Minnesota Internet Law
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)<h1> United States of America v. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan </h1></h1>
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, announced .<br> <br> Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.<br> <br> "There is ... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan </h1></h1>
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.<br> <br> Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, pleaded guilty today to one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Josep... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - 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. 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. 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)<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. 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)<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)<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. Ryan Edward Thompson a.k.a. “Ryan Edward Wayne Townsend†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Abuse and Neglect </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> White Earth Man Sentenced to Nearly 25 Years in Prison for Producing Child Pornography on the Red Lake Reservationt</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A White... More...
$0 (08-20-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Aaron Eugene Bjarnason </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sextortion of a Minor </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Portland Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Sextortion of a Minor</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In May 2022, Aaron Eugene Bjarnason, 25, of Portland, O... More...
$0 (08-14-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Nelson Thomas Harner </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Producing Child Pornography Over Social Media </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> <b> Minneapolis Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Producing Child Pornography Over Social Media </b> </h2></center></b><b </b> </h2></cente... More...
$0 (05-17-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Caleb McLaughlin </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Exploitation and Child Pornography Scheme.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Pine City Man Sentenced to 29 Years in Prison for Multi-Victim Child Exploitation and Child Pornography Scheme</h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br... More...
$0 (03-25-2024 - MN)United States of America v. Yue Vang
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with Production of Child Pornography, Possession of Child Pornography, and Interstate Communications with Intent To Extort.<br> <br> "For several years, Yue Vang victimized more than 1,000 young girls – in Minnesota and beyond – through a vicious sextortion scheme. Using popular social media apps to prey on his... More...
$0 (10-07-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Yue Vang
St Paul, MN criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with 2 Counts Production of Child Pornography and 1 Count of Interstate Communications with Intent to Extort.<br> <br> Victimizing more than 1,100 minor girls across the country and abroad in an extensive online sextortion scheme.<br> According to court documents, for at least five years, Yue Vang, 31, created and used multiple Internet app... More...
$0 (09-14-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Nathan Miller Dobbelmann
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with using social media to produce and attempt to produce sexually explicit images and videos of children.<br> <br> Between August 2018 and March 2021, Nathan Miller Dobbelmann, 40, used social media apps to contact and solicit sexually explicit images and videos from children. Dobbelmann also sent minors sexually explicit vi... More...
$0 (08-04-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Uriel Adan Vasquez-Rios
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with receiving material depicting the sexual abuse of children. <br> <br> Between 2017 and 2020, Uriel Adan Vasquez-Rios, 29, created multiple social media accounts to solicit child pornography, the production of child pornography, and sexual contact with both children and adults. He also accessed websites depicting child... More...
$0 (03-08-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Travis Kyle Mayer
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with engaging in sextortion and online sexual exploitation of minors.<br> <br> Travis Kyle Mayer, 33, downloaded and received child pornography from a Russian-based child pornography distribution website. In 2018, Mayer sexually exploited a 15-year-old girl, through persuasion and coercion, using her to produce child po... More...
$0 (01-31-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Russell James Anderson-Baldwin
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged for producing child porn.<br> <br> Russell James Anderson-Baldwin, 39, used Instagram, Snapchat, and other online messaging apps to communicate with a minor victim. Between December 2019 and August 2020, Anderson-Baldwin coerced the minor to create sexually explicit videos. In total, Anderson-Baldwin created approximately ... More...
$0 (12-21-2021 - MN)United States of America v. Michael Patrick Bushey
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography.<br> <br> Michael Patrick Bushey, 32, admitted to the September 20, 2015 distribution of child sexual abuse images. Bushey further admitted that more than 3,900 images and at least 16 videos depicting children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, including images of prepubescent min... More...
$0 (11-07-2021 - MN)United States of America v. Arkady Pavlovich Pichurin
Minneapolis, MN: Production of sexually explicit images and videos of a minor criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Arkady Pavlovich Pichurin, age 26.<br> <br> Between November 8, 2020, and January 8, 2021, Defendant sexually exploited a minor who was between the ages of nine and 10 years old at the time. He contacted the minor using a variety of instant messaging and texting services, i... More...
