Kentucky Assault Law
<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Noraion Moore </h2> </center>
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault, receiving stolen property and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon. Noraion Moore, age 20, accused of shooting and wounding a man.... More...
$ (03-05-2026 - KY)State of Kentucky v. Chase Branson
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with misdemeanor assault. "The incident happened in May 2024. The victim, Joseph Cortina, had come to Louisville to work the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club. He was arrested May 21 on a charge of alcohol intoxication while trying to board a plane after working hospitality events." "Branson allegedly "aggre... More...
$ (02-18-2026 - KY)<H2> Luther Poynter v. Aaron Bennett
Bowling Green, Kentucky, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a 82 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory. Luther Poynter was incarcerated in the Barren County Detention Center (“BCDC”) on December 25, 2020, for contempt of court due to his failure to pay child support. On December 28, BCDC moved Poynter to a general-population cell, where Scotty Wix and Timothy Guess were... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - KY)<H2> State of Kentucky v. Tracy Carter
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Tracy Carter, an investigator for Louisville Metro's Office of Inspector General was arrested for allegedly shooting a man near the Heritage Creek neighborhood.... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Heather Mills
New Castle, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of murder, five counts of assault in the first-degree, and one count of assault in the second-degree. Based on charges stemming from her arrest on the indictment, Mills faced a second felony case for one count of possession of a controlled substance in the first-degree ("PCS 1st"), three counts of endan... More...
$ (12-05-2025 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Huber Iran Argello-Aguilar
Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with odomy, wanton endangerment, rape, assault, unlawful imprisonment and menacing. <br> <br> Huber Iran Argello-Aguilar, 25, is charged with two sexual assaults.... More...
$0 (11-14-2025 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Joshua W. Preacher and Nereida Allen
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder, first-degree assault, and first-degree criminal abuse of a child.<br> <br> On Monday, August 25, 2008, a case worker for Child Protective Services ordered Allen's twin sisters, Janet and Jeannette Allen, to clean and repair deplorable conditions at the home they shared in east Louisville and in the me... More...
$0 (11-14-2025 - KY)United States of America v. Bennie C. Davis
Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with malicious arson of a building used in interstate commerce.<br> <br> Faced with federal criminal charges for setting fire to a Qdoba restaurant, Davis pleaded guilty to committing arson, see 18 U.S.C. § 844(i), served his five-year sentence, and started a three-year term of supervised release. Since then, he has ... More...
$0 (09-25-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Abel Velasquez-Avecedo, Adiel Hernandez-Orellana, Milton Guevara-Cruz, Sergio Diego-Sevilla, Adalberto Calixto-Tolentino, Juan Jacobo Ortega-Guevara, Carlos Garcia Carillo, Saul Lopez-Rojas, Gelacio Macias-Olivares, Zenaido Neri Perez, Jose Gonzalez-Rodriguez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with with illegally possessing a firearm as an illegal alien, illegally reentering the United States after being convicted of an aggravated felony, two counts of transporting illegal aliens </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office... More...
$0 (04-23-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Hassan Mohamed </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm after having previously been convicted of a felony offense and for possession of an unregistered firearm. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Louisville Man Sentenced to Over 16 Years in Federal Prison for Fi... More...
$0 (03-28-2025 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. David Goodson
Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.<br> <br> On the evening of December 28, 2020, Lexington Police Officers Ryan Nichols and Brent Bereznak were on duty when they received a call from dispatch regarding shots fired near an apartment complex on Tates Creek Road. The officers were already in the area and heard the gun sh... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Dion Brown </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Louisville, KY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and five counts of distribution of methamphetamine. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Louisville Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine... More...
$0 (12-04-2024 - KY)Kierston J. Harrod v. Zachariah L. Dowlen
<h2><br> Bowling Green, Kentucky family law lawyers represented the Plaintiff and the Defendant in a domestic violence dispute.<br> <h2><br> Kierston J. Harrod filed a petition for an order of protection on June 6, 2024. Therein, she alleged that Dowlen, her ex-boyfriend, had told her if he couldn't have her, nobody could; he had threatened to hurt her; and he had previously shoved her into a wall... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Anthony Lykins
<h2><br> Stanton, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree burglary, theft by unlawful taking, and being a first-degree persistent felony offender ('PFO').<br> </h2><br> <br> In exchange for dismissal of the PFO charge, Lykins entered a guilty plea in January 2017, and the court sentenced him to ten years in prison, probated for five years. The terms of ... More...
$0 (10-25-2024 - KY)<H2> State of Kentucky v. Michael Hurley
<h2><br> Louisville, Kentucky murder, assault, and DUI charge criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants.<br> <P><br> Michael Hurley was accused to driving into four members of a Kansas family, killing one of them. '<br> <br> Prosecutors say Hurley was high on fentanyl when he crashed into the Jones family as they walked in downtown Louisville in July 2022.... More...
