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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. Mohammad Al Sharairei
Rapid City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> A jury convicted Mohammad Al Sharairei of maintaining a premises for the<br> purpose of distributing controlled substance analogues and conspiracy to distribute<br> controlled substance analogues. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 813, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), 846, 856(a)(1), 856(b).<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> -2-<b... More...
$0 (03-07-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Rashad Haleym aka “Ace†and “Bosh†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud, money laundering, and fentanyl distribution </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Waukee Man Sentenced to 32 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl and Fraud-Related Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Waukee man wa... More...
$0 (02-14-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Jorey Daniel Karl Butterbaugh, </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault on person assisting federal officer </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Coralville Man Sentenced to 78 Months in Federal Prison for Assault Charge</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Coralville man was sentenced to 78 ... More...
$0 (09-28-2024 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Mark Francis Davidson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with filing a false income tax return </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Businessman Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for False Income Tax Return</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A businessman, formerly of Adel, was sen... More...
$0 (08-19-2024 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Albert McReynolds </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Andrea&l=Jaeger&i=133228&z=52807" target="_new">Andrea D. Jaeger</a> represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine Distribution and Money Laundering Crimes </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cedar Rapids Man Sentenced... More...
$0 (05-31-2024 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Calvin Williams </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance after a prior conviction for a serious drug felony and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering..</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b>Cedar Rapids Man Involved in Methamphetamine Trafficking Sente... More...
$0 (04-12-2024 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Fedo Antonia Manning; Ronnel Dewayne Williams, Jr.; Chaelyn Hendrick Groves </h1>
Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyers represented the defendants charged with illegal firearms trafficking and straw purchases of firearms as a result of the investigation into the mass shooting at Union Station during the celebration of the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory on Feb. 14, 2024.<br> <br> "These cases underscore the importance of enforcing federal firearms laws,†sa... More...
$0 (03-15-2024 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Timothy D. Sletten </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Des Moines, Iowa Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Disaster-Related Insurance Fraud</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> In 2018, following the EF-3 tornado that hit Marshalltown, Iowa, Timothy D. Sletten, 32, engaged in two separate schemes to defraud State Farm, the insurer of Sletten's numerous residential rent... More...
$0 (01-11-2024 - IA)United States of America v. Thomas James Morford
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to pay over employee trust fund taxes and failure to file a federal tax return.<br> <br> From 2015 to 2020, Thomas James Morford, 50, who operated a local concrete business, failed to pay $355,049 in employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). This included the failure to pay taxes that he had colle... More...
$0 (12-06-2023 - IA)United States of America v. Bakou Kees Vonty
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing, presenting, and making false tax returns.<br> <br> Bakou Kees Vonty, 41, also known as Bob Vonty, prepared and filed hundreds of federal individual income tax returns on behalf of individual taxpayers, from approximately 2011 to 2022. On a 2019 tax return, Vonty, on behalf of an individual, falsely reported ... More...
$0 (11-17-2023 - IA)United States of America v. Thein Maung and Phyo Mi
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with forty-nine fraud- and tax-related charges. <br> <br> For several years, Thein Maung, age 47, and Phyo Mi, age 21, of Ottumwa, Iowan ran a fraudulent tax-preparation business out of their family's Ottumwa home. In exchange for a cash fee, Maung and Mi would prepare and file their customers' tax returns. Maung and Mi p... More...
$0 (10-02-2023 - IA)John Doe v. Gregory Scott Stephen and Barnstormers Basketball, Inc., d/b/a Barnstormers Basketball of Iowa
Davenport, Iowa personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on a class action negligence and intentional tort theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of acts, errors and/or omissions on the part of the Defendants. <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/iowa/news/davenport/" ... More...
$0 (12-12-2022 - IA)United States of America v. Thomas Sieren
Des Moines, Iowa criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with tax and bank fraud.<br> <br> Thomas Sieren, age 59, is charged in a 24-count indictment returned on July 19, 2022. According to court documents, Sieren was the Vice President of TCS Fabricating, Inc., a local fabrication company. TCS Fabricating, Inc. was required by law to withhold taxes from employee wages and to pay the wit... More...
$0 (08-08-2022 - IA)Dutton, Daniels, Hines, Kalkhoff, Cook and Swanson, P.L.C. v. Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County
Waterloo, Iowa civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff, which sued Defendant on court imposed sanction matter.<br> <br> <br> Dutton, Daniels, Hines, Kalkhoff, Cook & Swanson, P.L.C. (law firm) seeks certiorari review of a district court order imposing monetary sanctions. We find the district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding a sanction was appropriate. But we do not agree wit... More...
$0 (06-29-2022 - IA)United States of America v. Julius Gene Irvin
Dubuque, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of drugs near a school.<br> <br> <br> Julius Gene Irvin pleaded guilty to distribution of controlled substances near a protected location resulting in death. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 860(a). Irvin's sentencing range under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines was 262 to 327 months' imprisonmen... More...
