Minnesota Grand Larceny 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)<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)<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)United States of America v. Leroy Lemonte Perry Williams, Jr., also known as Le-Roy Lamonte’-Perry Williams, Jr.
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted aarson under 18 U.S.C. § 844(i).<br> <br> On August 26, 2020, around 6:00 p.m., a homicide occurred in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. Not long after the murder, the suspected killer committed suicide near Nicollet Mall. Rumors spread that police had killed the suspect. Police released their video ... More...
$0 (05-07-2025 - 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. 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)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. 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)State of Minnesota v. Christopher James Hayes
<h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree intentional murder.<br> </h2><br> <br> Defendant was convicted.<br> <br> <br> Hayes's conviction is based on a shooting death that occurred on September 17, 2010, in Minneapolis. Hayes was a passenger in a car driven by a relative, Michael James Funches Jr. Hayes and Funches picked up Chris... More...
$0 (10-21-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Alan James Bear
<h2><br> Crookston, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle under Minn. Stat. 609.487.<br> </h2><br> <br> On September 11, 2020, the Grand Forks Police Department (GFPD) received a report of a hit-and-run crash in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The vehicle involved in the crash left the scene, and a Grand Forks County Sheriff'... More...
$0 (07-03-2024 - 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)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)Kiewel v. United States
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant who was held in contempt for refusing to answer questions propounded to him by a grand jury,<br> <br> <br> The Court's order permitted Kiewel to purge himself of contempt by appearing before the grand jury on September 19, 1952. He appeared before that body on that day and presented to the jury a statement theretofore prepared by h... More...
$0 (05-06-1953 - MN)United States of America v. Muse Mohamud Mohamed
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with lying to a grand jury.<br> <br> Muse Mohamud Mohamed, age 30, was served with a subpoena to provide testimony before a grand jury seated in the District of Minnesota regarding the use of the agent delivery process during Minnesota's August 11, 2020, primary election. The City of Minneapolis' election records document... More...
$0 (05-11-2022 - MN)Vaundell Duwayne Kingbird v. State of Minnesota
Grand Rapids, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants seeking compensation for having been exonerated on being a felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Vaundell Duwayne Kingbird was exonerated for purposes of the statute used to determine if a person whose<br> conviction has been reversed, vacated, or set aside is eligible for compensation based on<br> exon... More...
$0 (05-06-2022 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Rodney Ernest
Grand Marais, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide.<br> <br> Rodney Ernest, age 37, was involved in a remote part of Wisconsin that resulted in the death of Bill Evans, Jr. on November 7, 2020.<br> <br> The State charged Ernest with vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of the accident, driving under the influence of alcohol an... More...
$0 (04-15-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Norris Deshon Andrews
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center> <br> <br> Minneapolis, MN - The United States of America charged Norris Deshon Andrews with felony ... More...
$0 (03-18-2020 - MN)United States of America v. Raymond Maestas
Albuquerque, NM - The United States of America charged Raymond Maestas with possession with intent to distribute meth.<br> <br> Raymond Maestas, 43, of Albuquerque, New Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque on Feb. 4 to charges of possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute heroin, carrying a firearm during and re... More...
$0 (02-10-2020 - MN)Julie A. Soderberg vs. Lucas Anderson
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/MinnesotaJudicialCenter.JPG/321px-MinnesotaJudicialCenter.JPG"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> On the morning of January 3, 2016, appellant Lucas Anderson, age 35, went <br> snowboarding at Spirit Mountain near Duluth. Spirit Mountain welcomes both skiers and <br> snow... More...
$0 (01-25-2019 - MN)State of Minnesota vs. Antionette Rie Johnson <table> <td>
On June 12, 2016, at 8 p.m., Daryl Curtis shot and killed Renaldo McDaniel in the <br> parking lot of an auto parts store in Saint Paul. See State v. Curtis, 905 N.W.2d 609, 612–<br> 14 (Minn. 2018). Police obtained surveillance footage from a nearby Walmart and a <br> childcare center. The footage from Walmart showed that, before the shooting, Curtis was <br> accompanied by two women, T.S. a... More...
