Michigan Excessive Force Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Catherine Spidell-Ferguson </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Catherine Spidell-Ferguson and D’Angelo Ferguson admitted to participating in the submission of three separate PPP loan applications, which included false representations and fictitious supporting documents. As part of the scheme, D’Angelo Ferguson claimed each company had a certain amount of mont... More...
$ (04-27-2026 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Randon “Romero” Williams </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly defrauding financial institutions and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Between approximately April 2020 and March 2021, Randon “Romero” Williams , 40, applied for more than $5 million in loans across six applications submitted to Paycheck Protecti... 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. Thomas Patrick Shannon </h2> </center>
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Thomas Shannon, 44, exploited at least eighteen children online, ranging in ages from 12 to 17. Police discovered Shannon’s crimes when a16-year-old minor in North Carolina reported that she had been sexually exploited on Snapchat. Investigators identified the perpetrato... More...
$ (03-06-2026 - MI)United States of America v. Thomas Patrick Shannon
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with exploitation of children From 2019 through 2024, Thomas Shannon, 44, previously of Byron Center, exploited at least eighteen children online, ranging in ages from 12 to 17. Police discovered Shannon’s crimes when a16-year-old minor in North Carolina reported that she had been sexually exploited on Snapcha... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Ceratizit USA, L.L.C. and Mark Alan Stover
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act. Ceratizit USA LLC (Ceratizit), a Charlotte, North Carolina-based distributor of tungsten carbide products, has agreed to pay $54.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly and improperly failing to pay duties owed on tungsten carbide product... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - 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)<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)<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. Isaac Sissel </h1></h1>
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Threatening Christians<br> <br> <br> Isaac Sissel, 26, a man who intentionally bounces from place to place committing crimes and skipping town afterwards to avoid the consequences, was sentenced today to thirty months for threatening to kill conservative Christians with an AR-15 assault rifle, announced United States... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Elam </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Caledonia Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting High School Girls</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i><... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Chengxuan Han </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with smuggling goods into the United States and false statements </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Alien from Wuhan, China, Charged with Making False Statements and Smuggling Biological Materials into the U.S. for Her Work at a University of Mi... More...
$0 (06-09-2025 - MI)Sean Hart, Tiffany Guzman v. City of Grand Rapids, et al.
Detroit, Michigan civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who claimed that a Detroit police officers used excessive force and injured him.<br> <br> 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 ... More...
$0 (05-15-2025 - 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)Randy Erickson v. Gogebic County, Michigan, et al.
Marquette, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a excessive force civil rights violation theory.<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 ... More...
$0 (04-07-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Jose Montoya </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexually Exploiting Children </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Illegal Alien Sentenced to 292 Months for Sexually Exploiting Children</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Jose Montoya, 62, was sentenced to 292 months in ... More...
$0 (04-07-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Kendall Ormond London, Brian Keith Coldmon, Jr., Jarell Daivon Williams, Johnathan Demetrius Green </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to launder proceeds for Nigerian sex extortionists </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> All Charged Money Launderers Tied to Nigerian Sextortion Scheme Plead Guilty</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Five defe... More...
$0 (04-03-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Brandon Lee Chase </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Oceana County Man Sentenced To 90 Years For Sexually Exploiting A Child</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Brandon Lee Chase, 45, of Wal... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - MI)Glorianna Moore v. Oakland County, Michigan, Eric Hix, Daniel Hedrick
Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories un 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> When Glorianna Moore refused to show her license to Officer Brian Wilson at a traffic stop, he opened her car door and grabbed her arm. Because Moore started screaming and twisting her body away, Officer Wilson restrained her by holding her arm a... More...
$0 (01-23-2025 - 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. Terrence Donte Clay </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking And Sexually Exploiting A Minor </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Grand Rapids Man Sentenced To 300 Months For Trafficking And Sexually Exploiting A Minor</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> U.S. Attorney f... More...
