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United States of America v. Christian Brew Allen
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with producing child pornography Blue Grass Man Sentenced to 216 Months in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Pornography ... More... ( 07-06-2025 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Santiz Cortez Langford, Jr., also known as Tiz, also known as Tizwick
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering, drug, and firearm offenses. ... More... ( 06-30-2025 - IA) |
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United States of America v. David Michael Woods
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - 18:2251(a), 2251(e) Production of Child Pornography; and ACTIVITIES RE MATERIAL CONSTITUTING/CONTAINING CHILD PORNO - 18:2252(a)(2), 2252(b)(1) Distribution of Child Pornography. Woods was charged with sexually abusing his 12-year-old foster son and his 15-y... More... ( 05-28-2025 - IA) |
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State of Iowa v. Derrick Andray Earnest
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Derrick Andray Earnest, age 61, was accused for beating his girlfriend, Holly Snowgren, ate 49, to death on April 19, 2024. "The incident occurred in an alley east of Good Park between 14th Street and 14th Place, according to Polk County. Ring and Nest cameras in the area captured ... More... ( 05-23-2025 - IA) |
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United States of America v.|Jose Francisco Medina de la Cruz, also known as Spider
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Francisco Medina de la Cruz sought a two level reduction in sentence. Was the defendant, who received an aggravating- role adjustment, is ineligible for the § 4C1.1(a) two-level reduction even though he did not engage in a continuing criminal enterprise. But... More... ( 05-01-2025 - IA) |
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State of Iowa v. Joshua Ryan Carmody
Des Moinss, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary and frist-degree murder. Joshua Ryan Carmody, 32, was accused of killing Sayvon Propps, 30, of Des Moines, at the Ramada by Wyndham Des Moines Airport on April 10.... More... ( 04-11-2025 - IA) |
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Travis Valentino Dantzler v. Tonia Baldwin, M.D.
Des Moines, Iowa personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 deliberate indifference theory. Inmate Travis Dantzler brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging, inter alia, that Dr. Tonia Baldwin, a physician at the Clarinda Correctional Facility (CCF), was deliberately indifferent to his complaints of knee pain by delaying an MRI and orth... More... ( 04-08-2025 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Scott Eugene Smith
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firearms and Drug Charges Des Moines Man Sentenced to 30 years in Federal Prison for Firearms and Drug Charges A Des Moines man was indicted for possessin... More... ( 03-23-2025 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Rashad Haleym aka “Ace” and “Bosh”
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud, money laundering, and fentanyl distribution Waukee Man Sentenced to 32 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl and Fraud-Related Charges A Waukee man wa... More... ( 02-14-2025 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Sharmarke Omar Mohamed
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance containing fentanyl Des Moines Man Sentenced to 204 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Charges ... More... ( 02-03-2025 - IA) |
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State of Iowa v. Cedrick Charles Thomas, Jr.
Des Monies, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Cedrick Charles Thomas, Jr., age 28, was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree robbery and dominion and control of a firearm by a felon in the July 22 death of Charles Russian Lovelady. Prosecutors have said Thomas and codefendants Violet Terry and Darion Hermes arranged... More... ( 01-24-2025 - IA) |
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State of Iowa v. Tyre Dewayne Browne
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. An officer on patrol stopped a vehicle for a traffic infraction after the officer received word that the vehicle’s occupants may have participated in a drug sale. After a preliminary visit with the driver to gather documents, the officer returned to his cruiser and waited for ... More... ( 01-24-2025 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Roberto Esquivias-Sandoval
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant was charged with illegal reentry and conspiring to distribute controlled substances. * * * Evidence of drug sales at Esquivias-Sandoval’s home supported the finding that he “maintained a premises for the purposes of . . . distributing . . . controlled substance[s].” U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(12); see Uni... More... ( 12-23-2024 - IA) |
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Todd P. Halbur v. Stephen Larson, et al.
