Indiana Forfeiture Law

<h1> United States of America v. Jennifer Lynn Horton </h1>

<h2><center> Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of wire fraud </font/color="red"></center><center> Former Office Manager Sentenced to Two and a Half Years in Federal Prison for Embezzling over $1 Million from a Family-Owned Business in Greenfield</h2></center> </h2>... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Jennifer Lynn Horton </h1>

<h2><center> Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Embezzling over $1 Million from a Family-Owned Business </font/color="red"></center><center> Former Office Manager Sentenced to Two and a Half Years in Federal Prison for Embezzling over $1 Million from a Family-Owned Business in Greenfield... More...

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Thomas Roehrman v. Marketing Labs, LLC

<h2> Indianapolis, Indiana Restrictions of Use of Telephone Equipment violation lawyer represented the Plaintiff. </h2> The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 restricts the use of certain telephone equipment, including automatic dialing systems (ATDS) and artificial or prerecorded voice messages: Prohibited uses It's illegal to use ATDS or artif... More...

$1 (10-16-2024 - IN)

State of Indiana v. Travis S. Chandler

<h2> Nashville, Indiana operating a motor vehicle as a habitual traffic violator criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. <h2> [¶2] On December 7, 2020, Chandler operated a motor vehicle in Brown County, knowing that his driving privileges had been forfeited for life. In January 2021, the State charged Chandler with level 5 felony operating a motor vehicle after forfeit... More...

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United States of America v. Earl D. Miller

South Bend, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with five counts of wire fraud and one count of securities fraud. That same jury acquitted Miller of one count of wire fraud and one count of bankruptcy fraud. Earl D. Miller, age 44, became the sole owner of "5 Starâ€, a real estate investment firm, in July of 2014. Through 5 Star and it its numerous re... More...

$0 (12-07-2023 - IN)

United States of America v. Damone McFerren

South Bend, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. In October 2022, following a verbal argument in a South Bend residence, Damone McFerren, age 28, of Mishawaka, Indiana, fired three gunshots at one of the persons inside the house. Officers who responded to the scene were able to recover the firearm McFerr... More...

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United States of America v. Shaine Shepherd

Fort Wayne, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Shaine Shepherd, 28 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, pleaded guilty to distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration with the assistance of the Fort Wayne Police Department. The... More...

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United States of America v. Rajesh Kanuru

Hammond, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and embezzlement against a bankruptcy estate. Rajesh Kanuru, age 46, of Chicago, Illinois, was an attorney with a practice located in Chicago, Illinois. From March 2012 through August 2018, Kanuru devised a scheme to defraud clients who had filed for bankruptcy, the Bankruptcy Trustee and the U.S. Bankr... More...

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United States of America v. Wendell Burts

Hammond, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. <table> <h1> <center> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/HammondFed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Hammond, Indiana"> Federal Courthouse - Hammond, indiana</a> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw... More...

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United States of America v. David E. Hueston

Fort Wayne, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with with intent to distribute methamphetamine, carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm. <table> <h1><center> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/indiana/news/fortwayne/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Fort Wayne</a> ... More...

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United States of America v. Matthew Alan McNair

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged for transporting child pornography that he produced of an 18-month-old infant and for being a person required to register as a sex offender who committed a felony offense involving a minor. Matthew Alan McNair, 41, of Tulsa, was in Indiana in the summer of 2017 when he utilized an electronic device to take sexually ... More...

$0 (10-27-2022 - IN)

United States of America v. Remon D. Phillips

Fort Wayne, Indiana criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Remon D. Phillips, age 39, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, was found guilty of the single-count Indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm in February 2022. Phillips will be scheduled for sentencing by separate order of the Court. Any speci... More...

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United States of America v. Katina Miller

Fort Wayne, Indiana criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud. Katina Miller, age 50, was the Trustee of Bearcreek Township, located in Jay County, Bryant Indiana between January 2015 and December 2018. As the Trustee, Miller was responsible for the financial processes of the Township. Miller violated her fiduciary responsibility to the citizens of Bearcreek Township... More...

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United States of America v. Eddie M. Knox

Fort Wayne, Indiana criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. Between May 6, 2019, and August 26, 2020, Eddie M. Knox, age 56, from Fort Wayne, was involved in a conspiracy with his co-defendants to distribute significant amounts of controlled substances. During the conspiracy, Knox ... More...

