the carrier from behind as she was delivering mail. The other individual wrapped both arms around the carrier, preventing her from moving, while Hughes reached into the carrier’s pocket and demanded property. ... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - IL)State of Illinois v. Montel Harkins
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with murder. Montel Harkins of East St. Louis faces charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery Kaleb Davis of Cape Girardeau who was shot to death.... More...
$ (10-01-2025 - IL)<H2> United States of America v. Traveon H. Reese
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Traveon H. Reese, 31, of Atlanta, Georgia, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. “This conspiracy victimized numerous hardworking people across central and southern Illinoi... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - IL)<H2> United States of America v. Edward L. Stief
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud and one count of unlawful monetary transactions in criminal derived property. Edward L. Stief, Jr., age 42, met the victim in May 2023 after becoming acquainted with him while offering lawn care and landscaping services. Shortly thereafter, Stief used severa... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - IL)Julius H. Schoeps, et al. v. Sompo Holdings, Inc., et al.
Chicago, Illinois lawyers represented the parties in a dispute over the ownership of the Van Gogh Sunflowers.<br> <br> Vincent van Gogh painted Sunflowers in 1888. Paul von<br> Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, a German banker and art collector,<br> later acquired the painting. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was the<br> co-owner and director of an international bank, Mendelssohn<br> & Co., which was one of the five ... More...
$0 (11-26-2025 - IL)State of Illinois v. Reginald Flemister-Tolson
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with Home Invasion, Armed Robbery, and Aggravated Battery with a Firearm.<br> <br> On Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at approximately 11:40 a.m., Peoria Police Detectives observed a second suspect connected to this ongoing investigation at a residence in the 3400 block of West Oakcrest Drive (Lexington Hills Apartments). De... More...
$0 (11-27-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Marol M. Aguiar Rodriguez
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery of property or money.<br> <br> Beginning on a date unknown, but not later than on or about February 10, 2025, and continuing up to on or about February 23, 2025, in the Central District of Illinois, the Defendants, Conspiracy to Commit Bank Larceny. All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 211... More...
$0 (10-16-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Kenneth Loving, Jr.
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. ... More...
$0 (07-01-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Francis Eversman, Gregg Crawford </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> East Saint Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with bank fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Former bank president and contractor plead guilty to federal charge in loan fraud scheme</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i>... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Darren Carlyle Sadler </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with raudulently obtaining more than $14 million in small business loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ("CARESâ€) Act. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> California Businessman Pleads Guilty in Federal Court ... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Falandis Russell and Terrance Williams
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to<br> obstruct commerce by robbery and multiple counts of obstruction of commerce by robbery.<br> <br> For nearly a year and a half, Russell and Williams committed a series of armed commercial robberies throughout Chicago. They were eventually indicted for conspiracy to obstruct commerce by robbery in v... More...
$0 (06-11-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Deaunta Sentrel Tyler
Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with attempted robbery.<br> <br> In January 2017, Deaunta Tyler, accompanied by Ledell Tyler and Dalvent Jackson, forcibly entered a home in Rock Island, Illinois, armed with a rifle and a handgun and in search of cocaine. Instead of drugs, they found a family spending a quiet evening together. With weapons brandished, the ... More...
$0 (06-05-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Alen Saric </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> East Saint Louis, IL criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $1.7 million vehicle sale fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Third defendant sentenced to prison in $1.7 million vehicle sale fraud scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A southern Illinois district judge sente... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Miroslaw Krejza </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Embezzling Millions From the Failed Washington Federal Bank </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Real Estate Developer Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison for Embezzling Millions From the Failed Washington Federal Bank in Chicago</h2></... More...
$0 (04-30-2025 - IL)State of Illinois v. Johnell Smith
Rock Island, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder and home invasion.<br> <br> Johnell Smith was accused of shooting and killing 17-year-old Danny Taylor in 2023.<br> <br> Prosecutors argued that Smith and co-defendant Napoleon Jackson went to Taylor's home in the early hours of April 14, 2023, to rob him. During the attempted robbery, Taylor w... More...
$0 (04-04-2025 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Tavion Hodges
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful use or possession of a weapon by a felon.<br> <br> At trial, evidence established that officers curbed defendant's vehicle in Chicago on September 6, 2021. As officers removed defendant from the vehicle, they saw what appeared to be a handgun "falling from his person." A firearm was recovered between "defend... More...
$0 (03-10-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Yale Schiff </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bank Fraud. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Suburban Chicago Businessman Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Bank Fraud. </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> YALE SCHIFF fraudulently obtained mortgage loans, vehicle loans,... More...
$0 (01-27-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Yale Schiff </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtained mortgage loans, vehicle loans, lines of credit, and credit cards </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Suburban Chicago Businessman Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Bank Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b>... More...
$0 (01-27-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Lee O. Griffin, Jr., Antonio T. Harris, Taneisha M. Davis, Patrick D. Johnson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Benton, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Brink's Truck Robbery in Madison </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Four Facing Federal Charges for Brink's Truck Robbery in Madison<br> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Lee O. Griffin, Jr., 23, of Cahokia Heights, is fa... More...
$0 (01-08-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Emmanuel Lance Howard; Evander Allen Jordan </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Peoria, IL criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery and multiple robbery and firearms charges </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Quad Cities Men Sentenced for Multiple Armed Robbery and Firearm Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font... More...
$0 (12-23-2023 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Emmanuel Lance Howard, Evander Allen Jordan </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery and multiple robbery and firearms charges </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Quad Cities Men Sentenced for Multiple Armed Robbery and Firearm Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><f... More...
$0 (12-29-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Emmanuel Lance Howard; Evander Allen Jordan </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery and multiple robbery and firearms charges. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Quad Cities Men Sentenced for Multiple Armed Robbery and Firearm Charges </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><b... More...
$0 (12-23-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Marek Matczuk </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in a conspiracy that embezzled millions of dollars from the failed Washington Federal Bank for Savings in Chicago </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Real Estate Developer Sentenced to Nearly 13 Years in Prison for Embezzling Mil... More...
$0 (12-17-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Xavier Menzies </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Embezzling More Than $770,000 </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Head of Suburban Chicago Public Library Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Embezzling More Than $770,000</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The former... More...
$0 (12-19-2024 - IL)State of Illinois v. Frederick O. Goss
<h2><br> Mount Vernon, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed robbery.<br> <h2><br> Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Jefferson County, defendant, Frederick O. Goss, was convicted of armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-2(a)(2) (West 2020)) and aggravated discharge of a firearm (id. § 24-1.2(a)(3)). The trial court sentenced defendant to concurrent t... More...
$0 (12-04-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Isaiah Jordan </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Benton, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, one count of theft of mail and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Calumet City Man Sentenced to 12+ Years ... More...
$0 (11-27-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Brett Michael Bartlett </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Urbana, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, mail fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering amd.Defrauding Central Illinois Investors </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> California Man Sentenced to 15 Years and 8 Months in Prison for Defrauding Central Illinois Investors</h2... More...
$0 (11-27-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Isaiah Jordan </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> East Saint Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Carbondale Mail Theft and Bank Fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Calumet City Man Sentenced to 12+ Years in Prison for Carbondale Mail Theft and Bank Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Isaiah J... More...
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