Michigan Crime Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Omar Rashad Pouncy </h2> </center>
Flint, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer Chris Quinn represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, Witness Tampering, intimidation of a witness, bribery, and subornation of prejury. Omar R. Pouncy, 38, of Flint, was convicted of committing multiple carjackings and armed robberies in Genesee County in 2005. The trial court sentenced Pouncy to a lengthy term of i... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Robert Glapinski </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing thousands of images of child pornography. Dr. Robert Glapinski, 62, of Capac, Michigan. was accused to possession and distributing thousands of pornographic immages. On March 5, 2025, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a cybertip from Google that a user had child pornog... More...
$ (04-03-2026 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Stephen Duane Woods, Jr. </h2> </center>
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer Michael Bartish represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Once the officers successfully detained Woods, he told them multiple times that he didn’t have anything on his person. One officer then patted Woods down but didn’t find a gun. Other officers used their flashlights to look through the windows of Woods’s ... More...
$ (03-10-2026 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Peter Valente </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Peter Valente and Angela Toma collaborated to fraudulently obtain $2,609,210 from the Paycheck Protection Program. Valente and Toma are alleged to have submitted false loan applications to Paycheck Protection Program lenders using inactive businesses and falsified bank records. When federal agents began i... More...
$ (03-05-2026 - MI)United States of America v. Samer Kammo
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a multi-million-dollar Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) fraud scheme. Samer Kammo, 46, and his co-conspirators tried to cheat the system by exploiting a federal relief program meant to help Americans in need. Let this case send a clear message: crime does not pay,” said Jennifer Runyan, Special Agent in C... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Brandon Sims
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking and committing a crime of violence with a machine gun. Brandon Sims, 35, of Detroit, Michigan, committed the carjacking on October 18, 2023, in Detroit, Michigan. Sims carjacked a man who was assisting a young woman move out of Mr. Sims’s residence. Sims entered the male victim’s SUV and brandished ... More...
$ (01-14-2026 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Brandon Lemar Baines
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute over 12 pounds of methamphetamine. On January 23, 2025, officers with the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team (KVET), a multijurisdictional narcotics enforcement team working in the Kalamazoo County area, stopped a van carrying over 12 pounds of methamphetamine as it returne... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Brandon Lemar Baines
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. On January 23, 2025, officers with the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team (KVET), a multijurisdictional narcotics enforcement team working in the Kalamazoo County area, stopped a van carrying over 12 pounds of methamphetamine as it returned from Det... More...
$ (01-05-2026 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing and intending to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl. During a search of Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath's Battle Creek, residence in March 2025, officers found over 1 kilogram of fentanyl, two firearms, thousands of dollars of cash, and what appeared to be an area designed to manufacture counterfe... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. During a search of Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath’s Battle Creek residence in March 2025, officers found over 1 kilogram of fentanyl, two firearms, thousands of dollars of cash, and what appeared to be an area designed to manufacture counterfeit fentanyl pills i... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Kevin Lavon Giles
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking children by force, fraud or coercion. Kevin Lavon Giles, 59, of Detroit, was convicted of two counts of sex trafficking children and through force, fraud, or coercion, and one count of sex trafficking an adult through force, fraud, or coercion. The testimony at trial proved Giles exploited his f... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - MI)United States of America v. Avery Logan
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm.<br> <br> Unlawful transportation of a firearm under federal law includes, but is not limited to, transporting a stolen firearm, a firearm across state lines when the person is a "prohibited person" (such as a felon), or shipping a firearm without notifying the carrier. It is also... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Dorian Trevor Sykes </h1></h1>
Detroit, NI criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of bank and credit union robbery and an attempted bank robbery.<br> <br> <br> Dorian Trevor Sykes, 42, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to four counts of bank and credit union robbery and an attempted bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon.<br> <br> Gorgon was joined in the an... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - MI)United States of America v. Corwin Monte Jett, Jr.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. <br> <br> Corwin Jett pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Almost three years passed between his commission of the crime and his arrest. In the interim, he moved to Atlanta, got a job, and had no criminal encounters<br> with... More...
$0 (10-15-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Dorian Trevor Sykes </h1></h1>
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbing and Attempting to Rob Banks and Credit Unions.<br> <br> Dorian Trevor Sykes, 42, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to four counts of bank and credit union robbery and an attempted bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon.<br> <br> Gorgon was joined in the announcement by Reuben ... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Dorian Trevor Sykes </h1></h1>
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbing and Attempting to Rob Banks and Credit Unions.<br> Dorian Trevor Sykes, 42, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to four counts of bank and credit union robbery and an attempted bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon.<br> <br> Gorgon was joined in the announcement by Reuben C. C... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - MI)State of Michigan v. Nathan Lemuel Tedord
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of Fourth-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct.<br> <br> Nathan Lemuel Tedford, 54, of Detroit, was charged in connection with the sexual assault of an 18-year-old boy, also of Detroit. Defendant Tedford was the victim's teacher and coach at the time of the crime. The defendant is now a former track coach at Ea... More...
$0 (05-29-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Wolf Harper </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and transfer of machineguns and possession of a short-barreled rifle </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Machinegun Trafficker Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center... More...