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United States of America v. Eduardo Luciano

Hammond, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine and marijuana, and two counts of using a firearm to commit the murders of Lauren Calvillo (age 16) and Christopher White (age 33). On June 29, 2015, Eduardo Luciano, age 34, from Hammond, Ind... More...

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United States of America v. Jamic C. Johnson

Fort Wayne, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm. On October 28, 2020, a state search warrant was served on Jamic C. Johnson's residence. During the search, officers seized a distribution amount of... More...

$0 (06-30-2022 - IN)

United States of America v. Teâ€™Ron Reid

South Bend, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute over 50 grams of meth. In September 2020, Te'Ron Reid, 41 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was on home detention for a different sentence when law enforcement searched his residence. In Reid's home, officers found over 100 grams of methamphetamine, a drug ledger, and a lo... More...

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United States of America v. Samuel Strickland

Hammond, Indiana criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Samuel Strickland, 37, of South Bend, Indiana, was pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to documents in the case, on April 7, 2019, officers responded to a shots fired call in Hammond and recovered a loaded 9mm firearm from Strickland. Hi... More...

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United States of America v. Kevin Hartleroad

Fort Wayne, Indiana criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with attempting to produce child porn. Kevin Hartleroad, 64, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, was convicted of attempted production of child pornography. According to documents in this case, between February 2020 and April 2020, Hartleroad engaged in online conversations with an undercover law enforcement ... More...

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United States of America v. Raymond Upthegrove

Hammond, Indiana criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with receipt of child pornography and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Raymond Upthegrove, 35, of Demotte, Indiana, was indicted for receipt of child pornography and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to documents filed in the case, on various dates prior to ... More...

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United States of America v. Lorenzo Johnson

Hammond, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to produce child pornography. n Indiana man was sentenced today to 50 years in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for using social media to produce child pornography. Lorenzo Johnson, 33, of Hammond, was convicted on Aug. 16 by a federal jury of three counts of conspiring to prod... More...

$0 (12-20-2021 - IN)

United States of America v. Edward Sanders

South Bend, IN: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Edward Sanders, 48 years old, of Michigan City, Indiana, was indicted for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. In January of 2020, Sanders was the passenger in a car and police found Sanders to be in possession of heroin, fe... More...

$0 (10-21-2021 - IN)

United States of America v. Kevin Hartleroad

Fort Wayne, IN: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempted production of child pornography. Kevin Hartleroad, 64, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, was charged with attempted production of child pornography. In February 2020, Hartleroad attempted to coerce a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such... More...

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United States of America v. Salvador Alvin

Hammond, IN: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Between May and December 2019 in Hammond, Indiana, Salvado Alvin, age 26, sold multiple ounces of cocaine and three firearms to a confidential informant. Law enforcement then executed a search warra... More...

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United States of America v. Mary Cossey

Hammond, IN: Bankruptcy fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Mary Cossey, age 54, of Munster, Indiana, who engaged in a scheme to defraud the Chapter 13 bankruptcy trustee and her creditors in order to take advantage of the benefits of bankruptcyâ€”including the imposition of a stay on collection and elimination of debtsâ€”without making the financial sacrifices required ... More...

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United States of America v. Leorenzo Johnson

Hammond, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring with multiple women to send him sexually explicit pictures of infants and young children. Lorenzo Johnson, 33, of Hammond, used a fake Facebook account to identify women with access to children who were experiencing financial difficulties. Johnson, a registered sex offender, offered those women money t... More...

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United States of America v. Quran R. Waterford and and Gary McCaleb

Fort Wayne, Indiana criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with Conspiracy to Commit Hobbs Act Robbery and two counts of brandishing a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence. Quran R. Waterford, 36, of Chicago, Illinois and Gary McCaleb, 31, of Harvey, Illinois, were charged for Conspiracy to Commit Hobbs Act Robbery and two counts of brandishing a firearm d... More...

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United States of America v. Khalil Jackson

South Bend, Indiana human trafficking of a minor charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Khalil Jackson, age 25, of Elkhart, Indiana, was convicted following a jury trial. The jury found Jackson guilty of various federal charges arising out of conduct involving human trafficking of a minor victim: specifically, Count 1, sex trafficking of a minor, Count 2, production of chil... More...

