Michigan Fentanyl Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Robert Graham Ward </h2> </center>
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. On January 12, 2025, first responders responded to a 911 call at a hotel in Gaylord, Michigan and pronounced a 25-year-old man dead of a drug overdose. A woman who was last with the decedent before his death cooperated with law enforcement and stated that she re... More...
$ (03-25-2026 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Kevin Delgado </h1></h1>
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Threating Public Official <br> <br> U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey today announced that Keith Smith, 46, from Kalamazoo, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.<br> <br> VerHey said, "A thirty-year sentence is a long time, bu... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Benjamin Gregory Shirley </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault of a Postal Employee </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Man Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Assault of a Postal Employee</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Benj... More...
$0 (07-30-2025 - 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)United States of America v. Prince Irell Seuell
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> In November 2023, police stopped Seuell in Van Buren County, Michigan, and arrested him upon discovering an outstanding warrant. After officers impounded the vehicle, they searched a backpack recovered from the front passenger seat and found cocaine, fentanyl, clear sandwi... More...
$0 (04-27-2025 - MI)United States of America v. Prince Irell Seuell
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> In November 2023, police stopped Seuell in Van Buren County, Michigan, and arrested him upon discovering an outstanding warrant. After officers impounded the vehicle, they searched a backpack recovered from the front passenger seat and found cocaine, fentanyl, clear sandwi... More...
$0 (04-25-2025 - 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. Melvin Lamar Triplett </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Fentanyl Causing Multiple Overdoses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Detroit Man Convicted of Distributing Fentanyl Causing Multiple Overdoses; Sentenced to 23 years in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b>... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Erik Miller </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Kalamazoo MI criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances, including methamphetamine, MDMA, and Xanax® </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Sturgis Man Sentenced To 70 Months For Selling Drugs On Dark Web</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></... More...
$0 (01-08-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Erik Miller </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids MI criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Sturgis Man Sentenced To 70 Months For Selling Drugs On Dark Web </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <... More...
$0 (01-08-2025 - 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. 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...
$0 (11-20-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Ricardo Delgado, II </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Leader Of Large Scale Drug Trafficking Operation Sentenced To 60 Years In Federal Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Detroit man was sentenced to 60 year... More...
$0 (11-13-2024 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Earl Austin IV </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Machinegun And Drug Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Final Member Of Benton Harbor Machinegun And Drug Trafficking Investigation Sentenced </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Earl Austin IV, 22, of Be... More...
$0 (06-13-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Terrance Jamal Moore, Darnell Moore, Ellis Hull </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><br> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Peter&l=VanGelderen&i=142892&z=49503" target="_new">Peter Alan VanGeilderen</a> represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Fentanyl, Other Illegal Substances </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Three Kalamazoo ... More...
$0 (05-17-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Branden Smith </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Detroit, Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant for Distributing Carfentanil, Heroin, and Cocaine</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i> </h2></center></i></b><br> <br> <b><h2><center><i> Eastern District of Michigan </h2></center></i></b><br> <br> An armed drug trafficker selling a fentanyl analogue advertise... More...
$0 (06-29-2023 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Jordan Lewis Cook </h1>
<b><h3><center><font color="red"> Grand Rapids, Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer represented California Men Sentenced for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute 54 Grams of Fentanyl and 206 Grams of Fentanyl Analogue</b></h3></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Jordan Lewis Cook, 26, of Hopkins, Mic... More...
$0 (01-06-2024 - MI)United States of America v. Teeauna White
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering.<br> <br> Teeauna White, 36, of Moreno Valley, California, conspired with her boyfriend Maurice McCoy to conceal his drug money by setting up multiple businesses and controlling access to the bank accounts. Members of McCoy's drug organization deposited drug proceeds into the bank accounts and deliver... More...
$0 (12-20-2023 - MI)United States of America v. Branden Smith
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being an armed drug trafficker selling a fentanyl analogue advertised as "heroin.â€<br> <br> Branden Smith, 38, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute drugs and for possessing carfentanil. According to court records, Smith was identified by federal agents as a multi-state distributor of il... More...
$0 (06-29-2023 - MI)United States of America v. Elizabeth Jean Decota
Marquette, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant who was charged with drug trafficking.<br> <br> Between March and December 2021, Elizabeth Jean Decota, a/k/a "Biz," and others brought significant quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl from Detroit and distributed those drugs throughout the western half of the Upper Peninsula. The conspirators based their operations... More...
$0 (04-12-2023 - MI)United States of America v. Candi Taylor
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute 1.5 kilograms of fentanyl. <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/michigan/news/grandrapids/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Grand Rapids</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> Candi Taylor, age 39, from Kalamazoo... More...
