Illinois Cocaine Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. William D. Spears </h2> </center>
Winnebago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking cocaine and illegally possessing a loaded firearm. William Spears, age 68 was arrested in June 2024 following a 4-month narcotics investigation. At the time of his arrest, Spears was in possession of three and a half grams of cocaine, which he had been planning to sell to another person. Followin... More...
$ (11-07-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marcus “Slim” McKinney </h2> </center>
Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: 21:841A=CD.F CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE - On or about June 20, 2024 in Sangamon County, in the CDIL, the Defendant, DISTRIBUTIOIN OF METHAMPHETAMINE in violation of Title 21 USC Sec 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A)(viii). 21:841A=CD.F CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE - On o... More...
$ (08-20-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Darren Hughes </h2> </center>
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs through the dark web marketplace known as the “Nemesis Market" and money laundering. 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> Darren Hughes, age 39, of San Jose, California, operated a vendor store o... More...
$ (06-07-2026 - IL)<H2> United States of America v. Marcus “Slim” McKinney
Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, distribution of fifty grams or more of methamphetamine, possession of fifty grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute, maintaining drug-involved premises, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering. Marcus "Sim... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Joaquín Guzmán López
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to kidnapping, distributing drugs, and money laundering. Joaquin Guzman Lopez, who succeeded his father, Joaquin Guzman Loera, also known as “El Chapo,” as one of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, pleaded guilty yesterday to federal drug charges. “The Sinaloa Cartel is a terrorist or... More...
$ (12-02-2025 - IL)<H2> United States of America v. Byron Blake
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking a sentence reduction. See 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). <br> <br> In March 2007, after a federal and state investigation into suspected drug dealers, Blake was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fifty or more grams of cocaine base, see 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1),... More...
$0 (11-06-2025 - IL)<H2> United States of America v. John P. Seiwert
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of drugs by a drug user.<br> <br> By his own admission, John Seiwert has suffered from addiction to heroin and crack cocaine for the<br> past twenty years. A jury convicted Seiwert on two counts of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), which prohibits users of unlawful drugs and those addicted to such drugs ... More...
$0 (09-17-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Deandre Maxwell and Tyrone Fulwiley
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with felony possession of firearms, cocaine, and other para-phernalia associated with drug distribution, Tyrone Fulwiley and Deandre Maxwell were charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B), possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, 18 U.S... More...
$0 (07-16-2025 - IL)<H2> United States of America v. Miguel Angel Morales-Garcia
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. <br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Under U.S. federal law, it is a crime to distribute illegal drugs, which are referred to legally as controlled substances. Any person who manufactures or distributes these substances can face severe criminal penalties, including an extended pri... More...
$0 (06-27-2025 - 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. Demarkee D. Jimerson </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug distribution, gun charges </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jury convicts Cahokia Heights man of drug distribution, gun charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A southern Illinois jury convicted a Cahokia He... More...
$0 (04-24-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Broderick K. Currie a/k/a Broderick K. Wooters </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing cocaine and fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jury convicts Marion County drug dealer</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Following a two-day trial, a jury found a Centralia man guilty of federal... More...
$0 (04-07-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Jose Ramirez-Arellano </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting to Traffic Cocaine in Chicago </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man Sentenced to a Decade in Federal Prison for Attempting to Traffic Cocaine in Chicago</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In February 2022, JOSE R... More...
$0 (01-23-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Jose Ramirez-Arellano </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to traffic cocaine that was shipped to Chicago from California. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man Sentenced to a Decade in Federal Prison for Attempting to Traffic Cocaine in Chicago</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b>... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Jauan Brown; Brianna Moore; Jauan Brown; William Davis </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Drug Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Four Chicago Residents Charged in Federal Court as Part of Drug Trafficking Investigation</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A drug trafficking investigation centered on th... More...
$0 (01-10-2025 - IL)United States of America v. John M. Henigan
<h2><br> Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs.<br> </h2><br> For years John Henigan bought large quantities of heroin and cocaine in Chicago and sold the<br> drugs to his retail customers in and around Peoria, Illinois. An investigation led to a series of controlled buys, which in turn led to his indictment on three counts of heroin dis... More...
$0 (10-30-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Johnathan S. Sargent </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine, Heroin, Cocaine, and Firearm Offenses </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Peoria Felon Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine, Heroin, Cocaine, and Firearm Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br... More...
$0 (10-24-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Travis Thomas </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Rockford Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In 2017 and 2018, Travis Thomas, age 34, targeted the victim, s... More...
$0 (10-28-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Javan Jamar Thompson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Urbana, Ill. Criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting to Use Mail to Obtain Fentanyl </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Kankakee Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Attempting to Use Mail to Obtain Fentanyl</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Kankakee man, Javan Jam... More...
$0 (10-08-2024 - il)<h1> United States of America v. Kendall Guyton </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking multiple women </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 27 Years in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Joliet, Ill. man has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison f... More...
$0 (10-01-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Kendall Guyton </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking and facilitating the sex trafficking of multiple women. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 27 Years in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Joliet, Ill. man has be... More...
$0 (10-01-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Harris </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine in Central Illinois </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Goodyear, Arizona, Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine in Central Illinois</h2></center></b></b> </h2><... More...
$0 (09-20-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Rogelio Ibarra </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Rockford, Ill criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Cocaine and Selling Firearms </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Rockford Man Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine and Selling Firearms</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Rockf... More...
