Missouri False Imprisonment Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Skylar Wyrick </h2> </center>
Joplin, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession and transportation of a firearm, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 922. Skylar Wyrick, 36, of Carthage, Missouri, illegally possessed a firearm by a convicted felon. On Oct. 3, 2025, Wyrick was contacted by law enforcement during a traffic stop for failing to display a front license plate. During that... More...
$ (10-14-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Holsey Ellinburg, Jr. <h2> <center>
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery. A jury convicted him in August 1996. He was sentenced to imprisonment and ordered to pay $7,567.25 in restitution in November 1996. After his release in 2022, he sued to block the continued enforcement of his restitution order. He argued that the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act (“MVRA”)... More...
$ (08-21-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Sharon Dolisis </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Sharon Dolisi, 79, moved more than $1.9 million in proceeds of the fraud through her accounts. She deposited cashier’s ch... More...
$ (06-26-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Stacia Wilson </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Stacia Sue Wilson pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud. Wilson admitted that, while she was employed as a vice president of St. Clair County State Bank in Osc... More...
$ (09-12-2024 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Basil Jacob Kyles </h2> </center>
Jefferson City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the the Defendant charged with bank robbery, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Reported by <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/about" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Basil Jacob Kyles, 71, allegedly entered a bank in downtown Columbia, Mo., when he brandish... More...
$ (05-19-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Cymone McClellan </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy. Cymone McClellan, 33, of St. Louis, operated a nonprofit, Sister of Lavender Rose (S.O.L.R.), that submitted false and fraudulent meal reimbursement claims to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services from about January 2019 to June 2022. Terra Davis, now 44, was McClellan’s ... More...
$ (04-28-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Dr. Jonathan Wayne Morris </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud, and illegal prescribing of controlled substances. Dr. Jonathan Wayne Morris, 46, was indicted with 15 counts of illegal prescribing of controlled substances and 23 counts of health care fraud. Dr. Morris has owned Columbia Urgent Care since at least 2019. From at least May 1, 2019, through Apr... More...
$ (04-22-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Raymond Porter, Jr. </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer David Bryant represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. Raymond Porter Jr., 64, of St. Louis, was indicted with 28 felonies: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 15 counts of wire fraud, eight counts of aggravated identity theft and four counts of money laundering. ... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Craig A. Spiegel </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with prescribing pain pills and other controlled substances in exchange for sex acts, nude photos or cash. Craig A. Spiegel, now 70, exploited his position to obtain cash, sexual acts or sexual photographs from at least 19 patients, many of whom he began treating as children. Spiegel illegally distributed an “astr... More...
$ (03-28-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Christie Engle
Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud scheme in which false documents were submitted to the Missouri Department of Revenue to obtain mechanics liens and titles for vehicles that had previously been reported stolen. Christie Engle, 49, worked as an employee for Dennis Cleveland, the owner of Affordable Towing. Cleveland directed his emp... More...
$ (01-27-2026 - MO)<H2> United States of America v. Jason S. Thompson
Springfield, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking fentanyl and illegally possessing firearms. Jason S. Thompson, 50, was found guilty of one count each of possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute, possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, and being a felon in possession of firearms. In the early morning hours of ... More...