$0 (06-07-2022 - IA)United States of America v. Jeffrey Allan Kock
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with money laundering and making false claims for tax refunds. <br> <br> Jeffrey Allan Kock, age 50, was convicted by a jury on September 29, 2021, of a total of 13 counts, including five counts of the willful failure to file individual income tax returns; two counts of making false claims against the United States; wire fra... More...
$0 (02-04-2022 - IA)United States of America v. Florence Rosale Julio
Davenport, IA: Conspiracy to commit money laundering criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Florence Rosale Julio, age 39, of Brunswick, Georgia.<br> <br> Defendant was indicted for engaging in a conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with a scheme to obtain federal tax refunds by fraud using the identification information of dozens of University of Iowa employees.<br> <br> Ju... More...
$0 (09-08-2021 - IA)United States of America v. Scott Stecher and Doug Stecher
Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with tax evasion.<br> <br> Scott Stecher, age 61, and Doug Stecher, age 58, from Clarion, Iowa, were charged with attempting to evade or defeat tax laws.<br> <br> Each brother admitted that each took steps to hide income from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to evade paying income taxes. Information from their plea agreeme... More...
$0 (05-18-2021 - IA)United States of America v. Rachel Manna
Des Moines, Iowa computer hacking charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Rachel Manna, age 33, of West Des Moines, was acquainted with Danielle Taff, who was employed as a contractor paralegal by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa. Taff was assigned to the office's Civil Division, where she worked exclusively on matters related to civil forfeiture and was ... More...
$0 (02-06-2021 - IA)United States of America v. Danielle Taff
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with computer fraud.<br> <br> A former contractor with the U.S. Department of Justice was charged with unlawfully using her government computer to access government records and providing sensitive, non-public information to another individual.<br> <br> Danielle Taff, 37, of Ankeny, Iowa, who was employed as a contractor paraleg... More...
$0 (11-07-2020 - IA)United States of America v. David Miller
Cedar Rapids, IA - The United States of America charged David Miller with aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax returns.<br> <br> David Miller, age 52, from Gilmore City, IA pled guilty to 3 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent income tax returns and 3 counts of receiving stolen government money or property.<br> <br> In a plea agree... More...
$0 (02-26-2020 - IA)United States of America v. Nirander Kumar
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/DSM_Courthouse_0.jpg"><br> </center><br> Davenport, IA - Bettendorf Doctor Pleads Guilty to Failure to Pay Employment Taxes<br> <br> Nirander Kumar, age 66, from Bettendorf, Iowa, pled guilty to Failure to Pay Employment Taxes announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. This crime carries a maximum potential... More...
$0 (08-18-2019 - IA)United States of America v. Nadine Nzuega Robinson
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/DSM_Courthouse_0.jpg"><br> </center><br> Davenport, IA - Georgia Woman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Money Laundering in Case Involving Theft of University of Iowa Employee Identifications<br> <br> Nadine Nzuega Robinson, age 39, from Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to... More...
$0 (07-17-2019 - IA)United States of America v. Alvin Antonio Houston
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/DSM_Courthouse_0.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Alvin Antonio Houston pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a<br> firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). The district court1<br> applied a four-level enhancement for possession of a firearm in connection with<br> another felony and ... More...
$0 (04-10-2019 - IA)United States of America v. Darius Devon Nickelous
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/CedarRapids_3314823070993319616_1360864279914.jpg"><br> </center><br> Darius D. Nickelous was convicted of unlawfully possessing a firearm in<br> violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 922(g)(3), 922(g)(9), and 924(a)(2). The district<br> court sentenced him to 120 months’ imprisonment. 1 He appeals his conviction.<br>... More...
$0 (02-27-2019 - IA)United States of America, ex rel. Stephanie Strubbe, et al. v. Crawford County Memorial Hospital and Bill Bruce
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/CedarRapids_3314823070993319616_1360864279914.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Stephanie A. Strubbe, Carmen Trader, and Richard Christie sued Crawford<br> County Memorial Hospital (CCMH) as relators in a qui tam action for violations of<br> the False Claims Act. 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a). They also sued CCMH and its Chief<br> Exe... More...
$0 (02-12-2019 - IA)United States of America v. Alauna Gaye Morris
<center><br> <img widith="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/siouxcity_new.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Alauna Gaye Morris conditionally pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute<br> methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846. The<br> district court sentenced her to 120 months’ imprisonment. 1 She appeals the denial of<br> 1The Honorable Leonard T. Strand,... More...
$0 (02-09-2019 - IA)Ozgur Can Leonard v. Rachel Joy Lentz and Steven Troy Lentz
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/sites/ca8/files/slides/marketStreetCourthouse.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> In this matter brought under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of<br> International Child Abduction (Hague Convention),1 Ozgur Leonard, a dual citizen<br> of Turkey and the United States, appeals from the order of the district court2 granting<br> judgme... More...
