Minnesota Child Sexual Abuse Law
State of Minnesota v. Sriudorn Phaivan
Buffalo, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Criminal Sex Conduct-2nd Degree-Victim Under 13. Criminal Sexual Conduct-2nd Degree-Penalty-Stat. Max. (609.343.2(a))... More...
$ (05-23-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Hernan Cortes-Valencia
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault against a child, sexual assault-carnal abuse and four DUIs. Hernan Cortes-Valencia was charged with sexual assault.... More...
$ (01-22-2015 - MN)United States of America v. Jennifer Marie Stately
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with premeditated murder of minor A and B and murder in the course of committing child abuse. On March 15, 2024, Jennifer Marie Stately, 37, attacked and killed two of her young children. The evidence at trial showed that Stately, when alone with the children at their home on Red Lake Nation, assaulted the boys c... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - MN)United States of America v. Don Lemon
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendant charged with conspiracy agains rights of religious freedom at a place or worship and injuring, intimidating and interfering with the exercise of a right of religious worship. 18:241 provides: If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Po... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Gregory Maurice Oats, Jr.
St. Paul, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first and third-degree sexual assault. Gregory Maurice Oats, Sr. was charged with first- and third-degree criminal sexual conduct, alleging that he sexually penetrated the victim, E.H., on numerous occasions from 2009 to 2011, when she was under the age of sixteen, and from 2011 to 2013 when she was sixteen and ... More...
$ (01-28-2026 - MN)United States of America v. Jessica Lynn Larson
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement. While working as a nurse at FMC Rochester, Jessica Lynn Larson, age 38, had a compromising sexual relationship with an inmate. Larson and the inmate exchanged sexually explicit love letters in which they professed their love for one another and discussed various sexual acts. In April 20... More...
$ (01-27-2026 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Eric Dione Birth
Winona, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault. Eric Dione Birth was a track coach beginning in 2016, then became a PE teacher at Winona Senior High School in addition to being a track coach. Birth was accused of sexually assaulted three different high school students in 2016, 2017 and in 2022.... More...
$ (01-22-2026 - MN)<H2> United States of America v. Damien William Quinn, also known as Ryan William Shattuck
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production and attempted production of child pornography and cyberstalking. Damien Quinn owned multiple pseudonymous Snapchat and Instagram accounts that he used to “catfish” minor victims in order to receive sexually explicit photographs and videos. Quinn used these accounts to cyberstalk women who att... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - MN)<H2> United States of America v. Abdimajid Mohamed Nur
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. At trial, Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, age 24, and his co-defendants stole more than $47 million in program funds by claiming to serve 18 million meals to kids at more than 30 food distribution sites. The scheme originated out of Empire Cuisine & Market, a small storefront halal market in Shakopee. Empire... More...
$ (11-24-2025 - MN)<H2> United States of America v. Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. In the Autism fraud scheme, Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, age 27, has been charged by federal information with one count of wire fraud. As set forth in the information, Yussuf and others devised and carried out a scheme to defraud the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention benefit, a... More...
$ (12-28-2025 - MN)United States of America v. Anthony John Crowley
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and distribution of child pornography.<br> <br> <br> Anthony John Crowley, age 52, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer, charged with possession of child porn. <br> ... More...
$0 (10-28-2025 - MN)Mary Kay Thomas v. Marshall Public Schools, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued asserting claims under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.<br> <br> Thomas was employed by the District for nearly 30 years, beginning as a<br> teacher and the... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Nicholas Lee Hill
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct.<br> <br> The incident at issue here occurred at a subsidized senior living apartment building in Minneapolis on May 11, 2020. Hill entered the lobby at around noon and asked a building employee, M.K., for a rent application. M.K. recognized Hill, who had visited the apartme... More...
$0 (07-23-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Scott Wayne Laney </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production of Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to 35 Years for Production of Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><... More...
$0 (07-24-2025 - mn)<h1> United States of America v. Sahra Nur </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Feeding Our Future $250 Million Fraud Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><br> <b><center></i><b> </b> Minneapolis Woman Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Role in Feeding Our Future $250 Million Fraud SchemeScheme</h2></center></b></b> <br> <br> Sahra Nur of... More...