$0 (09-09-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Nazzarie Carmouche-Heath </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Battle Creek Man Pleads Guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b>... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - MI)United States of America v. Michael Hinds
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing cocaine base with intent to distribute, see 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, see 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), and being a felon in possession of a firearm, see id. § 922(g)(1). Hinds moved to suppress the evidence from the car, arguing that the office... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - MI)Gerald Novak; Adam Wenzel v. William L. Federspiel
Bay City, Michigan personal injury lawyers presented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories claiming hey own fourteen firearmsseized in a criminal investigation that ended years ago.<br> <br> Sheriff William Federspiel refused to turn the firearms over to Novak and Wenzel because he contends they have not proven that they own them. So they sued Federspiel under 42 U.S.C. § 19... More...
$0 (06-26-2025 - MI)United States of America v. Maloum Whitewide, Jr.
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. <br> <br> MoreLaw's goal is to help people seeking legal assistance to find the best lawyers available to represent them in any county in the United States. Click the link above to see some lawyers available where this case was tried who might be available to represent you. Call 8... More...
$0 (05-19-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Jesse Charleston </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of distribution of fentanyl and one count of possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man Who Sold Fentanyl that Killed Twins Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Rene Arnold Ruiz, Thomas Charles Davis, Lonnie Laronn Morrow, Dyland Edward Hughes </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Drug Trafficking </font/color="red"><Grand Rapids/b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Drug Traffickers from Kalamazoo County and Kent County Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison<br> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The following defend... More...
$0 (04-16-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Shapiro </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Making Hate Crime Threats against The Council on American-Islamic Relations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Making Hate Crime Threats against The Council on American-Islamic Relations ("CAIRâ€) Mic... More...
$0 (03-20-2025 - MI)George Edward Clark and Kevin Harrington v. Anthony Abdallah and Kevin Smith
Justice Went To Hell in Detroit, Michigan George Edward Clark and Kevin Harrington were wrongfully convicted of a murder that they did not commit.<br> <br> This § 1983 case concerns alleged constitutional violations in the investigation and prosecution of George Clark and Kevin Harrington. Clark and Harrington spent nearly two decades in prison before the Wayne County Prosecution Integrity Unit... More...
$0 (03-14-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Matthew Mencarelli </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Lansing, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a wire fraud scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Rockford-Area Contractor Sent To Prison For Investment Scam</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Matthew Mencarelli, 39, of Belmont, Michigan was indicted for a wire fraud... More...
$0 (02-25-2025 - MI)People of the State of Indiana v. Ronald Wayne Blank
Traverse City, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC-II) (sexual contact accomplished with an article reasonably perceived as a weapon), MCL 750.520c(1)(e), unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b(1)(a) (person restrained by means of a dangerous instrument), and assault with a dangerous weapon, MCL 750.82(1). <br> <br> This ... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Bibbs </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Offering Bribes to Corrections Officer </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bureau of Prisons Inmate Sentenced to Over One Year in Prison For Offering Bribes to Corrections Office</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal i... More...
$0 (01-14-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Fatai Okunola; Oluwaseyi Adeola; Ijeoma Adeola </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with p Participating In An International Mail And Wire Fraud Conspiracy </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Three Individuals Sentenced For Participating In An International Mail And Wire Fraud Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center... More...
$0 (01-15-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Terry Douglas, Schuyler Belew, Devun Baskerville </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Three Members of Violent National Gang Sentenced</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> Three members of the Almighty Vice Lord Nation ("AVLNâ€) were sentenced in federa... More...
$0 (12-26-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Terry Douglas; Schuyler Belew; Devun Baskerville </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with RICO conspiracy, murder, drug trafficking, and weapons charges </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> here </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> Three members of the Almighty Vice Lord Nation ("AVLNâ€) wer... More...
$0 (12-26-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Antonio D.J. Mitchell </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Massive Drug Distribution Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> A State of Washington Man Involved in a Massive Drug Distribution Scheme Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2... More...
$0 (12-20-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Cortez Blake </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Kidnapping </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> First of Multiple Individuals Sentenced for Federal Kidnapping Conviction </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> Cortez Blake, 23, of Detroit was found g... More...
$0 (12-20-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Terry Douglas, Schuyler Belew, Devun Baskerville </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with RICO conspiracy, murder, drug trafficking, and weapons charges </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Three Members of Violent National Gang Sentenced</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <center><h2><font><br> <br> Three members of t... More...
$0 (12-26-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Mychal Marcell Borney </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of firearms </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lansing Man, Prosecuted Under Safe Summer Program, Sentenced To 27 Months In Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> U.S. Attorney for the We... More...
$0 (12-19-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Gifford “Chip†Cummings, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Chief Executive Officer Of Grand Rapids Investment Firm Sent To Federal Prison For Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> .S. Attorney for the Western District of Michig... More...
$0 (12-06-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Gifford “Chip†Cummings, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Chief Executive Officer Of Grand Rapids Investment Firm Sent To Federal Prison For Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> .S. Attorney for the Western District of Michig... More...
$0 (12-06-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Andrew Curtis Williams </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Robbery Of Albion Hydroponics </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Westland Man Sentenced For Role In Armed Robbery Of Albion Hydroponics</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> U.S. Attorney for the Western District of... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Antonio D.J. Mitchell </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Distribution </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> A State of Washington Man Involved in a Massive Drug Distribution Scheme Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Antonio D.J. Mitc... More...
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