Legal News for Rockford, Illinois
Winnebago County
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)United States of America v. Derwin Vazquez, Jr.
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States by making false statements to purchase seven firearms. From 2020 to 2023, DERWIN VAZQUEZ, JR. conspired with his sister—JALISSA R. VAZQUEZ—to make false or fictious written statements to three licensed firearms dealers in connection with the acquisition or attempted acq... More...
(02-07-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Rogello Ibarra
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.... More...
(01-07-2026 - IL)United States of America v. Christopher Bruce
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking in contraband articles.... More...
(12-19-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Jesse Herbig
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing nearly 900 grams of methamphetamine. Jesse Herbig, age 44, admitted that in 2022 he communicated with his drug supplier and arranged for a United States Postal Service Priority Express parcel which he knew contained methamphetamine to be shipped from Phoenix, Ariz. to an address in Rockford. The pack... More...
(12-17-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Travis Thomas
Rock Island, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ne count of sex trafficking by force, threats of force, fraud, or coercion, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a) and (b)(1); two counts of transporting a victim in interstate commerce with the intent that she engage in prostitution, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2421(a); and two counts of coercing or enticing... More...
(12-16-2025 - IL)Jeffrey F. Barker v. Social Security Administration
Rockford, Illinois, social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of denial of his social security benefits RSI Tax claim.... More...
(11-25-2025 - IL)State of Illinois v. Ladavion Crawford and Madison Shackleford
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Ladavion Crawford, 18, of Rockford, and Madison Shackleford, 20, of Rockford. Both were arrested and taken to the Winnebago County Jail on charges of first-degree murder for killing Isaiah Locke of Rockford.... More...
(11-14-2025 - 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. 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...
(10-16-2025 - IL)State of Illinois v. Kyle Condon
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault. Kyle Condon, age 26, was accused of sexual assaults that happened April 18 allegedly happened in the 2300 block of Rockwell Street. ... More...
(10-07-2025 - IL)Gary L. Dotson v. Mendard, Inc.
Rockford, Illinois, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a premises liability case. ... More...
$1 (10-06-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Thomas Dugger
Rockford, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Whiteside County, Ill. Man Sentenced to More than Eight Years in Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine ... More...
(08-22-2025 - IL)Thomas Castelli v. Hononegah Community High School District #207, et al.
Rockford, Illinois education law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory. ... More...
(07-16-2025 - IL)United States of America v. John Robert Moro
Rockford, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony drug possession. ... More...
(07-16-2025 - il)United States of America v. Benigno Sanchez
Rockford, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting To Import More Than Half a Kilogram of Fentanyl Rockford Man Sentenced to Eleven Years in Prison for Attempting To Import More Than Half a Kilogram of Fentanyl ... More...
(05-01-2025 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Cordeo Blan
Rockford, Illinois criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being an armed habitual criminal, et al. Defendant was denied pretrial release. egal issue Can the denial of a defendant's motion for relief from pretrial detention be justified based on circumstantial evidence and the absence of mitigating conditions for release? Key Phrases Pretrial deten... More...
(01-06-2025 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Anthony Richards
Rockford, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trespassing. Winnebago County jury found defendant, Anthony Richards, guilty of criminal trespass to real property. The circuit court sentenced him to 18 months of conditional discharge and 12 days in jail.... More...
(10-23-2024 - IL)State of Illinois v. Anthony Richards
Rockford, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal trespass. ¶ 2 A Winnebago County jury found defendant, Anthony Richards, guilty of criminal trespass to real property. See 720 ILCS 5/21-3(a)(3) (West 2020). The circuit court sentenced him to 18 months of conditional discharge and 12 days in jail. * * * ¶ 6 Ry... More...
(10-23-2024 - IL)Anne Dlugi v. GPM Midwest, LLC
Rockford, Illinois personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a premises liability claim. Plaintiff, Anne Dlugi, filed a personal injury lawsuit against defendant, GPM Midwest, LLC, after she was injured in the parking lot of a FasMart owned by defendant. In her amended complaint, plaintiff alleged her injuries were the result of defendant's negligence and... More...
(09-27-2024 - IL)Margaret Kwiatkowski v. Land Air Seat Systems, Inc.
Rockford, Illinois civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination claim. ... More...
$1 (09-27-2024 - IL)United States of America v. Ibnawaan Safeeullah
Rockford, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking in contraband articles. ... More...
(09-19-2024 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Xavier P.
Rockford, Illinois family law lawyer represented the Defendant sued by the State seeking termination of parental rights. In November 2023, the State filed a motion to terminate the parental rights of respondent father, Xavier P. (Father), to his minor child, N.P. (born July 24, 2021). The trial court found Father to be an unfit parent pursuant to section 1(D) of the Ado... More...
(07-05-2024 - IL)I.P.M. v. Social Security Administration
Rockford, Illinois social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of a levied Social Security: RSI Tax.... More...
(02-26-2024 - IL)Donald Gatewood v. John Varga, et al.
Rockford, Illinois civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories. Plaintiff Donald Gatewood, who is incarcerated at Dixon Correctional Center, brings this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of the Eighth Amendment. He claims that Defendants Dr. John O'Brien and Tina O'Brien acted with deliberate indifferen... More...
(12-29-2023 - IL)Scott Ranft v. Melissa Herrera
Rockford, Illinois personal injury lawyer sued the Defendants on 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights theories because of prison conditions in the prison in which the Plaintiff was incarcerated. "Prisoner civil rights law is a complex area of law that protects the rights of people who are incarcerated in prisons and jails. These rights are based on the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,... More...
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