$0 (05-22-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Jeremy Francis Plonski </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production of Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Minnesota State Trooper Charged with Production of Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Minnesota State Trooper Jeremy Francis Plonski wa... More...
$0 (05-02-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Alex Huerta-Sanchez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Enticement of a Minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican National Illegally Present in the Country Charged with Attempted Enticement of a Minor</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Alex Huerta-Sanchez, a... More...
$0 (04-09-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Jorge Cazhco-Inamagua </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Enticement of a Minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ecuadorian National Illegally Present in the Country Charged with Attempted Enticement of a Minor </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Jorge Cazhco-Inama... More...
$0 (04-09-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Craig James Myran </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Advertising, Distributing Images of Child Sexual Abuse Over the Dark Web </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bemidji Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Advertising, Distributing Images of Child Sexual Abuse Over the Dark Web</h2></cen... More...
$0 (04-01-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Bruce Gillis </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Coercion, Enticement of a Minor and Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Eden Prairie Man Charged With Coercion, Enticement of a Minor and Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b... More...
$0 (03-21-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Lucas Matthew Kramer </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Duluth, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Duluth Climbing Coach Sentenced to Over Six Years in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Lucas Matthew Kramer, a Du... More...
$0 (03-21-2025 - MN)In the Matter of the Welfare of the Children of: J. I. G. and O. C., C. D. C., A. R. G., R. M. K., Parents.
Owatonna, Minnesota, a family law lawyer, represented the parents in a parental termination action. <br> <br> On the day before Halloween in 2023, a gas-station and convenience-store employee in Steele County reported to law enforcement that two young children-eight and six years old-had come into the store twice that morning without warm clothes or a caregiver. Responding officers returned the c... More...
$0 (03-10-2025 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Benjamin Gerald Litke
Atoka, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct for sexually abusing his five-year-old niece.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Legal issue Can a district court deny a motion for a downward dispositional departure without explicitly articulating its consideration of the factors supporting the departure?<br> Headnote<br> <b... More...
$0 (03-03-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Steven John Sokel </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Sexual Exploitation of Children </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Steele County Man Sentenced to Over 17 Years for International Sexual Exploitation of Children </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Beginni... More...
$0 (02-05-2025 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Dylan Stephen Gaul
Owatonna, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.<br> <br> State of Minnesota charged appellant Dylan Stephen Gaul with fourthdegree criminal sexual conduct based on emails Gaul exchanged with a 14-year-old publicschool student. Gaul filed a motion to suppress the evidence against him. Gaul argued that the emails he sent to t... More...
$0 (02-03-2025 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Justin Daniel Okins
Redwood Falls, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violation of a domestic-abuse no-contest order.<br> <br> Justin Okins made Facebook posts directed at his former romantic partner after being served with a domestic-abuse no-contact order prohibiting him from directly or indirectly contacting her electronically. Appealing from his consequent felony co... More...
$0 (01-21-2025 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Oluwatobi Samson Taiwo
Anoka, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal sexual conduct.<br> <br> In early 2022, appellant Oluwatobi Samson Taiwo, then 19 years old, became acquainted with the 12-year-old victim through friends. Appellant, his four friends, and victim had a group chat on Snapchat. On February 3, 2022, appellant and victim texted each other, victim asked appellant... More...
$0 (01-13-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Raymond Jung Woo Choi, a.k.a Jason Lee </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sextortion and Production of Sexually Explicit Videos of a Minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Virginia Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Sextortion and Production of Sexually Explicit Videos of a Minor</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (01-10-2025 - MN)<H2> State of Minnesota v. Dwayne Edward Roach
<h2><br> Shakopee, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with arson.<br> </h2><br> <br> On May 4, 2022, Scott County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a fire occurring at a homestead in Cedar Lake Township.[1] Upon arrival, the deputies observed flames and heavy smoke coming from a barn on the property and an unoccupied New Prague Fire Department sport utility veh... More...