Des Moines, Iowa employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants for wrongful discharge. Todd Halbur was fired from his position as comptroller of the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD). Halbur believed he was fired in retaliation for (1) disclosing to his supervisor, Administrator Stephen Larson, the head of ABD, that ABD was operating in viola... More... ( 12-06-2024 - IA) |
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Clay Blanchard v. City of Des Moines
Des Moines, Iowa personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a governmental tort claims act theory. Blanchard alleged that the City negligently "created a hazard at the intersection of Fleur Drive (Fleur) and Southlawn Drive (Southlawn) by planting or allowing to grow, oversize vegetation in boxes and in the median between the lanes." He alleged the City the... More... ( 12-04-2024 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Brent Michael Fisher
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receipt of Child Pornography ... More... ( 11-20-2024 - IA) |
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State of Iowa v. Ericka Lynn Rankins
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child endangerment. Following the death of her five-year-old son, Ericka Rankins pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor counts of child endangerment and three felony counts of neglect of a dependent person. For those nine offenses, the district court sentenced her to a prison term not to exceed t... More... ( 11-13-2024 - IA) |
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Inmate Calling Solutions, LLC, d/b/a Icsolutions v. Iowa Communications Network and Securus Technologies, Inc.
Des Moines, Iowa civil and commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff who challenged the award of a public contract. In 2020, the Iowa Communications Network (ICN) issued a request for proposal seeking bids from companies to provide communication services to the Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC) for the benefit of incarcerated individuals. The services s... More... ( 10-30-2024 - IA) |
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Kathryn A. Mortensen Zimmerman v. Ringgold County, Iowa, et al.
Des Moines, Iowa civil rights job discrimination lawyer represented the Plaintiff claiming sex discrimination. "Alleged hostile work environment in the county. Zimmerman claimed she was constructively discharged in February 2023. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for sexual discrimination, retaliation, defamation and malicious prosecution. The county and the DCI hav... More... ( 09-27-2024 - ia) |
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Christopher James Majors v. City of Wet Des Moines, Iowa, et al.
Des Moines, Iowa civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that his Constitutional rights were violated. ... More... ( 09-27-2024 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Antonio Dontez Hoffman, Jr.
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a felon. ... More... ( 09-12-2024 - IA) |
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State of Iowa v. Antonio David Gomez-Evans
Des Moines, Iowa felony eluding criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. Antonio Gomez-Evans challenges the sentences imposed following his September 2023 guilty plea to eluding, in violation of Iowa Code section 321.279(3)(b) (2023) (count I); felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of sections 724.25 and 724.26(1) (count II); and possession of a ... More... ( 09-04-2024 - IA) |
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In the Interest of M.N., a Minor Child, S.B., Mother
The mother of one-year-old M.N. appeals from a dispositional order in the child-in-need-of-assistance (CINA) proceedings, challenging the juvenile court's decision the child could not yet be returned to her custody.[1] "We review decisions in CINA proceedings de novo." In re L.H., 904 N.W.2d 145, 149 (Iowa 2017) (citation omitted). "While we are not bound by the j... More... ( 09-04-2024 - IA) |
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State of Iowa v. Antonio David Gomez-Evans
Des Moines, Iowa eluding charge criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. In January of 2023, Des Moines Police Officer Cade Moritz observed Gomez-Evans driving without license plates. Officer Moritz initiated his emergency lights, and Gomez-Evans took off in the vehicle, with Moritz giving chase. Gomez-Evans wound through snow-lined streets at speeds of u... More... ( 09-04-2024 - IA) |
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State of Iowa v. Dewann Marquise Stone
Des Moines, Iowa first-degree murder criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. A Polk County jury convicted Dewann Marquise Stone of first-degree murder, and this court affirmed on direct appeal. See State v. Stone, No. 07-1009, 2008 WL 4724865, at *2, *7 (Iowa Ct. App. Oct. 29, 2008). Procedendo issued in December 2008. This court then affirmed denial of ... More... ( 08-21-2024 - IA) |
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