$0 (12-05-2022 - MI)United States of America v. Roque Carranza-Alvarado
Detroit, Michigan criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession and transportation of 286 pounds of methamphetamine, 60 pounds of Fentanyl, and 60 pounds of cocaine hidden in a truck carrying a load of wine.<br> <br> Roque Carranza-Alvarado, age 28, from Dallas pleaded guilty in March 2022 to three counts of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Court re... More...
$0 (09-28-2022 - MI)United States of America v. Tiffany Lipkovitch
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to distribute fentanyl-laced heroin.<br> <br> Tiffany Lipkovitch, 47, of Grosse Pointe, was charged with conspiring to distribute controlled substances. Lipkovitch was a detective with the Highland Park Police Department, where she had been a police officer since 2011. Federal agents recorded numerous calls an... More...
$0 (07-19-2022 - MI)United States of America v. Saul Douglas Briggs, a/k/a “76 Chain,†a/k/a “Chainâ€
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with multiple drug trafficking charges, including conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, as well as possession of controlled substances with the intent to distribute them. Briggs is also charged with illegal firearms possession and maintaining a drug house.<br> <br> The charges stem fro... More...
$0 (07-13-2022 - MI)United States of America v. Mustafa Deville Reynolds
Kalamazoo, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distributing heroin and fentanyl that caused the deaths of two Grand Rapids men.<br> <br> In the early morning hours of August 21, 2019, two victims were found by their roommates, unresponsive, just hours apart from one another. After initially being transported to the hospital, both men subsequently died from fentanyl ... More...
$0 (05-13-2022 - MI)United States of America v. Clay Shepherd
Grand Rapids, MI: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of drugs with intent to distribute.<br> <br> Clay Shepherd, 57, of Battle Creek Michigan, was indicted for possession of fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance, with the intent to distribute it. <br> <br> Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 80-100 times stronger than morphine, the substance ... More...
$0 (10-15-2021 - MI)United States of America v. Adam Dean Brown
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs.<br> <br> Adam Dean Brown, 41. Brown was charged with distribution and conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, heroin and fentanyl, resulting in the overdose death of one victim and the serious bodily injury to a second victim.... More...
$0 (10-20-2021 - MI)United States of America v. Anthony Michael Assfy
Grand Rapids, MI - The United States of America charged Anthony Michael Assfy with distributing fentanyl resulting in death.<br> <br> Anthony Michael Assfy, 29, formerly of Wyoming, Michigan, was sentenced by the Hon. Robert J. Jonker to 240 months in federal prison for distributing fentanyl resulting in death. On January 30, 2020, after a three-day trial, a jury found the defendant guilty of six ... More...
$0 (06-26-2020 - MI)United States of America v. Elias Deshawnte Miller and Ralph Knox, II
Grand Rapids, MI - The United States of America charged Elias Deshawnte Miller and Ralph Knox, II with conspiracy to possess and distribute fentanyl and heroin.Elias Deshawnte Mills and Ralph Knox II were each sentenced in federal court to 60 months in prison and four years supervised release for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fe... More...
$0 (11-16-2019 - MI)United States of America v. Adam Dean Brown
<center><br> <img width="300" Src="https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/Images/Slideshow/3.jpg"><br> </center><br> Detroit, MI - Ypsilanti Man Convicted of Drug Trafficking Resulting in the Death of a Victim<br> <br> An Ypsilanti man was convicted in Detroit on charges of distribution and conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, heroin and fentanyl, res... More...
$0 (09-06-2019 - MI)United States of America v. Willie Earl Hector
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/FordFBAerial_full_6925649853054192372_1363556674635349295_1475088726118.jpg"><br> </center><br> Grand Rapids, MI - Muskegon Heights Man Sentenced To 120 Months In federal Prison For Drug And Firearm Offenses<br> <br> Willie Earl Hector, 33, of Muskegon Heights, Michigan, was sentenced to 120 months (10 years) in federal ... More...
$0 (02-15-2019 - MI)United States of America v. Alex Alberto Castro
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/FordFBAerial_full_6925649853054192372_1363556674635349295_1475088726118.jpg"><br> </center><br> Grand Rapids, MI - Federal Court Sentences California-Based Drug Trafficking Head To Years In Prison<br> <br> Alex Alberto Castro received 42 years in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine. A federal jury conv... More...
$0 (02-16-2019 - MI)United States of America v. Joseph Jackson
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – A federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging nine defendants with federal conspiracy for their alleged roles in supplying and distributing heroin in Benton Harbor, Michigan, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today. A joint investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Berrien County Sheriff's Department r... More...
$0 (11-24-2014 - MI)Beth Ann Miller v. Mylan, Inc.
Beth Ann Kelly died after receiving a fatal dose of fentanyl. Her estate subsequently brought this lawsuit alleging that the defendant's fentanyl patch caused Kelly's death. The defendant pleaded immunity under a Michigan statute that immunizes manufacturers of "drugs†from suit. The district court determined that the fentanyl patch was a "drug†and consequently granted the defendant's... More...
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