Kansas Drug Trafficking Law
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United States of America v. Jorge D. Franco
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Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Methamphetamine with the Intent to Distribute in violation of 21:841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) and 18:2.
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21 USC § 841(a)(1) – Distribution/Manufacturing/Possession with intent to Distribute
Statutory maximum generally is 20 years
Five year mandatory minimum and maxi... More...
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(07-01-2025 - KS)
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United States of America v. Dante Rovon Peppers
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to
possess methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it and for using a communications facility to facilitate the conspiracy and 2) the revocation of his supervised release for a 2016 felon-in-possession conviction based on his 2023 drug-trafficking convictions.
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(05-30-2025 - KS)
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United States of America v. Omar Villa Carranza, Tiburcio Ayala Rangel, Troy Wagaman, Jesus Cruz Rodriguez, Moises Cervantes Sanchez, Elizabeth Benitez
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Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with multi-national drug smuggling
Six people arrested in drug smuggling operation
Six people have been charged by criminal complaint in connection with an alle... More...
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(05-09-2025 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. YVonne Marie Garcia
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Garden City, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with
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(04-27-2025 - KS)
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United States of America v. Otis J. Newton
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Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted drug trafficking
Missouri man indicted for attempted drug trafficking
– A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, returned an indictmen... More...
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(04-10-2025 - KS)
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United States of America v. Jason P. Briscoe
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Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with possession with intent to distribute 50-plusgrams of methamphetamine, firearm possession in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, and felon ammunition and firearm possession.
Officers arrested Briscoe one morning after he ran from a traffic stop through a trailer park. Briscoe was a passenger in the c... More...
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(04-02-2025 - KS)
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United States of America v. Ronald Quinn
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Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of
methamphetamine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841.Mr.
Quinn was charged with: (1) possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841; (2) conspiracy to distribute and possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute in v... More...
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(03-10-2025 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Casey Smith
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Dondge City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with in revocation of probation thearing.
In March 2023, Smith was charged with one count each of trafficking drug contraband in a penal institution, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia for crimes committed in February 2023. Later that month, Smith pled no contest to the possess... More...
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(03-08-2025 - KS)
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United States of America v. Cledale Caldwell
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Kansas City, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to register as a sex as offender as required in the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a).
He admitted that after he relocated from Kansas to Oklahoma, he failed to update his registration between
May 4, 2020, and June 6, 2021.
During this ... More...
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(02-19-2025 - kS)
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State of Kansas v. Dell William Schmidt, Jr.
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of meth.
Schmidt was charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Schmidt entered into a diversion agreement with the State, which was later revoked due to Schmidt's failure to fulfill certain terms of the agreement.
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Legal issue Was there suffic... More...
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(02-20-2025 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. PATRICIO SABAS GOMEZ
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Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with claiming a jury instruction contained an alternative-means error
If a defendant claims a jury instruction contained an alternative-means error, the
reviewing c... More...
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(01-17-2025 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. JENNIFER L. DAILY
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing the district court's revocation of the probation and imposition of her underlying sentence
On April 26, 2018, Jennifer Daily entered guilty pleas in two separ... More...
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(01-10-2025 - KS)
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United States of America v. Adonis Batista, a/k/a A-1
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Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of meth.
On July 16, 2022, the Oklahoma City Drug Enforcement Administration
(“DEA”) investigated a drug-related house fire in Del City, Oklahom... More...
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(12-10-2024 - KS)
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In the Interests of G.I. and R.I., Minor Children
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Kansas City, Kansas family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination action.
In June 2022, the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) received a report that a stranger found one-year-old R.I. wandering outside alone. DCF investigated the report and spoke to Mother and J.I. (Father) a few days after the incident. Mother and Father revea... More...
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(12-06-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Abram F. Velo
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Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a drug offense.... More...
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(11-19-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Kristopher Keleti
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Olathe, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia.
In October 2018, police officers on patrol noticed what looked like an empty vehicle with its doors open in a hotel parking lot. Because of recent burglaries in the area, the officers approached the vehicle. They foun... More...
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(10-25-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Blake Dean Morgan
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Manhattan, Kansas possession of meth, marijuana and paraphernalia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Riley County Police Officer Paul Terpstra stopped Morgan's car for a traffic violation. During the car stop, Terpstra smelled marijuana in the car, which provided probable cause to search Morgan's car. While searching the car, Terpstra found baggies... More...
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(08-20-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Michael Wayne Still
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Dodge City, Kansas drug possession criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Charged with various drug-related crimes, Michael Wayne Still entered into a plea agreement with the State, part of which would result in the State recommending a departure from a prison sentence to probation-if Still complied with his bond conditions. Still agreed to plead no con... More...
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(09-06-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Lee Lunsford, Jr.
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Atchison, Kansas drug trafficking charge criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Lunsford was charged with several drug and traffic charges. After plea negotiations with the State, Lunsford pled guilty to one count of possession of methamphetamine, a severity level 5 drug felony. In exchange, the State dismissed all remaining charges. The parties told the cou... More...