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United States of America v. Charles Gould

Hammond, Indiana conspiracy to distribute drugs charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Charles Gould, 37, of Hobart, Indiana, charged with conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of crack cocaine. During 2016 Gould conspired with other individuals in Gary, Indiana, to distribute crack cocaine. As part of the conspiracy, cocaine was cooked into crack cocaine, package... More...

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Leon O. Mehling v. State of Indiana

<center><h2>Indianapolis, IN - Criminal defense attorney represented Leon Mehling with a operating a motor vehicle after forfeiture of license for life charge. </h2></center> On November 14, 2019, the State charged Mehling with Level 5 felony operating a motor vehicle after forfeiture of license for life. On May 22, 2020, he entered into a plea ... More...

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State of Indiana v. Lamont "K.D." Coleman

Hammond, Indiana criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with drug trafficking. Lamont Coleman, age 39, of Gary, Indiana, was charge with conspiracy to distribute heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin, and possessing a firearm as a felon. The evidence at trial showed that from November 2017 and continuing into 2018, Coleman conspired with other indiv... More...

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United States of America v. Bradley M. Cox

Fort Wayne, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sextortion. Bradley M. Cox, 30, of Kokomo, Indiana, was charged with extortion, production and attempted production of child pornography, and receipt of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Bell. According to evidence presented at trial, Cox obtained nude photographs of a woman wh... More...

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United States of America v. Katina Miller

Fort Wayne, Indiana wire fraud charged criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Katina Miller, who was charged with two counts of wire fraud. On February 2, 2021, Miller pled guilty to one count of wire fraud and admitted devising a scheme to divert money for her benefit. On February 19, 2021 United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady accepted the guilty plea. According t... More...

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United States of America v. Bradley M. Cox

Fort Wayne, Indiana production of child pornography criminal defense lawyer represented Bradley M. Cox, age 30, who was charged with extortion, production and attempted production of child pornography, and receipt of child pornography. According to evidence presented at trial, Cox, while pretending to be a woman, began communicating on social media with a Rochester, Indiana, man. With nud... More...

$0 (12-17-2020 - IN)

Matthew Powell v. State of Indiana

<center><h2>Connersville, IN - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Matthew Powell with raising two issues on appeal, which we restate as:<center> I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by failing to cite Powell’s guilty plea as a mitigating factor; and II. Whether Powell’s fifteen-year aggregate sentence is inappropriate considering th... More...

$0 (12-09-2020 - IN)

United States of America v. Dr. Qingyou Han and Lu Shao

Hammond, Indiana wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Dr. Qingyou Han, 62, of West Lafayette, Indiana, formerly a Purdue University professor and the Director of its Center for Materials Processing Research, was charged with wire fraud. Lu Shao, 54, of Lakewood, Ohio, was also charged with wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343. "The National Science Foundation's (‘NS... More...

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Delangley Woods v. State of Indiana

<center><h2>Indianapolis, IN - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Delangley Woods with appealing the trial court’s order awarding $12,064 to the State on its complaint for civil forfeiture following a bench trial..</h2></center> On May 18, 2018, Woods, whose vehicle had been repossessed, went to Last Chance Wrecker Service (“towing ... More...

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United States of America v. Hetor I. Mendez

Fort Wayne, Indiana drug distribution criminal defense lawyer represented Hector I. Mendez, age 29, who was charged with distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to documents presented in this case, on October 19, 2018, Mendez distributed more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, and from August through October of 2018, Mendez distributed methamphetamine on multiple other... More...

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United States of America v. Renato Salazar-Lopez

Hammond, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. The United States of America charged Renato Salazar-Lopez, age 37, of San Ysidro, California, with possession with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. According to evidence presented at trial, on September 28, 2018, on... More...

$0 (11-07-2020 - IN)

United States of America v. Lauren Grant

Fort Wayne, Indiana distribution of meth criminal defense lawyer represented Lauren Grant, age 26, charted with distribution of methamphetamine. According to documents in this case, Grant entered a plea of guilty to distributing more than 50 grams of actual methamphetamine, and in her plea agreement, she agreed to being involved in the distribution of 1.5 to 4.5 kilograms of methampheta... More...

$0 (10-16-2020 - IN)