$0 (12-02-2024 - mn)State of Minnesota v. Tolulope Martins Famuyiwa
<h2><br> Stillwater, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with third-degree criminal conduct.<br> </h2><br> S On July 1, 2022, the State of Minnesota submitted a complaint charging appellant Tolulope Martins Famuyiwa with one count of "Criminal Sexual Conduct - 3rd Degree - Penetration - Uses coercion," in violation of Minn. Stat. § 609.344, subd. 1(a) (Supp. 2021... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MN)Debbie Denise v. Joseph Zachary Zoellner
<h2><br> Windom, Minnesota family law lawyers represented the parties a custody dispute.<br> </h2><br> Debbie Denise Koch and Joseph Zachary Zoellner have two joint children. Prior to 2019, the parties shared joint legal and joint physical custody of the children, and father had 43% of parenting time and mother had 57% of parenting time.<br> <br> On January 8, 2019, child-protection servi... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MN)In re the Marriage of: Craig Jerald Mackey v. Beth Ann Mackey
<h2><br> Grand Rapids, Minnesota family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.<br> </h2><br> Craig Jerald Mackey and Beth Ann Mackey married in Minnesota in 1987 and had two adult children together. For most of the marriage, Craig was employed as an electrical lineman, while Beth Ann worked a variety of jobs. Craig consistently earned a higher wage than Beth Ann did.<br> <br> O... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Jonathan Gerald Carlson
<h2><br> Stillwater, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.<br> </h2><br> In April 2017, law enforcement seized, pursuant to a valid search warrant, electronic devices that belonged to appellant Jonathan Gerald Carlson and found child pornography on them. Respondent State of Minnesota charged Carlson with multiple counts of posses... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Rashard Dujuan Ross
<h2><br> Park Rapids, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, etc.<br> </h2><br> Rashard Dujuan Ross's encounter with law enforcement during the evening of January 20, 2022, are limited to information contained in the complaint. On that evening, law enforcement from the Hubbard County Sheriff's Department initiated... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Aidan Bebee Lauseng
<h2><br> Austin, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct.<br> </h2><br> On August 1, 2020, Sergeant Ellis and Deputy Wilson of the Mower County Sheriff's Office responded to Lauseng's residence after receiving a report that Lauseng had sexually abused a relative who lived in the same home and was under 16 years of age. Lauseng ... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Bryce Dean Dirk
<h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree unintentional felony murder.<br> </h2><br> <br> In November 2017, a three-year-old child died while under the care of her foster parents, Dirk and his wife. Dirk provided his account of the events that led to the child's death in a statement that he gave to police as part of his plea negot... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MN)In re the Marriage of Michelle Marie Dillavou and Joseph Alex Sirois
<h2><br> Shakopee, Minnesota family law lawyers represented the parties in a child visitation dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> Appellant-mother Michelle Marie Dillavou and respondent-father Joseph Alex Abel Sirois were married in December 2007. They had one minor child born in December 2015, while they were living in Colorado. The child has special needs and certain medical conditions that require int... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MN)County of Hennepin v. Christina Elizabeth VonderHaar
Minneapolis, Minnesota family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a paternity action<br> <br> Mother and father were in a romantic relationship but never married. They have two joint children, twin boys born in October 2014. The children have always lived with mother. The parents have a volatile history punctuated by instances of domestic abuse on both sides.<br> <br> In spring 2020, ... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - MN)In re Custody of A.J.-E.L. William Robert Laurie v. Brittany Elizabeth Nebel
Buffalo, Minnesota family law divorce lawyers represented Petitioner and Respondent in a child custody dispute.<br> <br> Father and mother have one joint minor child, who was born in 2017. The parties were never married to each other. In 2020, the district court granted mother a harassment restraining order (HRO) against father. Father then filed a petition to establish custody and parenting time.... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Abdirashid Ahmed Hassan
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with third-degree criminal conduct.<br> <br> <br> Abdirashid Ahmed Hassan charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct in violation of Minn. Stat. § 609.344, subd. 1(c) (2020). The case proceeded to a jury trial, but Hassan pleaded guilty before jury selection was complete. During his plea colloquy, Hassan acknow... More...
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