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(09-06-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Juma Jelani Wright
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Topeka, Kansas probation criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Wright pled guilty to possession of an opioid drug, a severity level 5 drug felony, and criminal damage to property, a severity level 9 nonperson felony. The district court sentenced him to 46 months in prison, suspended, and then ordered 12 months supervised probation. This is a dispositio... More...
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(08-20-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Anthony McKimmy
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Wichita, Kansas possession of heroin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Anthony McKimmy contends he is serving an illegal sentence because a prior out-of-state conviction was improperly scored as a person felony crime. He is correct. We thus vacate McKimmy's sentence and remand for resentencing.
McKimmy pled guilty to possession of... More...
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(09-06-2024 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CRISTA G. HINOSTROZA
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conceal and carry contraband into a correctional facility
Officers from the Lyon County Sheriff's department and the Emporia Police
Department r... More...
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(08-03-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Christian Michael Woodruff
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. trafficking
Kansas man sentenced for drug trafficking More...
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(07-16-2024 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. ERIK NAHSHON DIXON
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act charges
Erik Nahshon Dixon began committing crimes with his street gang,
the Ins... More...
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(06-11-2024 - KS)
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MARQUISE JOHNSON v. BASS PRO OUTDOOR WORLD, LLC, FABBRICA D'ARMI PIETRO BERETTA, S.P.A., and BERETTA U.S.A. CORP.
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Topeka Kansas civil defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with product defect lawsuit against a gun seller
Shortly after turning 21, Andre Lewis went to the Bass Pro Outdoor World in
Olathe, Kansas, and bought a Be... More...
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(05-03-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Steven R. Henson
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(05-24-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Theresa Hight
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer Thomas D. Haney represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, and two counts of d... More...
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(05-16-2024 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. RANDY ALLEN BALLANTYNE
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 25 counts of sexual exploitation of a child .
The State charged Ballantyne with 25 counts of sexual exploitation of a child
under K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-5510(a)(2), which prohibits "p... More...
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(02-02-2024 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. TYLER BRANDON MCDONALD
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with filing a motion to suppress evidence obtained .
After dark on a late summer evening in Geary County, a sheriff's
deputy initiated a public welfare stop of Tyler Brandon McDonald. The depu... More...
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(03-08-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Jerome Edward
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with shooting of a marijuana dealer in a robbery attempt .
The facts underlying Edwards convictions, which arise from the shooting of a
marijuana dealer in a rob... More...
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(03-15-2024 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. MILES LOREN MARTIN
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of methamphetamine and failing to affix a drug-tax stamp.
The Double Jeopardy Clauses of the Fifth Amendment to the United States
Constitution and sect... More...
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(04-19-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Devonte Smith
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Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
Wichita man sentenced for trafficking fentanyl
A Kansas man was sentenced to 180 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl.
Devont... More...
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(04-14-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Tyler Ralls
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Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distribution of a controlled substance which resulted in death. . Wichita man sentenced to 25 years in prison for causing fentanyl death
In October 2023, Tyler Ralls, 35, of ... More...
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(02-20-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Randy Allen Ballantine
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Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child.
The State charged Ballantyne with 25 counts of sexual exploitation of a child
under K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-5510(a)(2), which prohibits "possessing... More...
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(12-01-2021 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. RANDY ALLEN BALLANTYNE
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The State charged Ballantyne with 25 counts of sexual exploitation of a child
under K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-5510(a)(2), which prohibits "possessing any visual depiction
of a child under 18 years of age shown or heard engaging in sexually explicit conduct
with intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires or appeal to the prurient interest of the
offender or any other person." T... More...
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(02-02-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. FRANK RAYMOND CRUDO
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Frank Raymond Crudo was driving his truck and attached fifthwheel camper east along Interstate 70 in January 2014 when he was pulled over by
Lieutenant Christopher Ricard. Lt. Ricard had observed that Crudo's license tag light on
the camper was not working. As Lt. Ricard approached the truck, he smelled a strong
odor of raw marijuana and called for backup. The officers then told C... More...
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(01-12-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Cardell Turner
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On August 14, 2018, Alberto Alfaro and Enrique Umana Somoza were
outside a home in Wichita trying to jump start Alfaro's truck. Cardell Turner pulled up
beside them in his car, pointed a gun in the direction of Somoza and Alfaro, and pulled
the trigger. The gun did not fire. Turner drove away, and no one was harmed. The State
charged Turner with two counts of attempted first-d... More...
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(02-02-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Edwar Jose Salazar-Belleda
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Kansas City, Kansas Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.
Edwar Salazar-Belleda, 34, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Salazar-Belleda was part of an internat... More...
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(01-19-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Alexander Schultz
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Wichita, Kansas Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant who was charged for dealing narcotics out of hotel
A Kansas man was sentenced to five years in prison for having firearms while dealing illegal narcotics.
Alexander Schultz, 36, of Wichita pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a f... More...
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(12-05-2023 - KS)
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United States of America v. Alexander Schultz
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Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm while dealing illegal narcotics.
In February 2023, the Sedgwick County Sherriff’s Office (SCSO) learned that Alexander Schultz, 36, of Wichita, was selling narcotics at a hotel in Wichita. Through surveillance, SCSO detectives observed Schultz dealing out of his hotel room and from hi... More...
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(12-12-2023 - KS)
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