United States of America v. Wenona Oropeza
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)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. Starr Necole Ledford
Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.... More...
(01-22-2026 - ia)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)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)United States of America v. Victor Villarreal
Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking fentanyl and illegally possessing firearms. Jason S. Thompson, 50, was found guilty of one count each of possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute, possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, and being a felon in possession of firearms. In the early morning hours of Aug. ... More...
(01-08-2026 - IA)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)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)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. Conrad Lyons, Jr.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.... More...
(11-18-2025 - 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. 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 motives were not purely altruistic: she hoped they would vote for h... More...
(11-17-2025 - IA)Jacob H. Sulzbach v. Kubota Tractor Corporation
Sioux City, Iowa, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a product liability theory. ... More...
(10-17-2025 - IA)United States of America v. Justin Michael Derby
Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.... More...
(10-17-2025 - IA)United States of America v. Daniel Kaler
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...
(09-09-2025 - IA)United States of America v. Dakota Brown
Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation firearms. ... More...
(08-28-2025 - IA)United States of America v. Jose DeJesus Mejia-Fraijo
Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal. ... More...
(08-27-2025 - IA)United States of America v. Rodney Lamard Hall, II
Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intend to distribute drugs. ... More...
(08-15-2025 - IA)United States of America v. Alexander Laurel-Olea
Omah, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C 922(g)(3), 924(a)(2), and 18 U.S.C. 2. ... More...
(07-17-2025 - 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). In October 2020, Wilson moved into a house with his then-girlfriend and her two minor children, including her daughter B.Z. Wilson and his girlfriend stayed in one bedroom, while B.Z. and the other... More...
(07-07-2025 - IA)United States of America v. Lary John Syyder, Jr.
Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 counties across the United States. Click the link above to see a list of lawyers ready and willing to represent you if you have a legal problem and need help. Cal... More...
(05-16-2025 - IA)United States of America v. Alexander Summers
Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. Sioux City Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy Alexander Summers, 29, from Sioux City, Iowa, pled guilty in fede... More...
(05-09-2025 - IA)United States of America v. Priest Morris
Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Child Pornography Sioux City Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography Priest Morris, 21, from Sioux City, Iowa, pled guilty to po... More...
(05-01-2025 - IA)United States of America v. Lucas Oliver Knowles
Sioux City, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Sexual Exploitation Offenses Carroll County Iowa Man Sentenced to 50 Years in Federal Prison for Child Sexual Exploitation Offenses Lucas Oliver Knowles... More...
(03-14-2025 - IA)Mayfe Patino v. Nestora Alejandro Sanchez
Sioux City, Iowa family law lawyers represented husband and wife in a divorce involving child support. As part of a custodial decree from December 2021, Nestor Sanchez was ordered to pay child support and provide a health benefit plan for his child with Mayfe Patino.[1] Just over two years later, in January 2023, Patino asked child support services[2] to review San... More...
(10-02-2024 - IA)United States of America v. Lance Kohler
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Possession of Firearm ... More...
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