$0 (09-12-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Wallace </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Associated with Street Gang </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Springfield, Illinois, Man Sentenced to 120 Months for Drug Trafficking Associated with Street Gang </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> ... More...
$0 (07-17-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Sheldon Morales; Eduardo Santana </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with traffic methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine from Mexico to Evanston, Ill., and Morton Grove, Ill </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Two Men Sentenced to Prison as Part of Federal Investigation That Dismantled Mexico-to-Chicago Drug P... More...
$0 (05-03-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Detrey D. Robinson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Firearm and Drug Offenses.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> Peoria Man Sentenced to 81 Months in Prison for Federal Firearm and Drug Offenses </h2></center><br> <br> A Peoria, Illinois man, Detrey D. Robinson, 28, of the 1800 block o... More...
$0 (04-18-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. JORGE DIAZ </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Cocaine and Obstructing Justice.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Man Sentenced to More Than Ten Years in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine and Obstructing Justice </h3></center></i><br> <br> A man has been sentenced to more than ten ... More...
$0 (03-07-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Ledaniel Russell </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance: heroin, fentanyl, meth and cocaine..</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center></i><br> <br> A district judge sentenced a semitrailer driver to 12 years in federal pris... More...
$0 (01-23-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Semaron Lawson </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i>Springfield, Illinois Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Cocaine and Possessing A Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> A Springfield, Illinois, man, Semaron Lawson, 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Colleen Lawless to 60 months and one day in prison for p... More...
$0 (01-23-2024 - il)State of Illinois v. Leroy Orange
Chicago, Illinois defendant charged with murder, arson and robbery.<br> <br> <br> On January 11, 1984, Renee Coleman went to meet Leonard Kidd to ask about using Kidd's combination radio and tape player to exchange for some cocaine. Kidd agreed to the plan, and the Leroy and Coleman then returned to her apartment with the appliance. Michelle Jointer, Ricardo Pedro, and Coleman's son were present a... More...
$0 (12-31-1985 - IL)United States of America v. Rasheem Damonte Bogan, a/k/a "Sheem," Raheem Jacques Houston, a/k/a "Heem," and Devell Carl Lewis
Rock Island, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with distribution on drugs.<br> <br> The last four men in a six-man crack cocaine conspiracy were sentenced on August 8, 2023, before Chief District Court Judge Sara L. Darrow. The conspiracy covered a period of time from 2017 until mid-2020, and occurred in and around Rock Island County, Illinois. In addition to the co... More...
$0 (08-16-2023 - IL)United States of America v. Marcus Dixon
Rock Island, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and marijuana, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, and two counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.<br> <br> Marcus Dixon, age 29, was convicted following a jury trial i... More...
$0 (07-26-2023 - IL)United States of America v. Nickolas Shannon
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine and possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute the drugs in St. Clair County.<br> <br> Nickolas Shannon, 29, previously pled guilty to one count of felon in possession of a firearm and three counts of possession of a controlled substance with intention to distr... More...
$0 (05-18-2023 - IL)United States of America v. Quincy J. Arnold
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawful possession and transportation of a firearm.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ChicagoFed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Chicago, Illinois"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Chicago, Illinois</a><br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="h... More...
$0 (02-02-2023 - IL)United States of America v. Luis Eduardo Gonzalez Garcia
Chicago, Illinois criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking.<br> <br> From 2012 to 2017, Luis Eduardo Gonzalez Garcia was responsible for the distribution of thousands of kilograms of cocaine throughout the U.S. and the laundering of more than $50 million in narcotics proceeds.<br> <br> Gonzalez Garcia, 55, of Monterey, Mexico, pleaded guilty earlier this year to fede... More...
$0 (11-21-2022 - IL)United States of America v. Daryl G. McGhee
Peoria, Illinois criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.<br> <br> Daryl G. McGhee, age 33, who lived on North Hamilton, in Peoria, Illinois. <br> <br> Over the course of the three-day trial, the government presented evidence that on February 13, 2021, Peoria Police we... More...
$0 (08-12-2022 - IL)United States of America v. Brain Stafford
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally possessing multiple firearms and dealing heroin and crack cocaine.<br> <br> BRIAN STAFFORD, 42, illegally possessed two loaded handguns and drugs in his vehicle and residence in Bellwood, Ill., on Nov. 2, 2016. A day earlier, Stafford sold 101 grams of heroin to an individual who, unbeknownst to Stafford, was ... More...
$0 (07-20-2022 - IL)United States of America v. Jennifer Fisher
Urbana, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and conspiracy to commit money laundering.<br> <br> At the sentencing hearing, the government presented evidence establishing that Jennifer Fisher, age 50, of Springfield, Illinois, aided her son, Courtney Johnson, 32, of Decatur, Illinois, in the conspiracy, which ... More...
$0 (07-01-2022 - IL)United States of America v. Samuel Ruben Caraway
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute.<br> <br> Samuel Ruben Caraway, age 46, was indicted for being the ringleader of a Houston-based cocaine trafficking operation in Southern Illinois.... More...
$0 (06-23-2022 - IL)United States of America v. Andre Williams
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possessing a loaded semiautomatic handgun and crack cocaine on a Chicago sidewalk.<br> <br> ANDRE WILLIAMS illegally possessed the gun and drugs on the afternoon of May 6, 2020, on a sidewalk in the West Englewood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. Chicago Police officers responding to a call of suspected criminal act... More...
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