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United States of America v. Justin Leonard

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography. In February 2024, investigators with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed a search warrant at Leonard’s home based on a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Justin Leonard, 24, was home during the warrant... More...

<H2> United States of America v. Eric Ericson

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements on a passport application. Eric Ericson, age 73, applied for a U.S. passport at a U.S. Post Office in Bangor on March 24, 2023. When asked about any other names he had used, Ericson failed to disclose his multiple aliases on his passport application. Ericson also falsely reported that he had ne... More...

State of Nebraska v. Maurice Brown

Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with seven counts of using a gun to commit a felony, six counts of second-degree assault, one county of first-degree assault, and one count of possession of a gun by a prohibited person.<br> <br> Maurice Bown, age 31, was accused of shooting seven people.... More...

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with eluding an officer, driving to endanger, refusing to submit to arrest, assault on an officer, aggravated criminal mischief, violating conditions of release, and criminal speed.<br> <br> Emily Schroder, age 33, was speeding on Route 1 new Cooks Corner. <br> <br> ... More...

<h1> United States of America v. Steven Tsaitsios </h1></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to transfer obscene materials to a minor. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Massachusetts Man Caught in HSI Investigation into Online Child Predators Pleads Guilty to Sending Sexually Explicit Images </h2></center></b></b> </h2><... More...

<h1> United States of America v. Juan Bret Binette </h1> <h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Probation Check Leads to Discovery of Firearm, Federal Sentence for Lewiston Man</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In May 2024, law enforcement conducted a proba... More...

<h1> United States of America v. Jon A. Hall (aka L.J. (Little Jon) Hall) </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting, receiving, distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material, as well as failing to register as a sex offender. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Registered Sex Offender from West Gardiner Sentenced to 50 Years for Child Sexual ... More...

<h1> United States of America v. Timothy Doyon </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexually Exploiting a Child, Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lewiston Man Sentenced to 35 Years for Sexually Exploiting a Child, Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b> </h2></c... More...

<h1> United States of America v. Angel Luis Lozano </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lowell, Mass. Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In November 2022, an undercover offi... More...

<h1> United States of America v. Abdullahi Issak </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Exchanging Cash/Drugs for Illegal Firearms Purchases </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lewiston Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Exchanging Cash/Drugs for Illegal Firearms Purchases </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Betw... More...

State of Maine v. Joseph Eaton

<h2><br> Bath, Maine criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder and other felonies.<br> </h2><br> <br> Joseph Eaton, age 35, was accused of killing his parents and two friends. He then went on a shooting spree on a Maine Interstate Highway 295.... More...

<h1> United States of America v. Adam Johnson </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center><br> Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Plymouth Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking in Central Maine</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Between June 2017 and February ... More...

<h1> United States of America v. Alan Howell Parrot </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Augusta, Maine criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Walter&l=McKee&i=146847&z=04330" target="_new">Walter F. McKee</a> represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting FBI Special Agent </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hancock Man Sentenced for Assaulting FBI Special Agent</h2></... More...

<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Meza </h1>

<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Bangor, Maine Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multiple Child Exploitation Counts.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b>Christopher Meza met the young teen victim on a popular gaming platform </h3></center></i><br> <br> <br> U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Christopher Meza, 23, to 12... More...

<h1> United States of America v. Mark A. Burns </h1>

<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Portland , Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Children being Sexually Abused.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> In April 2023, the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit learned that a computer at an IP address belonging to Burns had shared a sexually explicit image of a child under the age of six. Homeland... More...

<h1> United States of America v. Mark A. Burns </h1>

<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Abuse. </b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Mark Burns admitted to downloading images of infants to young teens being exploited<br> </h2></center></i><br> <br> A Lewiston man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for posses... More...

United States of America v. Antoine Montrond

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to violate federal firearms laws.<br> <br> In January 2020, Antoine Montrond, age 23, and a co-conspirator used a straw purchaser to buy two firearms from a store in Kittery. The purchaser falsely indicated they were the true purchaser of the firearms when in fact they were buying them for Montrond and his co... More...

United States of America v. Richard T. Rich, Jr.

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.<br> <br> In May 2022, the Maine State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit relayed to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) that it was investigating Richard T. Rich Jr., age 55, for using the website Quora to solicit child sexual abuse material. After learning that Rich was a registered sex ... More...

United States of America v. Jonathan Trayes

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with cyberstalking.<br> <br> Jonathan Trayes, age 34, was involved in a brief relationship with the victim which ended when Trayes was arrested for violating conditions of release after the victim accused him of physical assault. Trayes eventually pleaded guilty in state court to domestic assault with priors, violating condition... More...

United States of America v. Matthew Catalano, a/k/a "Tampa"

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs and felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Between January 2018 and December 2021, Matthew Catalano, age 33, along with others, trafficked methamphetamine and fentanyl in Penobscot and Aroostook counties and elsewhere. On February 17, 2021, Catalano was arrested by the Orono Police Department ... More...

United States of America v. Jeremy C. Lyons

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with , witness tampering and retaliating against a witness.<br> <br> In October 2021, Jeremy C. Lyons, age 29, broke into Pineo's True Value in Machias and stole three Colt pistols. Maine State Police Crime Laboratory testing matched Lyons' DNA to a Gatorade bottle he left at the scene of the crime. Lyons became aware that he was... More...