$0 (07-19-2018 - MN)State of Minnesota vs. Ryan David Petersen
The facts underlying the murder of Chase Passauer are not in dispute. Ryan Petersen <br> hired D.A., from Northstar Criminal Defense, in March 2016, to represent him for criminal <br> and civil matters. Petersen agreed to pay a flat fee of $10,000 for D.A.’s services, and he <br> had paid a total of $7,000 to D.A. as of April 7, 2016, when Petersen terminated D.A.’s <br> representation. <b... More...
$0 (04-06-2018 - MN)United States of America v. Mark Arlin Hammerschmidt
Mark Arlin Hammerschmidt (Mark) pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy<br> to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 286 and was sentenced to 135<br> months’ imprisonment. Ornella Angelina Hammerschmidt (Ornella) pleaded guilty<br> to one count of making false claims for refunds in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 287 and<br> was sentenced to 48 months’ imprisonment. The Hammersch... More...
$0 (02-08-2018 - MN)State of Minnesota vs. Matthew Vaughn Diamond <table> <td>
A homeowner in Chaska returned home to find that someone had kicked open her <br> attached garage’s side-entry door, entered her home, and taken jewelry, electronics, and a <br> safe. When police officers arrived to investigate the burglary, they discovered two key <br> pieces of evidence: shoe tread prints on the side-entry door, and, on the driveway, an <br> envelope with the name “S.W.”... More...
$0 (01-17-2018 - MN)State of Minnesota vs. Thomas Michael Luby <table> <td>
Thomas Luby was charged with second-degree intentional murder in connection <br> with the stabbing death of his girlfriend K.A. See Minn. Stat. § 609.19, subd. 1(1) <br> (requiring an intentional killing). A grand jury subsequently indicted Luby for first-degree <br> premeditated murder. See Minn. Stat. § 609.185(a)(l) (requiring a premeditated and <br> intentional killing). <br> At trial, Lu... More...
$0 (12-06-2017 - MN)Jennifer Heglund v. City of Grand Rapids
Jennifer Heglund and her husband Jamie Heglund sued numerous Minnesota<br> cities and counties, state officials, and hundreds of John and Jane Does, alleging that<br> police officers had improperly accessed their private information in the State’s<br> driver’s license database. The Heglunds later amended their complaint to replace one<br> of the John Does with Frank Scherf, the former Grand Ra... More...
$0 (09-08-2017 - MN)State of Minnesota vs. Josue Robles Fraga, <table> <td>
This case arises from the death of S.R., who, with her brother, lived with Fraga, his <br> wife, and their four children in a mobile home in Worthington. The six children, including <br> 2-year-old S.R., shared a bedroom. On the evening before S.R.’s death, Fraga was home <br> with the six children while his wife was at work. Fraga picked his wife up from work <br> around 2:30 a.m., and the t... More...
$0 (06-29-2017 - MN)State of Minnesota vs. Montrell Maurice Webster <table> <td>
On September 21, 2014, Gonzalez-Sanchez was discovered shot to death on a <br> sidewalk in northeast Minneapolis. After a police investigation, a grand jury indicted <br> Webster for first-degree felony murder on an accomplice-liability theory. See Minn. <br> Stat. § 609.185(a)(3); Minn. Stat. § 609.05 (2016). Webster pleaded not guilty and <br> demanded a jury trial. <br> At trial, the State... More...
$0 (05-11-2017 - MN)State of Minnesota vs. Manuel Guzman <table> <td>
The events that led to the fatal shooting of Rufino1 began in spring 2014, when <br> appellant and several other men, including Hector Lopez Rios, Guillermo Ayala-Enriquez, <br> and J.A.E., robbed Rufino’s friend, J.R.2 Several months later, on August 7, 2014, <br> appellant and Guillermo called Rufino a “snitch” in a face-to-face confrontation that <br> occurred at appellant’s home. The... More...
$0 (04-13-2017 - MN)Ryedelle Reginald Loving vs. State of Minnesota <table> <td>
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$0 (03-25-2017 - MN)<b>State of Minnesota vs. Adam John Lilienthal</b> <table> <td>
Adam Lilienthal and Scott Yorek met through a mutual friend in February 2014. <br> After learning that Yorek needed a place to stay, Lilienthal agreed to rent Yorek a room in <br> his house in Andover. Yorek moved into Lilienthal’s house later that month. Lilienthal <br> and Yorek agreed that Yorek would pay $100 per week in rent, though disputes later arose <br> as to whether and how timely ... More...
