Iowa Child Custody Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ashley Thompson </h2> </center>
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with intent to commit murder. Ashley Thompson, age 38, from Tama, Iowa, admitted that on January 14, 2024, she assaulted a woman on the Meskwaki Settlement near Tama, Iowa. Thompson was in another person’s home along with the victim. An argument between multiple people occurred. Thompson picked up a ... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - IA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Alexander Warren Dehogues </h2> </center>
Davenport, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child. Alexander Warren Dehogues, 35, secretly recorded two minor children in stages of undress and saved those recordings to his electronic devices. A forensic examination of electronic devices seized from Dehogues’s Kalona residence showed that Dehogues used the devices to record, receive... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - IA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Pry’Shayn Mosley </h2> </center>
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children and possession of child pornography. Pry’Shayn Mosley, 21, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, admitted that between May 2022 and October 2022 he enticed two minors under the age of 18 to engage in sexually explicit conduct in order to produce visual depictions of such conduct. Mosley furthe... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - IA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Wenona Oropeza </h2> </center>
Woodbury, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substance. A number of times over one year in 2024-2025, Wenona Oropeza, 48, from Omaha, Nebraska, would have other persons drive her from Omaha, Nebraska to Sioux Falls, South Dakota with several ounces of methamphetamine to distribute in Sioux Falls where she could double and tr... More...
$ (03-06-2026 - IA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joseph Lee Rhodes </h2> </center>
Davenport, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Joseph Lee Rhodes, Jr., 41, of Muscatine County, was detained pending trial today in connection with an indictment charging him with five counts of transportation of child pornography. On January 14, 2026, Rhodes made his initial appearance. Following the March 2, 2026, detention ... More...
$ (03-06-2026 - IA)United States of America v. Cleveland Stephens, a/k/a “Schmitty”
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Cleveland Stephens, a/k/a “Schmitty,” age 63, from Cedar Rapids, sold pounds of methamphetamine to multiple people. In October 2022, he was in a car that was stopped in Davenport, Iowa. Law enforcement officers searched the car and found cocaine base, cocaine... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - IA)United States of America v. Shawn Zak
Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substance and unlawful transportation of a firearm. Shawn Zak, 32, from Carroll, Iowa, admitted that from June 2025 through September 2025, he and others conspired to distribute more than 1500 grams of methamphetamine in the Carroll, Iowa, area. On September 11, 2025, Zak was ap... More...
$ (02-18-2026 - IA)United States of America v. Robert J. Funderman
Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distribution of child pornography. Robert J. Fundermann, 50, from Anthon, Iowa, admitted that from about April 2023 through April 2025, he distributed and attempted to distribute visual depictions of child pornography. Evidence further showed that Fundermann was grooming a 17-year-old in order to obta... More...
$ (02-08-2026 - IA)United States of America v. Bryce White
Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children and possession of pornography. Bryce White, 42, from Dow City, Iowa, admitted that between August 1, 2023, and August 2024, he coerced minor females into sending him depictions of themselves engaged in sexually explicit conduct. White used Snapchat to pose as a minor and solicited ... More...
$ (01-28-2026 - IA)<H2> United States of America v. Anthony Isiah Pennell
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms. Information from the sentencing hearing showed that, on October 9, 2024, in a mall parking lot in Cedar Rapids, Anthony Isiah Pennell fired a gun. Following an argument between an individual who was with Pennell and another person, Pennell grabbed a gun out of a purse belongi... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - IA)<H2> United States of America v. Brian Thomas Oakleaf
Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in activities involving or containing child pornography. Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that, from March 1, 2022, through July 29, 2024, Brian Thomas Oakleaf received, distributed, and possessed child pornography, including depictions involving prepubescent minors, on two separate cell... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - IA)<H2> United States of America v. Taxavier Ford
Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms. Taxavier Ford, 29, from Alta, Iowa, was charged one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Ford was previously convicted of possession of a narcotic drug, in the State of Indiana in 2017, and possession of marijuana, with intent to deliver and possession of a firear... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - IA)<H2> United States of America v. Desmond Collins
Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of distribution of a controlled substance. Desmond Collins, age 34, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, admitted that in October 2024, he distributed a total of approximately three ounces of methamphetamine to a person cooperating with law enforcement in Fort Dodge, Iowa. At the time of the distribution, Collins wa... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - IA)<H2> United States of America v. Brandon Mitchell
Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Brandon Mitchell, 29, from Mason City, Iowa, was previously convicted twice for domestic abuse assault in the Iowa District Court for Cerro Gordo County. The convictions prevented Mitchell from legally possessing firearms. Mitchell had two prior convicti... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - IA)<H2> United States of America v. Kenneth Wayne Brown
Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession of child pornography. From early May 2023, through April 3, 2024, Kenneth Brown, 60, from Badger, Iowa, received and possessed child pornography. A CyberTip to law enforcement revealed 32 files of child pornography had been uploaded to the internet from Brown’s cell phone. Brown was a vo... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - IA)<H2> United States of America v. Melvin Boone
Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a protected location. Melvin Boone, age 46, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, admitted that between October 2023, and March 2025, he and others conspired to distribute over 5 pounds ... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - IA)United States of America v. Benjamin Tyler Gentry
Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of receipt and possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2), (b)(1), (a)(5)(B), and (b)(2), and with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2)<br> <br> In October 2021, a Department of Homeland Security Special Agent ... More...