$0 (10-16-2024 - ky)Ashley Franklin v. Franklin County, et al. </center
<h2><br> Franklin, Kentucky civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> In January 2019, Ashley Franklin was an inmate at the Franklin County Regional Jail (the Jail). When Franklin became ill on January 18 and needed to be transported to a hospital's emergency room, Jail Sergeant Brandon Price sexually assaulted her in the transportation van. Franklin brought this lawsuit ag... More...
$0 (08-15-2024 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Kenneth Ray Grubb and Landon Wagers </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Kidnapping </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Clay County Men Sentenced for Kidnapping</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Two Manchester, Ky., men, Kenneth Ray Grubb, 33, and Landon Wagers, 19, were sentenced for kidna... More...
$0 (06-18-2024 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Eric L. Nantell </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violating Civil Rights of an Inmate and Obstruction of Justice </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Kentucky State Prison Sergeant Sentenced for Violating Civil Rights of an Inmate and Obstruction of Justice</h2></center></b></... More...
$0 (06-11-2024 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Randall Dennis; James Benish; Jeffery Havens; Randy Nickell; Nathan Cantrell and Derek Mays </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Violating Civil Rights.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Six Former Kentucky State Corrections Officers Sentenced for Violating the Civil Rights of an Inmate and Obstruction of Justice </h3></center></i><br> <br> Six former officers of the... More...
$0 (03-11-2024 - KY)United States of America v. John F. Johnson
Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault, resisting, impeding and bandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. 111 provides:<br> <br> (a) In General.—Whoever—<br> (1) forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person designated in section 1114 of this title while e... More...
$0 (11-17-2023 - KY)C.J. v. United States of America, et al.
Louisville, Kentucky personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a Federal Tort Claims Act theory.<br> <br> Plaintiff C.J. alleges that Officer Jacob Salcido sexually assaulted and battered her while an inmate at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. She sued the United States and Salcido on February 10, 2023, alleging that Salcido violated her constitutional r... More...
$0 (06-06-2023 - KY)United States of America v. James D. Benish and Randy L. Nickell
Ashland, Kentucky criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with depriving an inmate of his civil rights and obstruction of Justice.<br> <br> James D. Benish, 36, and Randy L. Nickell, 54, acknowledged that on July 24, 2018, they witnessed fellow EKCC correctional officers assault a non-violent inmate who was lying face-down, wearing handcuffs and leg shackles, and isolated in a pris... More...
$0 (04-10-2023 - KY)United States of America v. Chance Joseph Seneca
Lafayette, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping and attempting to murder a gay man as part of a months-long scheme to kidnap and murder gay men. <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/louisiana/news/lafayette/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Lafayette</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table... More...
$0 (01-25-2023 - KY)United States of America v. Darrell Taylor
Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with using unreasonable force against a detainee, thereby violating the detainee's civil rights.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/kentucky/news/louisville/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Louisville</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> ... More...
$0 (01-26-2023 - KY)United States of America v. Frank Trammell, Jr., Khalid AShanti, and Raheem II
Louisville, Kentucky criminal law lawyers represented Defendants charged with drug trafficking conspiracy involving heroin and 40 grams or more of fentanyl, multiple counts of distribution of fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, and several federal firearms crimes.<br> <br> According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, between December 7, 201... More...
$0 (11-02-2022 - KY)Tavion Miley v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree manslaughter.<br> <br> <br> Tavion Miley has directly appealed from the judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court finding him guilty of first-degree manslaughter and first-degree robbery, and sentencing him to 18 years' imprisonment. On appeal, Miley challenges the orders denying his motion to suppress state... More...
$0 (09-02-2022 - KY)United States of America v. Jeffrey T. Havens
Ashland, Kentucky criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with depriving a jail inmate of his civil rights.<br> <br> Jeffrey T. Havens, age 27, a former Eastern Kentucky Correctional Center (EKCC) officer from West Liberty, Kentucky, admitted that on July 24, 2018, he and another EKCC correctional officer assaulted an inmate who had been taken to an isolated shower cell. Havens admitted that... More...
$0 (08-29-2022 - KY)United States of America v. Jeffrey T. Havens
Ashland, Kentucky criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with depriving an inmate of his civil rights.<br> <br> Jeffrey T. Havens, age 27, a former Eastern Kentucky Correctional Center (EKCC) officer from West Liberty, Kentucky, admitted that on July 24, 2018, he and another EKCC correctional officer assaulted an inmate who had been taken to an isolated shower cell. Havens admitted that he... More...