$ (01-07-2026 - MO)<H2> United States of America v. Ayana J. Brown
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government property. Ayana J. Brown, 34, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to two felony counts of theft of government property. Brown admitted filing two fraudulent quarterly employment tax returns (IRS Form 941s) with the IRS on behalf of Yaya Flowtiques LLC on Dec. 22, 2022. The fili... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - MO)<H2> United States of America v. Juan Carlos Aguilar Gomez, Rebecca Massey and Goldner Capital Management, LLC
Joplin, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to impede the EPA, a related state agency, and OHSA, and violate the Clean Air Act regarding the removal of asbestos-containing materials. Juan Carlos Aguilar Gomez, 45, a citizen of Honduras, residing in Lawrence, N.Y., who was previously charged by criminal complaint on Aug. 1, 2025, with one count of... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - MO)<H2> United States of America v. Daisha Sanders
Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt and conspiracy top commit mail fraud. Daisha Sanders, formerly from Kansas City, Mo., 34, conspired with others to prepare and file fraudulent PPP loan applications on their behalf. Sanders received kickbacks of $5,000 for each of the $20,832 PPP loans. Sanders filed false PPP loan applications for nu... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - MO)<H2> United States of America v. Jason L. Hemingway
Springfield, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining $316,062 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and for laundering over $35,000 of PPP funds. Jason L. Hemingway, 47, was charged with two counts each of bank fraud and making a false statement on a loan applicatio... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - MO)United States of America v. Gary Grajales-Reyes
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzling $412,163 from the Washington University School of Medicine. Gary Grajales-Reyes, MD-PhD, admitted submitting 73 false requisition requests to WashU Medicine for 761 different pieces of computer equipment, falsely claiming that it was for the research laboratory that he directed. Once he received the ... More...
$ (12-08-2025 - MO)Sharel Mawby v. Folgers Coffee Marketing
Kansas City, Missouri, consumer law class action lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Missouri Merchandising Practices Act and unjust enrichment.<br> <br> Missouri resident Mark Smith bought containers of Folgers coffee that featured<br> representations about the number of six-ounce cups that the coffee in each container<br> could produce. Believing the representations to be misleadi... More...
$0 (11-27-2025 - MO)<H2> United States of America v. Thomas L. Horton
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with escaping from custody in violation of 18 U.S. C. 741.<br> <br> <br> 18 U.S.C. § 751(a) sets forth a penalty of up to 5 years imprisonment and/or a fine under Title 18 for escape or an attempt to escape on a felony or conviction on any offense, and one year confinement and/or a fine under Title 18 for esca... More...
$0 (11-17-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Anthony Renell Williams </h1></h1>
Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Theft of Mail. <br> <br> A Springfield, Mo., resident, was sentenced to a period of imprisonment for 15 months, for his theft of mail matter from residential post office boxes.<br> <br> Anthony Renell Williams, 45, pleaded guilty to a single count indictment on March 31, 2025, charging him with theft of mail on Ma... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Briauna Adams </h1></h1>
Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans being issued under the Coronavirus Aid and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and more than $3,000,000 in stolen Treasury checks. <br> <br> <br> A Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her leadership role in two cases that resulted in more t... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Gary Wilds </h1></h1>
St. Louis, MO criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Fraudulently Register Vehicles in Missouri.<br> <br> U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man to five years in prison for bribing employees of Missouri motor vehicle license offices to fraudulently register motor vehicles.<br> <br> Judge Schelp also ordered Gary Wilds, 48, to pay res... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Dontrell A. Powell </h1></h1>
Springfield, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. <br> <br> A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy involving 19 defendants and over $1.8 million worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl.<br> <br> Dontrell A. Powell, 36, was sentenced by U.S. Distric... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Emma M. Cunningham, Jervonz L. Williams </h1></h1>
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged who attempted to kidnap and rob a St. Louis apartment property manager at gunpoint.<br> <br> Two people who attempted to kidnap and rob a St. Louis apartment property manager at gunpoint in 2024 have been sentenced to prison for that and other crimes.<br> <br> U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced ... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Gary Wilds </h1></h1>
St. Loui, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> <br> U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man to five years in prison for bribing employees of Missouri motor vehicle license offices to fraudulently register motor vehicles.<br> <br> Judge Schelp also ordered Gary Wilds, 48, to pay restitution of $335,218, including $319,778 to the stat... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Montrez Dixon </h1></h1>
Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged withdrug trafficking and money laundering.<br> <br> A St. Joseph, Mo., man has been convicted at trial of conspiracy to commit drug trafficking and money laundering.<br> <br> Montrez Dixon, 32, was found guilty on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, of one count of conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of a mixture or subs... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - MO)Raymond Thompson v. Joshua Cockrell and Robert Gerholdt
St. Louis, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> On March 30, 2020, Thompson purchased a 100-year anniversary edition<br> custom 2003 Harley Davidson trike motorcycle ("motorcycleâ€) from Nathan Rench<br> for $5,000. Thompson paid off the two lienholders and gave Rench the remainder.<br> The parties signe... More...