$0 (02-01-2017 - MN)<b>Eugene Lee Rushton vs. State of Minnesota</b> <table> <td>
This case presents the question of whether the phrase “minimum term of <br> imprisonment,” as used in Minnesota Statutes § 609.3455, subd. 5 (2016), means two<br> thirds of a presumptive guidelines sentence. Appellant Eugene Lee Rushton pleaded guilty <br> to one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, and, after a previous appeal, ultimately <br> received a sentence of life with the ... More...
$0 (01-26-2017 - MN)<b>State of Minnesota vs. Neal Curtis Zumberge</b>
A Ramsey County jury found appellant Neal Zumberge guilty of first-degree <br> murder, first-degree attempted murder, second-degree murder, and second-degree <br> attempted murder, for fatally shooting Todd Stevens and wounding Jennifer Cleven on <br> May 5, 2014. The district court sentenced Zumberge to consecutive terms of life <br> imprisonment without the possibility of release for the first-... More...
$0 (01-04-2017 - MN)United States of America v. Lisa Lone Eagle and Kendra Belt a/k/a Kendra Counting
Pierre, SD - Eagle Butte Women Sentenced for Assault<br> <br> Two Eagle Butte, South Dakota, women convicted of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury were sentenced.<br> <br> Lisa Lone Eagle, age 36, was sentenced to 63 months in custody. Kendra Belt a/k/a Kendra Counting, age 41, was sentenced to 37 months in custody. Both women will be on supervised rel... More...
$0 (11-16-2016 - MN)<b><h3>State of Minnesota vs. Anthony James Cox</b></h3>
Appellant Anthony James Cox was found guilty by a Scott County jury of <br> first-degree premeditated murder, two counts of first-degree intentional felony murder <br> (burglary and aggravated robbery), and first-degree aggravated robbery. The murder <br> charges arose out of the death of Aaron Moran on October 22, 2013. Prior to trial, the <br> district court denied Cox’s motion to suppress a... More...
$0 (08-26-2016 - MN)<b><h3>State of Minnesota vs. Brian George Fitch</b></h3>
On February 2, 2015, a Stearns County jury found appellant Brian George Fitch <br> guilty of one count of first-degree murder of a peace officer, Minn. Stat. § 609.185(a)(4) <br> (2014); three counts of attempted first-degree murder of a peace officer, Minn. Stat. <br> §§ 609.17, 609.185(a)(4) (2014); and one count of unauthorized possession of a firearm, <br> Minn. Stat. §§ 624.713, subd. 1(... More...
$0 (08-26-2016 - MN)State of Minnesota vs. Aloeng Kelly Vang
The facts of the crime are not in dispute. On September 1, 2013, between <br> 12:30 a.m. and 1:00 a.m., Jeffrey Elling and his girlfriend, D.H., were crossing the street <br> when Vang sped past them in his car. Vang parked his car in the driveway of his cousin, <br> a neighbor of Elling’s. Elling approached Vang and the two exchanged words. Elling <br> pushed Vang, who fell to the ground. ... More...
$0 (07-07-2016 - MN)State of Minnesota vs. Shavelle Oscar Chavez-Nelson
At approximately 11:30 p.m. on September 21, 2013, Jobi went to Nina’s Bar and <br> Grill in Burnsville with two of his cousins, W.T. and M.T.; a friend, O.C.; and O.C.’s <br> uncle. Shortly before 1:00 a.m. on September 22, 2013, Chavez-Nelson arrived at Nina’s <br> with his girlfriend, A.C., and another woman. Chavez-Nelson and the two women <br> arrived in A.C.’s white Ford Fusion. ... More...
$0 (07-07-2016 - MN)Jason Lee Bolstad vs. State of Minnesota
In 2003, a Kanabec County jury found appellant Jason Bolstad guilty of two <br> counts of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder in connection with <br> the killing of Bolstad’s father, Gary Bolstad. Following the jury’s verdict, the district <br> court sentenced Bolstad to life imprisonment without the possibility of release on the <br> charge of first-degree premeditated... More...
$0 (03-23-2016 - MN)State of Minnesota vs. Byron David Smith
Byron David Smith was convicted of two counts of first-degree premeditated <br> murder related to the shooting deaths of two people. On direct appeal, Smith argues that <br> the district court committed four types of error. The State, in turn, argues that the district <br> court committed error in determining the appropriate restitution for the victims’ families. <br> We affirm the conviction... More...
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