$0 (08-30-2022 - KY)United States of America v. Mitchell Farkas, a/k/a Lifter
Lexington, Kentucky - criminal law lawyer - attempted murder<br> <br> Mitchell Farkas, aka Lifter, 52, of Baton Rouge, along with Johnathan Gober, stabbed another inmate, who the Aryan Circle believed had violated gang rules, while all were housed at federal prison U.S. Penitentiary (USP) Big Sandy in Martin County, Kentucky.<br> <br> The Aryan Circle is a violent, white-supremacist, prison gang w... More...
$0 (08-10-2022 - KY)United States of America v. Bryan Andrew Wilson and Curt Flynn
Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiring to violate the civil rights of Louisville pedestrians through the arbitrary use of force.<br> <br> Bryan Andrew Wilson, 36, and Curt Flynn, 40, were both charged with one count of conspiracy to violate civil rights in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 241. <br> <br> From August 2018 through ... More...
$0 (06-21-2022 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Chase A. Smith
Owensboro, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with two counts of murder and one count of second-degree assault.<br> <br> Chase A. Simmons was accused of killing two people and wounding another at a yard party on June 1, 2019. Jasper "Rex†Brown, 18, and Amarius Winstead, 16, killed and Tyler Glover, was wounded. ... More...
$0 (06-17-2022 - KY)United States of America v. Jake Messer
London, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with two counts of kidnapping.<br> <br> Jake Messer, age 39, of Rockholds, Kentucky, organized, directed, and recruited assistance for the armed kidnappings. Messer ordered the two victims transported to a remote trailer in Clay County, where they were held for 24 hours. There, the victims were separated, interrogated, threat... More...
$0 (06-02-2022 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Michael Via
Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with rape, sodomy, sexual abuse and voyeurism.<br> <br> Michael Via, age 52, was accused of raping a woman in 2019. The assault was videoed without the rapist's knowledge.<br> <br> Kentucky Revised Statutes - Section 510.040 - Rape in the first degree<br> (1) A person is guilty of rape in the first degree when:<br> (a) He e... More...
$0 (06-03-2022 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John Johnson, a/k/a "Grandmater Jay"
Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with assault, resisting or impeding an offer and brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.<br> <br> John Johnson, a/k/a "Grandmater Jay" was arrested on December 3, 2020 for pointing an assault rifle at officers back in September 2020.<br> <br> Johnson is the leader of a Black militia group called "NFAC."<br... More...
$0 (05-27-2022 - KY)United States of America v. George Oscar Messer
London, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with kidnapping.<br> <br> George Oscar Messer, 62, of Rockholds, Kentucky was motivated to kidnapping as a result of an unsuccessful drug transaction, during which Messer's son and his co-conspirators lost $10,000. Messer arrived at the scene of the kidnappings with numerous firearms, including an assault rifle and .44 magnum ... More...
$0 (05-13-2022 - KY)GREGORY W. AYLOR v. JILL M. STULTZ AYLOR
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Frankfort, KY - Divorce lawyer represented appellant with appealing from the issuance of a Domestic Violence Order ("DVOâ€). </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Gregory and Jill M. Schultz Aylor were married at the time of the <br> incident at issue in this case. Beginning on the morning of May 19, 2018, the <br> couple engaged in... More...
$0 (03-01-2022 - KY)State of Kentucky v. Martin Stieritz, Jr.
Covington, KY: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with complicity to attempted murder, complicity to assault and tampering with evidence.<br> <br> Martin Stieritz, Jr. was charged with shooting at a Kia SUV on Russell Street in Covington, Kentucky on April 10, 2017. The driver of the Kia suffered a bullet wound to her arm.<br> <br> Evidence introduced at trial showed by Stierit... More...
$0 (10-26-2021 - KY)United States of America v. Jermaine Tyrone Jones
Paducah, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun.<br> <br> Jermaine Tyrone Jones, 41, of Paducah, possessed a handgun on August 30, 2017, after being previously convicted of a felony offense. Paducah Police Department Officer Andrew Parrish located the handgun in Jones's clothing after Jones's arrest for Fourth-Degree... More...
$0 (08-13-2021 - KY)United States of America v. Eric and Marcus Bennett
Louisville, Kentucky conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin charge criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants.<br> <br> Eric and Marcus Bennett, were charged for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin. Eric Bennett, age 43, and Marcus Bennett, age 44, were convicted of conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin. Eric Bennett was also convicted on... More...
$0 (07-06-2021 - KY)MICHAEL TORRENCE V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
<center><h2><font color="red"> Frankfort, KY - Criminal defense attorney represented Michael D. Torrence with <i> first-degree assault and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon..</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> Michael Torrence's charges stem from events surrounding the shooting of<br> Gerrado Thomas on the afternoon of May 17, 2016, on 26th Street in<br> Louisville. The shooti... More...
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