$0 (09-07-2021 - MN)United States of America v. Robert Lawrence Stace
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with transporting images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of minors.<br> <br> In February 2020, Robert Lawrence Stace, 37, a registered sex offender, downloaded hundreds of images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of minors. Stace accessed the child exploitation files from the computer lab of a community center whil... More...
$0 (08-17-2021 - MN)Kelly Schultz v. TheMLSonline, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued TheMLSonline, Inc. on a Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation theory under 47 U.S.C. 227 which provides:<br> <br> (a) Definitions<br> <br> As used in this section—<br> <br> (1) The term "automatic telephone dialing system†means equipment which has the capacity—<br> <br> (A) to store or produce tel... More...
$1 (05-07-2021 - MN)United States of America v. Mitchell James Ottinger
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with production of child pornography.<br> <br> Mitchell James Ottinger, 25, of Carver, Minnesota, was arrested on criminal charges for alleged production of child pornography related to sextortion and threats of extortion. <br> <br> According to court documents, Ottinger created and used multiple Internet accounts to enco... More...
$0 (05-08-2021 - MN)United States of America v. Seyed Sajjad Shahidian
Minneapolis, Minnesota conspiracy to defraud and commit offenses against the USA criminal defense lawyer represented Seyed Sajjad Shahidian.<br> <br> “Shahidian lied to U.S. suppliers, illegally transferred funds from Iran, used fraudulent passports and ids, and established a business whose entire purpose was to circumvent U.S. sanctions and to enable others to do the same,” said Assistant Att... More...
$0 (10-16-2020 - MN)United States of America v. Benjamin Joseph Roggenbuck
Minneapolis, MN - Criminal Law, Child Pornography<br> <center><br> <img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Minneapolis_MN-Fed.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> The United States of America charged Benjamin Joseph Roggenbuck, age 38 with production and attempted production of child pornography. <br> <br> According to the defendant’s guilty plea, between November 2012 ... More...
$0 (09-20-2020 - MN)United States of America v. John Edwin Kuhnel
Minneapolis, MN - The United States of America charged John Edwin Kuhnel with possession of child porn.<br> <br> JOHN EDWIN KUHNEL, 40, was convicted on nine counts of receipt of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography. KUHNEL was found guilty following a two-day bench trial before Chief Judge John R. Tunheim in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<br> <br> �... More...
$0 (01-08-2020 - MN)Troy K. Scheffler v. Menard, Inc.
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$1 (10-27-2019 - MN)James Haubenschild v. Menard, Inc.
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$1 (10-08-2019 - MN)Chad Reis and Thomas Lamb v. Polaris Industries, Inc.
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$0 (09-30-2019 - MN)James Briks and Jerome Birks v. Karl J. Yeager
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$0 (06-27-2019 - MN)Jonathan West v. At Home Services, LLC
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$0 (09-25-2019 - MN)Eugene Newcombe v. United States of America
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$0 (02-06-2016 - MN)United States of America v. John L. Steele
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"><br> </center)<br> </center><br> Minneapolis, MN - Florida Attorney Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Multi-Million Dollar Pornography Film Copyright Fraud Scheme<br> <br> A Florida attorney was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his role in a multi-millio... More...
$0 (07-10-2019 - MN)United States of America v. Paul R. Hansmeier
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"><br> </center)<br> </center><br> Minneapolis, MN - Minnesota Attorney Sentenced To 168 Months In Prison For Multi-Million Dollar Pornography Film Copyright Fraud Scheme<br> <br> Paul R. Hansmeier, 37, to 168 months in prison for orchestrating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme to obtain payments from ex... More...
$0 (06-17-2019 - MN)Duane A. Iverson and Sarah L. Iverson v. Sakura Restaurant, Inc.
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$0 (12-11-2018 - MN)Merlene Keeler and William Keeler v. Winnebago Industries, Inc.
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