$0 (01-14-2019 - IA)State of Iowa v. Kenneth Tennant
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://media.graytvinc.com/images/690*380/Kenneth+Tennant.jpg "><br> <h2> <font color="red"> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> This case had its beginnings in an earlier criminal case involving Tennant’s <br> son. On March 7, 2017, Tennant’s son was found guilty of criminal charges by a <br> jury. T.F. was foreman of that jury. Tennant disagreed with h... More...
$0 (11-06-2018 - IA)Ricco Fountain Thigpen v. State of Iowa
<center><h2><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing</font><br> <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> National Find A Lawyer Directory</a><br> <br> </p><br> </h2><br> </center><br> A man made the acquaintance of two other men at a club in Cedar Rapids. <br> He asked the two fo... More...
$0 (11-06-2018 - IA)State of Iowa v. Roger Osborn
<br> Roger Osborn was convicted of twenty-six counts of possession of a visual <br> depiction of a minor engaging in a prohibited sexual act, in violation of Iowa Code <br> section 728.12(3) (2014). The district court ordered Osborn to serve an <br> indeterminate term of incarceration not to exceed six years. In this appeal, Osborn <br> challenges his convictions and sentences. In his first cla... More...
$0 (10-21-2018 - IA)United States of America v. Bobbie Hora-Guill
Cedar Rapids, IA - Bennett Woman Sentenced to Thirty Months in Federal Prison for Failing to Pay Taxes on Stolen Money<br> <br> <br> Stole more than $1.5 million from her former employer<br> <br> A woman who failed to pay taxes on more than $1.5 million she stole from her former employer was sentenced October 2, 2018, to 30 months in federal prison. <br> <br> Bobbie Hora-Guill, age 46, from Bennet... More...
$0 (10-08-2018 - IA)State of Iowa v. Imere Hall
<center><br> <img width="300" src=" https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/telegraphherald.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/04/b04c0e7c-61b3-5389-bdfd-2d8a6201dae9/58bf64f4f13cf.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C782 "><br> <h2> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> Hall testified at his trial. There, he told the jury the following transpired the <br> night Collin Brown was murdered. <br> In the lat... More...
$0 (09-26-2018 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. AKUK ATAK ALEM AKOK <table> <td>
Akuk Akok appeals his convictions for first-degree burglary, assault while <br> participating in a felony, and child stealing. He first contends the trial court abused <br> its discretion in admitting into evidence incriminating messages sent from his <br> Facebook account. He claims the State failed to authenticate the records. <br> Specifically, he argues there was no showing that he created ... More...
$0 (09-14-2018 - IA)SESSIONS L. HARPER vs. STATE OF IOWA <table> <td>
On the evening of Saturday, January 7, 2006, Holly Michael, Becky Sittig, <br> Ashleigh Attig, and Harper hung out at Michael’s house in Fort Dodge beginning <br> at around 7:00 or 8:00 p.m.2 From then until the early morning hours of January <br> 8, the group drank alcohol, smoked marijuana, and consumed cocaine. The group <br> left the residence to go to a nearby bar at which they arrived ar... More...
$0 (09-14-2018 - IA)United States of America v. Roman Deon Hellems, Jr.
Des Moines, IA - Des Moines Man Sentenced to Prison for Firearms Offense<br> <br> Roman Deon Hellems, Jr. sentenced to 96 months for felon in possession of a firearm<br> <br> On August 24, 2018, Roman Deon Hellems, Jr., age 23, of Des Moines, appeared before United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose and was sentenced to 96 months in prison for a felon in possession of a firearm charge a... More...
$0 (08-28-2018 - IA)Jeffery Allen Oppedahl v. Mobile Drill International
Plaintiff Jeffery Oppedahl was injured in a gruesome accident involving a<br> truck-mounted drill and auger that left him 1 a quadriplegic. Oppedahl, his wife, and<br> his children (collectively “Plaintiffs”) sued Mobile Drill Company, Inc. (“Mobile<br> Drill”), the manufacturer of the drill and auger. As relevant to this appeal, the district<br> court2 first dismissed Plaintiffs’ strict... More...
$0 (08-08-2018 - IA)State of Iowa v. Abel Quijas, Jr. <table> <td>
This case presents questions related to whether and when an offender is <br> entitled to the assistance of counsel and a hearing to challenge a restitution order <br> for the reimbursement of room and board expenses related to the pretrial detention <br> of the offender. <br> Abel Quijas, Jr., was convicted of attempted murder, in violation of Iowa <br> Code section 707.11 (2013). On July 11, 2... More...
$0 (08-04-2018 - IA)State of Iowa v. Matthew Lee Murphy <table> <td>
The following facts can be gleaned from the evidence presented to the jury. <br> On February 20, 2016, eleven-year-old A.T. and her older sister, M.T., spent the <br> night at Murphy’s house. Murphy was a family friend of the girls’ parents after <br> being engaged to A.T.’s aunt, her mother’s sister. After his fiancé passed away <br> the families remained close. The girls referred to... More...
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