Minnesota False Imprisonment Law
<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)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)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)<H2> United States of America v. Patrick Carl Timberlake, Jr., a/k/a “King”
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of Distribution of Heroin and Fentanyl. Patrick Carl Timberlake, Jr., a/k/a “King,” age 29, is a drug dealer and a felon who is prohibited from possessing weapons. In 2019 and 2020, Timberlake sold poison—heroin containing deadly fentanyl—to two drug users who took Timberlake’s poison, ... More...
$ (12-12-2025 - 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. 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)Brey Mafi v. Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc., et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a real property fraud claim.<br> <br> Fraud law refers to the legal regulations that define and punish deceptive activities used to gain an unfair or unlawful advantage, often resulting in financial loss to another person or entity<br> . It applies to both civil and criminal contexts, punishing fraudulent acts and providi... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MN)United States of America v. Charles Randall Sorensen
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion and fraud.<br> <br> Sorensen, a successful pilot for 37 years, retired from Delta Air Lines in 2016<br> at the mandatory retirement age of 65. His history of tax evasion extends back to at<br> least 2010, when he and his then-wife accumulated tax debts because Sorensen<br> under-withheld contributions... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - 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. 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. Tyree Jones </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Pandemic Fraud</font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Hampshire Man Sentenced to Two Years for Pandemic Fraud Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Plymouth, New Hampshire man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portlan... More...
$0 (05-13-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Andrew Shenkosky </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted on Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Michigan Man Indicted on Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Michigan man has been indicted on... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. John R. Tunheim </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Fentanyl in the Brainerd Lakes Area<br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Brainerd Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl in the Brainerd Lakes Area</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <b... More...
$0 (02-12-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Kristi Margaret Berge </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Edina Financial Adviser Sentenced to Over Two Years in Prison for Stealing $2.1 Million from Clients </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Edina financial adviser has been... More...
$0 (12-05-2024 - mn)<h1> United States of America v. Kristi Margaret Berge </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing $2.1 Million from Clients </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Edina Financial Adviser Sentenced to Over Two Years in Prison for Stealing $2.1 Million from Clients</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Edina financ... More...
$0 (12-05-2024 - 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...
$0 (11-18-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Harold Bennie Kaeding </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID Relief Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Money Laundering </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Eden Prairie Man Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Prison for COVID Relief Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Money Laundering</h2><... More...
$0 (11-19-2024 - 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. Dodzi Kwame Kordorwu </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with B$2.3M Romance Fraud Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Brooklyn Park Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for $2.3M Romance Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Brooklyn Park man has been sentenced to... More...
$0 (10-29-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. GoodLeap, LLC
<h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota consumer fraud lawyers represented the Defendants.<br> </h2><br> <br> The State of Minnesota ("the Stateâ€), filed this case in Hennepin County District Court against four Defendants that market loans to residential consumers for the purchase and installation of solar panels on their homes. Generally, the State alleges that the Defendants violated Minnesota con... More...
$0 (10-22-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Charles Randall Sorensen </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with filing false tax returns, failing to file tax returns, and making false claims </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Commercial Airline Pilot Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison for Tax Evasion</h2></center></b></b> </h2></ce... More...
$0 (09-26-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Donald Duane Armstrong, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with an illegal firearm straw purchasing conspiracy </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cass County Felon Sentenced to Prison for Straw Purchasing</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A convicted felon has been sentenced to 2... More...
$0 (09-19-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. David Wokeph Natee
</h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota third-degree drug possession criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> In October 2021, respondent State of Minnesota charged David Wokeph Natee with one count of third-degree drug possession and one count of fifth-degree drug possession. Natee entered into a global plea agreement with the state to resolve the October 2021 charges ... More...
$0 (09-16-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Daniel Lee Haley
<h2><br> Skahopee, Minnesota domestic assault criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> On August 11, 2021, appellant Daniel Lee Haley pleaded guilty to felony domestic assault against the mother of his children (to whom we refer as Jane Doe), successfully moved the district court for a downward dispositional sentencing departure, and was placed on probation for a five-year ... More...
$0 (09-16-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Elias-Kareem Hany Aly
<h2><br> St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant who was charged with second-degree murder without intent while committing a felony.<br> </h2><br> <br> Elias-Kareem Hany Aly, 21, for h killing a smoke shop employee in St. Paul in 2023.<br> <br> <br> 2023 Minnesota Statutes<br> <br> Authenticate <br> <br> PDF <br> <br> Resources<br> <br> Search Minnesota St... More...