$0 (11-17-2025 - IA)United States of America v. Kim Phuong Taylor, also known as Kimberly Taylor
Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voter fraud.<br> <br> In 2020, Taylor decided to run her own version of a get-out-the-vote campaign. The idea was to help Vietnamese Americans, some of whom struggled with English and were unfamiliar with our election system, register and vote. Her<br> motives were not purely altruistic: she hoped they would vote for h... More...
$0 (11-17-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Marquise Darius Dickerson </h1></h1>
Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon. <br> <br> A man who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to more than four years in federal prison.<br> <br> Marquise Darius Dickerson, age 33, from Monroe, Michigan, received the prison term after an April 17, 2025 guilty plea to possession o... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Edward Earl Roby, Jr., </h1></h1>
Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.<br> <br> A convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to nearly five years in federal prison.<br> <br> Edward Earl Roby, Jr., age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 13, 2025 guilty plea to possession of... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Marquise Darius Dickerson </h1></h1>
Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.<br> <br> A man who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to more than four years in federal prison.<br> <br> Marquise Darius Dickerson, age 33, from Monroe, Michigan, received the prison term after an April 17, 2025 guilty plea to possession o... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Edward Earl Roby, Jr., </h1></h1>
Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Firearms Charge.<br> <br> A convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to nearly five years in federal prison.<br> <br> Edward Earl Roby, Jr., age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 13, 2025 guilty plea to possession of a firearm ... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Ian Andre Roberts </h1></h1>
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being an illegal alien in possession of firearms.<br> <br> The former Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent, and citizen of Guyana made his initial appearance before a United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa today on a criminal complaint charging him with... More...
$0 (10-02-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Marquise Darius Dickerson </h1></h1>
Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon<br> <br> A man who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison.<br> <br> Marquise Darius Dickerson, age 33, from Monroe, Michigan, received the prison term after an April 17, 2025 guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon.<br... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Edward Earl Roby, Jr. </h1></h1>
Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing a Gun While Awaiting Sentencing on a Federal Firearms Charge.<br> <br> A convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to nearly five years in federal prison.<br> <br> Edward Earl Roby, Jr., age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May ... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Andrew Frazee </h1></h1>
Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine Conspiracy <br> <br> A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced on September 19, 2025, to 12 years in federal prison.<br> <br> Andrew Frazee, 32, from Garner, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 1, 2025, guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute over a pound of methamphetamine.... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. D’quon Morrow </h1></h1>
Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl near a school <br> <br> A man who distributed fentanyl near a school was sentenced today to more than 11 years in federal prison. D'quon Morrow, age 27, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 28, 2025 guilty plea to one count of distribution of at least 40 grams of fentan... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Daniel Kaler </h1></h1>
Sioux city, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Daniel Kaler, 38, of Sioux City, was accused of possessing, and receiving, more than 7,000 images and videos of child porn. A release from the Department of Justice said the illegal content included “sadistic or masochistic conduct” against children, infants, and toddlers. An in... More...
$0 (09-09-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Brian Oakleaf </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Former Storm Lake City Employee Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br> <cent... More...
$0 (09-09-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Jordan Michael Million </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of receipt of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Independence Man Charged with Child Pornography Crimes</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></c... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Bruce Jovon Williams </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Cedar Rapids Felon Who Ran from Police and Tossed Gun Pleads Guilty in Federal Court</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - IA)United States of America v. Robert Jene Smith
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of minors.<br> <br> (a) Any person who—<br> <br> (1) knowingly transports or ships using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means including by computer or mails, any visual depiction, if—<br> <br> (A) the ... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Juan Aldo Beltran Delgado, Isidro Barajas, Jr. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Council Bluffs, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with drug and gun crimes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Muscatine Men Sentenced to Federal Prison Related to Events Surrounding Officer Involved Shooting</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center>... More...
$0 (07-23-2025 - IA)United States of America v. Corey Lester Schlemme
DIowa City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receiving child pornography.<br> <br> The final Presentence Investigation Report ("PSRâ€) calculated an advisory sentencing guidelines range of 262 to 327 months' imprisonment. maximum sentence for the single-count offense was 240 months' imprisonment. Id. § 2252A(b)(1). Because the statutory maximum sentence w... More...
$0 (07-07-2025 - IA)United States of America v. Guy Lynn Wilson
Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of attempted production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) and 2251(e).<br> <br> In October 2020, Wilson moved into a house with his then-girlfriend and her<br> two minor children, including her daughter B.Z. Wilson and his girlfriend stayed in<br> one bedroom, while B.Z. and the other... More...
$0 (07-07-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Turner </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Fort Dodge Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of a Firearm</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Kenneth Moore </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Eleven Time Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <cente... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Kenneth Moore </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Eleven Time Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> A ... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Christian Brew Allen </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with producing child pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Blue Grass Man Sentenced to 216 Months in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><c... More...
$0 (07-06-2025 - IA)Fatima E. Belhak and Abdellatif Elfila v. Denice Smith and Women's Care Specialists </j2>
Davenport, Iowa personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on medical malpractice theories.<br> <br> In 2014, Fatima Belhak and her husband were expecting their first child. When Belhak went into labor, she and her husband went to Trinity Medical Center in Bettendorf, where Belhak had been seeing an obstetrician named Dr. Mona Alqulali. But because Alqulali was unavailable, anothe... More...
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