Illinois Firearm Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Quincy Jones </h2> </center>
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 28 U.S.C. 922. Quincy Jones, age 36, sold a Smith & Wesson .38 caliber revolver to an individual for $450.00. On October 9, 2025, Jones sold a Glock 43 pistol for $600.00 and a Taurus pistol for $800.00. The Glock pistol, which had been stolen in Peki... More...
$ (11-06-2026 - IL)<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. Kevin Gibbs </h2> </center>
Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Unlawful possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g) and committing a crime of violence with a machine gun in violation of 18 U.S.C. 924. In May 2023, Kevin Gibbs, age 41, a convicted felon, possessed a firearm while participating in a drug sale. Gibbs was apprehended in the middle of the transacti... More...
$ (09-02-2026 - 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. Damarri Conner </h2> </center>
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking. On the evening of Nov. 2, 2023, DAMARRI CONNER and KENNETH MERRITT carjacked an Audi sedan in the backyard of a residence in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood. A woman and her daughter had just returned home in another vehicle when Conner and Merritt sprang from a hiding place and attacked them. Conne... More...
$ (04-16-2026 - IL)<h3> <center> State of Illinois v. Lorenzo Bell and Jahiem Russell </h2> </center>
Wheaton, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with aggravated unlwful posession of a firearm and aggravated fleeing and eluding and unlawfule possession of a stole licence plate. The vehicle the Defendants were in eventually struck road barrels near the Ogden Avenue ramp and reversed into a police squad car before becoming disabled.... More...
$ (04-11-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> The People of the State of Illinois v. Robert J. Tarr </h2> </center>
Hillsboro, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with irst degree murder and attempted first degree murder. The trial court sentenced defendant to 85 years in prison. The State charged defendant with three counts of first degree murder following the death of Leslie Reeves. The State charged defendant with one count of attempted first degree murder of Christopher Sm... More...
$ (04-05-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jose Medina-Medina </h2> </center>
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally owning a firearm. Jose Medina-Medina illegally possessed a handgun on March 20, 2026, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Chicago Police officers discovered the firearm during a court-authorized search of his residence in the Rogers Park neighborhood on Chicago’s ... More...
$ (04-06-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Julian Torres adn Brandon Osorio </h2> </center>
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with illegal transportation of a firearms. Julian Torres, age 19, and Brandon Osorio, age 29, were arrested after their residence was searched. During the search, agents discovered a short-barrel rifle and ten handguns, one of which was equipped with an extended magazine, the charge alleges. Agents also discovered 20 ... More...
$ (03-28-2026 - IL)<h2> <center> State of Illinois v. Jose Medina </h2> </center>
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm. Venezuela migrant Jose Medina, age 25, accused of killing Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman.... More...
$ (03-23-2026 - 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)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)<H2> United States of America v. Edmund Singleton
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with motor vehicle theft carjacking. EDMUND SINGLETON and two co-defendants conspired to commit the carjackings on a single night in November 2022. In the first carjacking, Singleton drove the trio in a stolen car to a gas station in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago, where the co-defendants violently took an Infin... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - IL)<H2> United States of America v. Alvin Beasley
Urban, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - IL)<H2> United States of America v. Andrei Taylor
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Taylor was a member of the Cali Boys, a gang that promoted their ability to kill their “opps” (opponents). Kadaivion Jones was a member of the Gangster Disciples, a rival gang of the Cali Boys. On September 2, Kevon Bonner, a fellow Cali Boy, picked up a stolen white Dodge D... More...
$ (12-05-2025 - 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. Dewayne Darzell Johnson-Emory
Rock Island, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm.<br> <br> On or about November 18, 2023, in Rock Island County, in the Central District of Illinois, the defendant knowing he had previously been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a period exceeding one year, knowingly possessed a firearm, said firearm havin... More...