$0 (09-17-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Scott A. Taylor </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government money </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> St. Louis County Fossil Company Operator Admits Disability Fraud</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br> <center><h2><br> ... More...
$0 (09-10-2025 - MO)United States of America v. Robert Gafford
Cape Girardeau, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with delay and embezzlement of mail.<br> <br> Robert Gafford was hired by the United States Postal Service as a rural mail<br> carrier in 2015. He was assigned to deliver mail in Scott County, Missouri, along a<br> <br> rural route that included the home of Karen and Doug Ressel.<br> In the summer of 2021, the Ress... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - MO)United States of America v. Jimmy L. Hudson, Jr.
Cape Girardeau, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs.<br> <br> After selling fentanyl to a confidential informant, Hudson was indicted on drug distribution charges. Pursuant to a plea agreement, he pled guilty to one count of distributing fentanyl, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C). The agreement specifically noted that Hudson... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Darius R. Thomas </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally illegally possessing a firearm and making a false statement during a firearm purchase. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Springfield Man Sentenced to 3 Years for Illegally Possessing Firearms</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </... More...
$0 (07-24-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Darius R. Thomas </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm and making a false statement during a firearm purchase </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Springfield Man Sentenced to 3 Years for Illegally Possessing Firearms</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color... More...
$0 (07-24-2025 - MO)United States of America v. Blake Christopher Basten
Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transport of firearms.<br> <br> In the summer of 2022, law enforcement officers twice encountered Blake Basten unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. During the second encounter, Basten and his companion sought to evade law enforcement in their car,<br> twice striking the officer's vehicle ... More...
$0 (07-17-2025 - MO)United States of America v. Patricia Ashton Derges
Springfield, Missouri pro se Defendant sought compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). <br> <br> 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) is a section of the US Code that allows for the modification of a federal prison sentence under specific circumstances, often referred to as compassionate release or sentence reduction motions. It permits a judge to reduce a prisoner's sentence if certain ... More...
$0 (07-17-2025 - MO)<H2> Untied States of America v. Loyse Dozier
St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking resulting in death 18 U.S.C. § 2119 and 2119(3), attempted carjacking, 18 U.S.C. § 2119 and 2119(2), being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8), and possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C). <br> <br> The p... More...
$0 (07-07-2025 - mo)United States of America v. Tre Joseph Connor
Jefferson City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery by force or violence, felony possession of a firearm, and felony transportation of a firearm.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Federal bank robbery, as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2113, involves the taking or attempted taking of property from a bank by force, violence, or intimidation. This includes scenarios... More...
$0 (06-27-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Anthony M. Alford </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 'Swatting' Phone Call That Targeted IRS Employee </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> KC Man Sentenced to Three Years for 'Swatting' Phone Call That Targeted IRS Employee, Led to Lockdown</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br>... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Edward James Mitchell Jr., a/k/a Musa Muhammad </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> St. Louis, MO criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one felony count of bank fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> St. Louis Man Admits Fraudulently Obtaining Mortgages Worth More Than $1.2 Million</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A man from St. Louis, Missouri on Tuesday admi... More...
$0 (04-08-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Joelle Fouse </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three felony counts of wire fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Official of St. Louis County Charity Admits Stealing Nearly $700,000</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A former official of a charity that hous... More...
$0 (04-01-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Joelle Fouse </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzling about $690,000 </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Official of St. Louis County Charity Admits Stealing Nearly $700,000 </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A former official of a charity that houses adult... More...
$0 (04-01-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Lee Carroll </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Pandemic Fraud, Witness Tampering, Clean Air Act Violations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Missouri Man Sentenced to 108 Months in Prison for $3 Million Pandemic Fraud, Witness Tampering, Clean Air Act Violations</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
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