Minnesota Crime Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Isiah Garcia
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1201, interference with commerce by robbery in violation of 18 U.s. 1951, using or carrying a firearm during and in relationship with a crime of violance in violation of 18 U.S.C. 924(C). Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28... More...
$ (06-19-2026 - MN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan </h2> </center>
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, of Minneapolis, MN,began consuming information from and about ISIS and other State Department designated foreign terrorist organizations in at least 2024. For example, Hassan obtain... More...
$ (04-28-2026 - MN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Amiir Mawlid Ali </h2> </center>
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possess of a machine gun by by attaching an illegal machine gun conversion device to a semi-automatic firearm. Amiir Mawlid Ali, 19, of Minneapolis, was arrested after officers found a machine gun in his possession during a routine traffic stop as he was on the way to a high school graduation. Mr. Ali tried t... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - MN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Derrick John Thompson </h2> </center>
St. Paul, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent do distribute fentanyl and being a felon in possession of a firearm. On June 16, 2023, a trooper with the Minnesota State Patrol observed a black Cadillac Escalade speeding north on I-35W, traveling at 95 miles per hour in a 55 miles per hour speed zone. The trooper observed the driver, la... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - 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. James Patrick Lyons
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant with interstate transmission of a threat to injury the person of another. James Patrick Lyons, age 45, accused of interstate transmission of threats to injure five federal law enforcement officers on January 18, 2026, On January 14, 2026, in response to an immigration enforcement action, a large group of protesters in... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - MN)United States of America v. Jose Alberto Ramirez
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with interstate transmission of a threat to injury the person of another. Jose Alberto Ramirez, age 29, was charged with interstate transmission of threats to injure a federal law enforcement officer on January 15, 2026. According to court documents, on January 14, 2026, in response to an immigration enforcemen... More...
$ (02-18-2026 - MN)United States of America v. Paul Johnson, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented sixteen individual who were accused of violently federal officers and damaging federal property. Gillian Etherington, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who is alleged to have rammed her car into a United States Border Patrol vehicle and drove away. Border Patrol Agents followed Etherington who drove into oncoming traffic and struck an unmarke... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - MN)<H2> United States of America v. Raul Gutierrez
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Raul Gutierrez, charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and theft of government property after breaking into an FBI vehicle and stealing a rifle. “Despite the incitement of violence against federal law enforcement by local officials, which resulted here in the theft of a firearm from an FBI vehicle and t... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - MN)<H2> United States of America v. Gregory Hamilton
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with RICO Conspiracy and Premeditated Murder for his involvement in the Highs and the August 8, 2021 murder of Darryl Wells, Jr., an innocent bystander who was mistaken for a gang member. Gregory Hamilton, age 29, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was a member of the Highs—a criminal enterprise that controlled territor... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - MN)<H2> United States of America v. Gregory Hamilton
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with RICO Conspiracy and Premeditated Murder for his involvement in the Highs and the August 8, 2021 murder of Darryl Wells, Jr., an innocent bystander who was mistaken for a gang member. Gregory Hamilton, age 29, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was a member of the Highs—a criminal enterprise that controlled territor... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - MN)United States of America v. Evan James Oppegard
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate threats to injury.<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) is a federal law that makes it a crime to transmit a communication containing a threat to kidnap or injure another person in interstate or foreign commerce<br> <br> . To be convicted, the government must prove the defendant knowingly transmitted the co... More...
$0 (10-27-2025 - 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. Robiel Lee Williams </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with a fentanyl distribution conspiracy </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Drug Dealer Found Guilty of Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl Hidden in Stuffed Animals Sentenced to 120 Months Imprisonment</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> <... More...
$0 (07-01-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Isabel Lopez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> St. Paul Woman Charged with Assaulting Law Enforcement Officers During Lake Street Narcotics Search Warrants, Punching an FBI Agent Upon h... More...
$0 (06-10-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Carlin Mellette </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death </h2></center></b></b> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><br> <b><center></i><b> </b> North Dakota Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in... More...
$0 (05-22-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Clenest Demon Wells </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Firearms and Machinegun Possession </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Federal Jury Finds Minneapolis Felon Guilty of Illegal Firearms and Machinegun Possession</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal jury co... More...