$0 (11-14-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Richard Sollars </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bribery Conspiracy </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Taylor Mayor Sentenced to Nearly 6 Years in Prison for Bribery Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Richard Sollars was sentenced to 71 months in prison... More...
$0 (10-22-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Shady Awad </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bribing Former Taylor Mayor </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Real Estate Developer Sentenced to Prison for Bribing Former Taylor Mayor </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Real estate developer was sentenced to one year... More...
$0 (10-24-2024 - MI)Lamonte Jackson Gibson; Toriel Dixon v. Reginald Beasley
<h2><br> Detroit, Michigan civil rights personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that their civil rights were violated by the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <h2>On a Friday night, Lamonte Jackson-Gibson celebrated his birthday with several friends, including his girlfriend, Toriel Dixon. After midnight, the group took the celebration to Detroit's Greektown neighborhood. There, they s... More...
$0 (10-15-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Romane Porter </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Cars from Silverdome </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Farmington Hills Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Stealing Cars from Silverdome</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In April, after a 13-day trial, a jury convicte... More...
$0 (09-27-2024 - MI)Ronald S. Klimkewicz v. Sarah L. Klimkewicz
<h2><br> Saginaw, Michigan paternity law lawyers represented the Plaintiff and Defendant.<br> <h2><br> <br> This action concerns whether the trial court followed the proper procedures under the Revocation of Paternity Act (ROPA), MCL 722.1431 et seq., when deciding plaintiff's motion to revoke paternity. The record indicates that the parties were married in 2006. Sometime afterward, defendant move... More...
$0 (09-20-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Romane Porter </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Cars from Silverdome </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Farmington Hills Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Stealing Cars from Silverdome</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Farmington Hills man was sentence to 8 years... More...
$0 (09-20-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Matthew Rodriguez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using excessive force against an arrestee </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Michigan Police Officer Sentenced for Civil Rights Violation for Violently Assaulting Arrestee</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A former ... More...
$0 (09-10-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Quiyemabi Summerlin </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 17.5 years in prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> For years, Quiyemabi Summerlin, age 45, preyed on drug addicted women and lured them in... More...
$0 (08-27-2024 - MI)United States of America v. Andrew Nickels </center
<h2><br> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sending a communication that included a death threat to an election worker.<br> </h2><br> <br> on or about Nov. 10, 2020, Andrew Nickels, 38, of Carmel, called the clerk of a local municipality and left a voicemail threatening to kill the local official. As part of the message, Nickels said, in part, "We're ... More...
$0 (07-09-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Dontrell Damon Nance </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Benton Harbor Dunham's Store Handgun Theft </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Dontrell Nance Sentenced To 15 Years For Role In Benton Harbor Dunham's Store Handgun Theft</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> U.S. Attorne... More...
$0 (07-23-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Todd Stafford </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wisconsin Man Sentenced For Sexually Victimizing A Minor </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Sexually Victimizing A Minor</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Todd Stafford, 60, of Bailey's Harbor, Wisconsin, was convict... More...
$0 (07-17-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Anthony Martell Sanders </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Tampering And Vandalism At Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man Sentenced For Tampering And Vandalism At Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><... More...
$0 (06-26-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Joshua Fordham </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Detroit Man Sentenced to Over Ten Years for Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In February 2023, Joshua Fordham, age 38, f... More...
$0 (05-30-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Kristian Ignacio Feliz </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Sex Abuse </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man Sentenced To 28 Years In Prison For Child Sex Abuse Following Extradition From Spain </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> U.S. Attorney for the Western Distric... More...
$0 (05-30-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Brian Ray Stefono </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Exploitation </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Grand Haven Man Sentenced To 27 Years For Child Exploitation</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten toda... More...
$0 (05-20-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Billy Arnold </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Racketeering, Murder, And Other Related Offenses .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Leader Of Seven Mile Bloods Street Gang Sentenced To Life In Prison After Being Convicted Of Racketeering, Murder, And Other Related Offenses </h2></center><b... More...
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