United States of America v. Jason Candelario

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy, robbery and firearm charges stemming from a violent home invasion in York in August 2019.<br> <br> During the evening hours of August 2, 2019,Jason Candelario, age 34, of Manchester, New Hampshire, and three other co-conspirators met in Hooksett, New Hampshire and planned a home invasion of a York residence to ... More...

United States of America v. Jon Rioux

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with interstate trafficking in wildlife in violation of 16 U.S.c. 3372(a)(2)(A) and 3373(d)(2).<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Portland_ME_Fed.png" alt="Portland, Maine"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Portland, Maine<br> <P><br> <a font="... More...

Stephen Michael Lee v. Social Security Administration

Portland, Maine social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of his application for SSID benefits by HHS.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Bangor_ME_Fed.jpg" alt="Portland, Maine"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Portland, Maine<br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="https://www... More...

United States of America v. Dylan Carmichael-Margel

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of child sexual abuse material.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Portland_ME_Fed.png" alt="Federal Courthouse - Portland, Maine"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Portland, Maine<br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.more... More...

TMC v. Social Security Administration

Bangor, Maine social security disability lawyer represented Petition seeking review of the denial by HHS of his application for SSID benefits.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/miane/news/bangor/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Bangor</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> "The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) ... More...

Family and Estate of Peter Smith v. Mercy Hospital and Dr. John Henson

Portland, Maine personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on medical malpractice wrongful death theories.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/miane/news/portland/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Portland</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> The Family and Estate of Peter Smith, age 25, s... More...

United States of America v. Kevin MacVicar

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possessing child sexual abuse materials.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/maine/news/bangor/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Bangor</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> Between about February 2015 and February 2021, Kevin MacVicar, age ... More...

<H2> Julia Russell v. Philip Chenevert </H2>

Bangor, Maine personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a sexual assault and battery theory.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/maine/news/bangor/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Bangor</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> Julia Russell, age 36, sued Philip Chenevert, age 73, from St. A... More...

<H2> Bethany Watts v. Social Security Administration </H2>

Portland, Maine social security disability lawyer represent Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW by HHS.<br> <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/maine/news/portland/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Portland</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> <br> 42 U.S.C. 40... More...

United States of America v. Kristopher Churchill

Bangor, Maine criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with fentanyl with intent to distribute.<br> <br> On April 5, 2021, Kristopher Churchill, age 40, was stopped by a Maine State Trooper for multiple traffic violations. The trooper asked for a drug detection dog to come to the stop, and the dog alerted to the presence of drugs. During a search of the vehicle, a large am... More...

United States of America v. Matthew Boyd

Portland, Maine criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually abusing a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C.7(3), 2243(a)and 2246(2)(A).<br> <br> In August 2009, Matthew Boyd, age 33, was a 20-year-old active-duty sailor stationed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard when he began corresponding with a then 11-year-old on Myspace. When the minor was 12, she visited Boyd at the shipyard, an... More...

United States of America v. Hunter York

Portland, Maine criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking and felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> On January 31, 2020, Hunter York, age 23, distributed cocaine and fentanyl to a Saco resident who fatally overdosed. Five days later, the Portland Police Department conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by York and discovered MDMA, fentanyl and two firearms du... More...

United States of America v. Devin James Melycher

Portland, Maine criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with traveling to Maine to have sex with a minor.<br> <br> In August 2020, Devin James Melycher, age 30, drove from his residence in Connecticut to Gorham, Maine to engage in sexual conduct with the minor victim. The trip followed weeks of contact between Melycher and the victim over Snapchat and other chat platforms during which ti... More...

United States of America v. Jason Lee Lary

Bangor, Maine criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base, fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine.<br> <br> In April 2021, the Somerset County Sheriff's Office conducted a traffic stop during which Jason Lee Lary, age 40, was found in possession of more than 50 grams of cocaine base, approximately 80 grams of a fentanyl mixture, appro... More...

United States of America v. Richard Hinkley

Bangor, Maine criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with production and possession of child pornography.<br> <br> Between May 2009 and April 2010, Richard Hinkley, age 56, of Kingfield, coerced a minor child to engage in sexually explicit conduct through online video chat communications. He recorded images of the minor during some of the sessions. The investigation revealed that Hinkley po... More...

United States of America v. Praneeth Manubolu

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with three counts of manslaughter, two counts of operating under the influence (OUI), and one count of unsafe operation of a motor vehicle.<br> <br> In the early morning hours of August 31, 2019, Praneeth Manubolu, age 30, then living in New Jersey on a student visa, was the driver in a motor vehicle crash on the Park Loop Road in... More...

State of Maine v. Dale Thistle

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with theft by misapplication, a Class B felony.<br> <br> Dale Thistle, age 74, of Quebec City, Quebec, was charged to stealing $290,000 of his client's estate 10 years ago.<br> <br> Title 17-A Section 358 provides:<br> <br> <br> 1. A person is guilty of theft if: <br> A. The person obtains property from anyone or personal servic... More...

United States of America v. Sergio Figueroa, a/k/a "Kash"

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute fentanly.<br> <br> In April 2021, Sergio Figueroa, aka "Kash," age 26, conspired to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. As part of the conspiracy, he used a residence in Bangor to store and distribute drugs. On April 21, 2021, agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Ad... More...

United States of America v. Shawn Cook

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with transferring of obscene material to a minor.<br> <br> In July 2018, Shawn Cook, age 42, sent an obscene image to a 15-year-old boy. Cook also offered to send the boy a video of himself having sexual intercourse with his girlfriend. Cook knew at the time he sent the image that the boy was under the age of 16. The boy's mothe... More...