$0 (06-28-2024 - MN)United States of America v. Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged for their roles in a $250 millin fraud scheme.<br> <br> The convicted defendants devised and carried out a $40 million fraud scheme to defraud the Federal Child Nutrition Program. The convicted defendants obtained, misappropriated, and laundered millions of dollars in program funds that were intended as reimbursemen... More...
$0 (06-07-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Mikhail Robin Wicker </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 'Stolen Valor' and Benefits Fraud.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Clay County Man Charged with 'Stolen Valor' and Benefits Fraud </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> A Dilworth, Minnesota man has been charged in a scheme to defraud... More...
$0 (04-03-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Ladarius Jaleel Snipes </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Saint Paul, Minnesota Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant Sentenced to Prison for a Violent Hobbs Act Robbery and Firearms Violations</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <b><h2><center><i></b>District of Minnesota </h2></center></i><br> <br> A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 155 months in prison followed by five years of... More...
$0 (01-05-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Barbara Kaye Rechtzigel </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Minneapolis, Minnesota Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged for Embezzling From Minnwest Bank</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> A 48-year-old woman from the southwestern Minnesota community of Belview was sentenced for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the customers of Minnwest Bank, in Marshall, Minnesota... More...
$0 (01-16-2013 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Christopher James Hayes
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant would was wrongfully convicted.<br> <br> A jury found appellant Christopher James Hayes, age 16, guilty of first-degree felony murder while committing a drive-by shooting and second-degree intentional murder. The district court convicted Hayes of first-degree felony murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment with the possibil... More...
$0 (04-29-2013 - MN)United States of America v. Gayle Joyce Ferngren
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple schemes that defrauded individuals throughout the United States.<br> <br> from 2017 through April 2022, Gayle Joyce Ferngren, 70, and others participated in a scheme to launder proceeds that were fraudulently obtained from victims throughout the United States, including the proceeds of romance fraud sca... More...
$0 (12-07-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Solomon Eghosa Wilfred
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with romance fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims.<br> <br> From at least in or about June 2020 through in or about March 2021, Solomon Eghosa Wilfred, 43, and other scheme participants knowingly and intentionally participated in and facilitated an online romance fraud scheme that targeted primarily elderly vict... More...
$0 (11-17-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Charles Howard Jorenby
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud.<br> <br> Charles Howard Jorenby, 57, was a licensed psychologist and owner of Life Dynamics, Inc., a counseling center located in Prior Lake. From at least January 2013 through February 2020, Jorenby orchestrated a scheme to defraud the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), which is resp... More...
$0 (09-29-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Charles Howard Jorenby
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud. <br> <br> Charles Howard Jorenby, 57, was a licensed psychologist and owner of Life Dynamics, Inc., a counseling center located in Prior Lake. From at least January 2013 through February 2020, Jorenby orchestrated a scheme to defraud the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), which is re... More...
$0 (09-29-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Gisele Castro Medina
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors.<br> <br> From May 2020 through December 2020, Gisela Castro Medina, 21, conspired with co-defendant Anton Joseph Lazzaro, 32, to recruit and solicit six minor victims to engage in commercial sex acts.<br> <br> The prosecution team, led by Assistant United States At... More...
$0 (09-08-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Tequisha Solomon
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> From June 2020 through January 2022, Tequisha Solomon, 40, executed a scheme to fraudulently obtain pandemic assistance money from various states, including Minnesota's Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) and California's Employment Development Department (EDD).<br> <br> As p... More...
$0 (08-17-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Mai Houa Xiong
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> Mai Houa Xiong, 47, of Fresno, California, was employed as a financial manager for a Minneapolis-based property management company that provided financial services to homeowners' associations (HOAs) throughout the Twin Cities metro area. Xiong's duties included bookkeeping, and as manager she ha... More...
$0 (07-27-2023 - MN)Tracy Stricbel and Andrew Striebel v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.
Minneapolis, Minnesota insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of contract theory.<br> <br> Minnesota has a statute that specifically addresses bad faith breach of insurance contracts. The statute, Minn. Stat. § 604.18, provides that an insurer who acts in bad faith in handling an insurance claim may be liable to the insured for actual damages, plus ... More...
$0 (07-17-2023 - MN)State of Minnesota v. James Lamar Davis
<br> A jury heard evidence that James Davis is a member of a Minneapolis street gang and that he, accompanied by two of his gang allies, confronted and shot two men affiliated with a rival gang. The jury found Davis guilty of two counts of attempted intentional second-degree murder for the benefit of a gang. Davis argues on appeal that we should overturn his conviction on four grounds: (1) the dis... More...
$0 (05-31-2016 - MN)United States of America v. Rhonda Jean Moulder
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1341, which provides:<br> <br> Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter, give away, distri... More...
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