$0 (10-16-2025 - IL)<h2? State of Illinois v. Kemarion Hawkins
Joliet, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and criminal damage to property.<br> <br> Kemarion Hawkins was accused for shooting at his ex-girlfriend during an exchange of property and their relationship ended.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (09-23-2025 - 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. LaPierre Scott
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with f unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (09-05-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Deon Pugh
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with f four counts, including conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.<br> <br> The government charged Pugh by superseding information with four counts, including conspiracy to knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute and distribute a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841... More...
$0 (08-26-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Steven Baxter </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Rockford, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm in Rockford and violating the terms of his court-supervised release. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Man Sentenced to More than Ten Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms and Violating Supervised Rele... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Steven Baxter </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing Firearms and Violating Supervised Release Terms </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Man Sentenced to More than Ten Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms and Violating Supervised Release Terms</h2></center></b></... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - IL)<H2> United States of America v. Richard Walker
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Officers arrested Richard Walker at the front door of the residence of his girlfriend, Ramona Pau-<br> lette, where he was staying overnight. Paulette lived with her mother, Laverne Shipp; and with her and Walker's son,<br> Walker Jr. After arresting Walker, officers per... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - 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)United States of America v. Heriberto Carbajal-Flores
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm<br> as an illegal alien in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A).<br> <br> Chicago Police arrested Heriberto Carbajal-Flores after he repeatedly fired his pistol in a city<br> street. <br> <br> Carbajal-Flores was born in Mexico. His mother brought<br> him to the United States in 2002 when he w... More...
$0 (07-16-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Mona Ghosh </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Health Care Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Suburban Chicago Physician Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Health Care Fraud</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> A federal jury has convicted a man of trafficking six rifles, in... More...
$0 (06-10-2025 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Jessica Barrera </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Rockford, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Straw Purchasing Firearms </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Rockford Woman Sentenced to Nearly Three Years in Prison for Straw Purchasing Firearms</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> A Rockford woman has been sentenced to thirty-two m... 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)The People of the State of Illinois v. William C. Wiklerson
Cairo, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted first degree murder.<br> <br> On October 16, 2013, Clifford Williams was a customer at a gas station when the defendant shot him multiple times. At the time, the defendant was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by his girlfriend, Samantha Dean. On October 18, 2013, the defendant was charged with attempt mu... More...
$0 (05-20-2025 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Kyjuan K. Dorsey
Urbana, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with f aggravated discharge of a firearm, aggravated battery with a firearm, and first degree felony murder.<br> <br> Defendant was found guilty.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> MoreLaw's goal is to help people seeking legal assistance to find the best lawyers available to represent them in any county in the United States. Click t... More...
$0 (04-28-2025 - 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. Lamar R. Bennett </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing firearms as a felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Centralia man sentenced to 10+ years' imprisonment for possessing firearms as a felon</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A district judge sentenced a C... More...
$0 (04-01-2025 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Ramzallen Hankerson
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a defaced firearm and aggravated assault.<br> <br> Following a jury trial, defendant Ramzallen Hankerson was found guilty of possession of a defaced firearm and aggravated assault and sentenced to two years' probation on each charge, to be served concurrently. The jury also acquitted Hankerson on anothe... More...
$0 (03-14-2025 - 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. Kelvin Eugene Patterson, Jr., Marcus L. Burnside (a.k.a. “Pootyâ€) </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug and Firearm Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Peoria Men Sentenced for Drug and Firearm Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Kelvin Eugene Patterson, Jr., 39, of Peoria, Illinois, was sentenced to tw... More...
$0 (03-10-2025 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Rogelio Gomez
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful use of a weapon for carrying an "uncased, loaded, and immediately accessible" firearm.<br> <br> At around 11:30 p.m. on February 17, 2023, Officer Bernard Hernandez, Officer Jason Bulkley, and Officer Anthony Rosen were patrolling the Little Village neighborhood in a marked police squad car. It was a cold F... More...
$0 (02-21-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Mallett </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Fentanyl and Illegally Possessing Firearm </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Illegally Possessing Firearm</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center... More...
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