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United States of America v. John Edward Miller
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate violent threats to family or federal official in violation of 18 U.S.C. 115, which provides: (a) (1) Whoever— (A) assaults, kidnaps, or murders, or attempts or conspires to kidnap or murder, or threatens to assault, kidnap or murder a member of the immediate family of a United States off... More... ( 09-08-2023 - ia) |
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A.R.S. v. Socials Security Administration
Waterloo, Iowa social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS.... More... ( 09-08-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. John Andrew Pruitt
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count of distribution of a controlled substance. John Andrew Pruitt, age 39, of Pueblo West, Colorado, supplied heroin users in the Dubuque area with controlled substances from at least 2017 until 2022. In March 2020, Pruitt supplied an individual with purported heroin, and that individual subsequently over... More... ( 08-18-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Collin Jacob Clarken and Colby Ray Clarken
Council Bluffs, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to distribute fentanyl causing serious bodily injury or death. Both Collin Jacob Clarken, age 21, and Colby Ray Clarken, age 25, pleaded guilty to obtaining fentanyl pills from sources in Omaha, Nebraska, and selling those pills in and around Cass County, Iowa. The investigation determined that betw... More... ( 08-17-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Collin Jacob Clarken and Colby Ray Clarken
Council Bluffs, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to distribute fentanyl causing serious bodily injury or death. Collin Clarken, age 21, and Colby Clarken, age 25, pleaded guilty to obtaining fentanyl pills from sources in Omaha, Nebraska, and selling those pills in and around Cass County, Iowa. The investigation determined that between August 2019... More... ( 08-17-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Nethaniah Gordon
Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a felon. Nethaniah Gordon, age 28, who was convicted on January 13, 2014, of a controlled substance violation, possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, and prohibited from possessing firearms, struck his girlfriend in the face and head multiple times, verbally threatened her, and poin... More... ( 08-11-2023 - IA) |
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Ethan Lee Palmer v. Brian Gardner, Linn County Sheriff
Cedar Rapids, Iowa civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a prisoner civil rights violation theory. On January 7, 2019, plaintiff provided information to law enforcement agents that Justin Michael Buehler (“Buehler”) regularly sold methamphetamine to other employees at a business in Independence, Iowa. In January of 2019, plaintiff com... More... ( 08-07-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Maegen Catherine Fortin
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud. Maegen Catherine Fortin, age 40, from Otsego, Minnesota, pleaded guilty to one count of financial institution fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Information from Fortin’s plea and sentencing showed that between March 2020 and September 2021, Fortin engaged in fraudulent cond... More... ( 08-07-2023 - IA) |
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Troy Garber v. United States of America
Des Moines, Iowa personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Federal Tort Claims Act negligence theory. "The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) is a law that allows individuals to sue the federal government for torts committed by federal employees. A tort is a civil wrong that results in injury to another person. The FTCA waives the government's sovereign immunity, wh... More... ( 08-07-2023 - IA) |
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Ronnie Braggs, Jr. v. Amsted Rail Company, Inc., d/b/a Griffin Wheel
Davenport, Iowa civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination (race) theory. "Job discrimination based on race is illegal in the United States. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This means that employers cannot refuse to ... More... ( 08-07-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Aaron Christopher Lindsey
Des Monies, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements to a financial institution in conjunction with obtaining a loan and possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony. In early September 2021, Aaron Christopher Lindsey, 34, purchased a 2018 Dodge Durango GT from an Ames car dealership using the fictious identity “Kevin Grant... More... ( 08-01-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Ray Bustamante
Davenport, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substance. Ray Bustamante, 61, conspired with Dr. John Robert Muriello and Eric Hojka, both of Iowa City, and others, to obtain and distribute methamphetamine. An investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service revealed that since early 2020, Bustamante mailed packa... More... ( 07-27-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Anthony Fisher
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Anthony Fisher, age 23, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a January 26, 2023, jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of ammunition as a convicted felon. The evidence at trial showed that, on February 16, 2021, Fisher and two other men broke i... More... ( 07-26-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Robert Gantz
Davenport, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities. Robert Gantz, 39, was identified as a source of methamphetamine in southeast Iowa. Officers purchased methamphetamine from Gantz with the use of a confidential source. In a subsequent search of a vehicle occupi... More... ( 06-23-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Mason Blaine Loudermilk
Council Bluffs, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to distribute fentanyl causing serious bodily injury or death. Mason Blaine Loudermilk, 19, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. The investigation revealed that between August 2020 and May 2022, Loudermilk obtained fentanyl, in pill form, from a source in Omaha, Nebras... More... ( 06-22-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Marcus Alan Vincent Urelius
Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Between April 2021, and January 2022, Marcus Alan Vincent Urelius, age 36, from Farmhamville, Iowa, used an Internet-based, peer-to-peer (P2P) network known as “Freenet” to knowingly receive visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. This case w... More... ( 06-01-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Carl Murphy
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin for his role in a large-scale heroin and fentanyl conspiracy. Over the course of a 14-month investigation, including the use of wiretaps, law enforcement identified Carl Murphy, age 53, also known as “P” and “C-Note,” as a heroin/fentanyl supplier for numerous street-level ... More... ( 05-23-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Mark Hadland
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Mark Hadland, 49, from Omaha, Nebraska, received the prison term after a February 7, 2023, guilty plea to prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Hadland was previously convicted of felony Theft by Unlawful Taking Over $1500, in the Douglas County District Court f... More... ( 05-16-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Darion Lemont Thomas
Davenport, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Law enforcement officers arrested Darion Lemont Thomas, 22, at a local hospital in September 2021 on outstanding state arrest warrants. At the time of his arrest, Thomas, a Savage Life Boys g... More... ( 05-11-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Mircale Star Vaughn
Davenport, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements during the purchase of firearms. Miracle Star Vaughn, 27, purchased seven handguns from Scheels, in Coralville, over a period of 18 months. During the firearms purchases, Vaughn provided false information regarding her address and her drug use. One of the firearms Vaughn purchased was recove... More... ( 05-05-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Jonathan Weber Arrington
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud by wire, radio or television in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, which provides: Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by m... More... ( 04-26-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Timothy Rabineau
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of a stolen firearm and selling drugs. On July 1, 2022, law enforcement officers searched Timothy Rabineau’s residence and found a drug ledger that showed Rabineau, age 46, from Oxford Junction, Iowa, was distributing marijuana, THC vape cartridges, Xanax, Valium, and acid. Officers also found two ... More... ( 04-07-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Jordan Johnson
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of five firearms. On September 22, 2020, Jordan Johnson, age 24, from Cedar Rapids, was on probation following a conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm in state court. Officers of the High Risk Unit from the Sixth Judicial District’s Department of Correctional Service visite... More... ( 04-07-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Kathan Daniel Wiley
Davenport, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs resulting in death. In 2021 Davenport Police Department investigated an influx of pressed fentanyl pills into the area, which resulted in numerous overdoses. On October 30, 2021, emergency personnel were dispatched to a residence on 4th Street in Davenport, for a child ingesting pills... More... ( 04-07-2023 - IA) |
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United States of America v. Keven Leroy Spanel
Council Bluffs, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing drugs and felony possession of a firearm. Keven Leroy Spanel, 59, distributed methamphetamine in the Council Bluffs and Omaha metro areas. In early 2022, Spanel was arrested carrying a firearm, which he used to protect himself and his drug trafficking activities. In July 2022, while on temporary r... More... ( 03-24-2023 - IA) |