$0 (05-01-2025 - 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. Erick Emilio Diaz-Aguilar, Juan Martin Elvira, Jr., Edward Gonzalez, Eric Anthony Rodriguez. <h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with acquire and distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Five Members of a Sureños-affiliated Transnational Criminal Organization Charged in Narcotics Trafficking Conspiracy Scheme</... More...
$0 (04-08-2025 - 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. Otis Dair Burks </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal possession of a firearm as a felon, and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Coon Rapids Felon Indicted on Drug Trafficking, Firearm Charges</h2></ce... More...
$0 (04-09-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Jerami Cody Leno </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Bemidji, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Minnesota Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> North Dakota Felon Charged with Minnesota Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Jerami Cody Leno, a No... More...
$0 (04-01-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Richar Sanchez Mujica, et al </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to kidnap, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> 11 Charged in Twin Cities Drug Trafficking, Kidnapping Conspirac... More...
$0 (03-21-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Charly Cruz-Jimenez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Member of Mexican Cartel and Prison Gang Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison in Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cent The United S... More...
$0 (02-12-2025 - 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)United States of America v. Gregory Brown, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense laweyrs represented the Defendants charged with federal felonies.<br> <br> Defendants move for the disclosure of information pursuant to Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), and Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972). (Dkt. Nos. 1288,1291, 1314, 1320, 1331.) <br> <br> The Court has already ordered the United States to disclose all exculpatory evidenc... More...
$0 (12-27-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Deandre Dontae Turner
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree intentional murder.<br> <br> Following the shooting, the Minneapolis police department opened an investigation into the victim's death. Police obtained surveillance video from a number of security cameras in the vicinity of the Elk's Club parking lot. The surveillance video from one of the cameras s... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Demarcius Maurice Payton
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving while impaired, etc.<br> <br> <br> . On December 13, 2021, at 6:15 p.m., a St. Paul police officer responded to a report that a black sport utility vehicle was blocking the entrance to a store. The report indicated that an individual was seated in the driver's seat and asleep or unconscious. When the office... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Brady David Salow </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receiving Child Pornography </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Repeat Offender to Spend 15 Years in Federal Prison for Receiving Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Brady David Salow, age 27, from Vint... More...
$0 (11-01-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Jackie Gerald Smith </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Minneapolis Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Minneapolis man has be... More...
$0 (09-27-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Breanna Rae Enno
<H2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota, first-degree drug possession criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> Breanna Rae Enno is charged with a first-degree drug-possession crime based on evidence that she possessed several hundred fentanyl pills. She moved to suppress the evidence on the ground that a warrant authorizing a search of her home was not supported by probable cause. ... More...
$0 (09-16-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Keith Haywood </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Repeat Felon Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On September 27, 2022, law enforcement received a tip that Kei... More...
$0 (08-14-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Traveyon Richardson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Straw Purchase Firearms </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Maine Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Conspiring to Straw Purchase Firearms</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In September 2022, ... More...
$0 (07-10-2024 - mn)<h1> United States of America v. Dejavareah Marquise Brown </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Ryan&l=Garry&i=130421&z=55402" target="_new">Dejavareah Marquise Brown </a> represented the Defendant charged with illegal possession of two firearms, and for using one of them in furtherance of drug trafficking </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b... More...
$0 (05-14-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Juan Pedro Alapisco-Ochoa </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> Eveleth Felon Sentenced to 10 Years in Drug Trafficking Case </h2></center><br> <br> An Eveleth man has been sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised re... More...
$0 (04-26-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Tracrill Smith </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firearms Violations</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Minneapolis Felon Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Firearms Violations </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 111 months in prison foll... More...
$0 (03-28-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Marcus Cloke </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer. </font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Marcus Cloke, age 19, from Wolf Point, Montana, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison, f... More...
$0 (03-24-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Romel Rambus </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Fargo , North Dakota Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with running a Drug Trafficking Organization.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> IDetroit, MI, Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for His Leadership Role in a Drug Trafficking Organization Targeting two of North Dakota's Native American R... More...
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