Missouri Forfeiture Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Vinol Wilson </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting animals for use in a dog fighting venture and unlawful transportation of a firearm. 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> Vinol Wilson, age 52, ran a dog fighting operation. He invited several others t... More...
$ (07-09-2026 - 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)State of Missouri v. Robert William Sheilds
<h2><br> Carthage, Missouri child molestation criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> Robert William Shields's <br> convictions are based on acts he committed against his step-daughter, C.P. ("Victim"), from the time Victim was approximately five years old until she was approximately 14 years of age. At age 14, Victim told her mother about the acts Shields committed a... More...
$0 (08-18-2024 - MO)United States of America v. Trevor Scott Sparks
Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug-trafficking conspiracy, and directing two kidnappings, both resulting in murders, and numerous assaults.<br> <br> Trevor Scott Sparks, a Kansas City, Missouri, federal defendant who escaped after trial and was recaptured.<br> <br> Sparks, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to life imprisonment... More...
$0 (09-05-2023 - MO)United States of America v. Gerald Lee Ginnings
Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug-trafficking conspiracy, which is linked to two murders, and which distributed approximately 400 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Kansas City and St. Louis metropolitan areas.<br> <br> Gerald Lee Ginnings, 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 520 months in federal prison without parole. The co... More...
$0 (08-25-2023 - MO)United States of America v. Frank J. Santa Maria
Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with transporting stolen property across state lines.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Kansas_City_MO_fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Kansas City, Missouri"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Kansas City, Missouri</a><br> <P><br> <a fo... More...
$0 (03-17-2023 - MO)United States of America v. Trevor Scott Sparks
Kansas City, Missouri criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in a criminal enterprise linked to two murders and multiple violent assaults, and which distributed at least a kilogram of methamphetamine every day for nearly a year in the Kansas City, Springfield, St. Joseph, and St. Louis, Mo., areas, as well as illegally possessing firearms.<br> <br> Trevor Scott Sparks, 33,... More...
$0 (11-07-2022 - MO)Eighty Hundred Clayton Corp. vs. Lake Forest Development Corp.
<center><h2><font color="red"> Saint Louis, MO – Real Estate lawyer represented Appellant with appealng the trial court's order declaring the parties' lease to be renewed. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In 1959, Lake Forest, as sub-lessor, entered into the Lease with EHCC, as sub-lessee, for <br> real estate located along Clayton Road in Richmond Heights, Missouri. In 1960, EHCC ope... More...
$0 (09-11-2022 - MO)United States of America v. Joshua A. Brown
Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute almost 1,000 kilograms of methamphetamine.<br> <br> Joshua A. Brown, 38, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from Sept. 1, 2018, to Nov. 5, 2019.<br> <br> Brown was arrested on March 26, 2019, after he paid $5,000 t... More...
$0 (06-27-2022 - MO)United States of America v. Nadine Robinson
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a conspiracy to commit money laundering charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Nadine Nzeuga Robinson opened a check-cashing business, Azalea USA, LLC,<br> in 2013. She thereafter received money orders that she knew had been obtained<br> through fraud and deposited them into Azalea's b... More...
$0 (11-16-2021 - MO)United States of America v. Henry N. Asomani
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> St. Louis - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, two counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to launder money, and two counts of money laundering charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> First, we address Asomani's argument that the district court erred by failing <br> to give his good-f... More...
$0 (10-29-2021 - MO)United States of America v. Christian Nero Copeland
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, discharging a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and forfeiture of currency and a firearm charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Copeland claims the district court failed to properly weigh the sentencing <br> factors and impose... More...
$0 (09-30-2021 - MO)United States of America v. Jasmine Sheley
<center><h2><font color="red"><center>St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of conspiracy to distribute at least 50 grams of actual methamphetamine and at least 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine charges.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Sheley came to the attention of law enforcement when she was presen... More...
$0 (08-04-2021 - MO)United States of America v. Mario Spencer United States of America v. Ahmed Osman Farah
<center><h2><font color="red"> St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with a Hobbs Act robbery, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On March 23, 2018, Spencer sent a friend a text message asking to use her <br> car. The friend hesitated because Spencer did not have a driver's license. But sh... More...
$0 (08-04-2021 - MO)Alticor, Inc. v. Yield Nation, LLC
St. Louis, Missouri intellectual property lawyer represented Plaintiff which sued defendant on a trademark infringement theory under 15 U.S.C. 1125, which provides:<br> <br> §1125. False designations of origin, false descriptions, and dilution forbidden<br> (a) Civil action<br> <br> (1) Any person who, on or in connection with any goods or services, or any container for goods, uses in commerce... More...
$0 (06-15-2021 - MO)United States of America v. Brian M. Turner
Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with receiving and distributing child pornography.<br> <br> Brian M. Turner, 38, was charged with receiving and distributing child pornography. <br> <br> Defendant sentenced to FBOP for 180 MONTHS. Upon release from imprisonment the defendant shall be placed on SUPERVISED RELEASE for 15 YEARS. Special Assessment: $100; Fi... More...
$0 (03-10-2021 - MO)United States of America v. Nathaniel Hill
St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. <br> <br> Nathaniel Hill, 39, of St. Louis, Missouri, was charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. <br> <br> In November 2017 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Postal Inspectors Service (USPIS) initiated an investigation into methamphe... More...
$0 (03-23-2021 - MO)Buddy Wickizer vs. State of Missouri
<center><h2><font color="red"> Kansas City, MO - Criminal defense attorney represented Buddy Wickizer with <i> appealing the denial, following an evidentiary hearing, of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In February 2015, Victim, an eleven-year-old child, complained to her mother that her<br> genitals were itching and burning. Victim further d... More...
$0 (03-14-2021 - MO)Joseph B. Sprofera vs. State of Missouri
<center><h2><font color="red">Liberty, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant JOSEPH B. SPROFERA for <i>post-conviction relief under Supreme Court Rule 29.15.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On March 2, 2012, Sprofera was charged by a substitute information with<br> first-degree statutory rape in violation of § 566.032. The information alleged<br> Sprofera had sexual intercours... More...
$0 (11-03-2020 - MO)STATE OF MISSOURI vs. CHRISTINA HALTER
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="200" src=" https://web.mo.gov/doc/PhotoServer/viewPhoto?13123015580.jpg"> <br> </td><br> <td><br> <img width="200" src=" https://web.mo.gov/doc/PhotoServer/viewPhoto?13123014648.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> At all relevant times from 2011 to 2013, Halter owned and managed Park Hills Mano... More...
$0 (02-14-2019 - MO)United States of America v. Timothy Murphy, a/k/a Mr. Black, a/k/a Colby Muhlberg, a/k/a Arthur Whitton
St. Louis, MO - Twentieth Defendant Sentenced for Federal Fraud and Money Laundering Charges Related to Telemarketing Enterprise that Targeted the Elderly<br> <br> Timothy Murphy, a/k/a Mr. Black, a/k/a Colby Muhlberg, a/k/a Arthur Whitton, 34, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced on May 22, 2018 to 54 months in prison in connection with a multi-count indictment arising from a fraudulent telemarketi... More...
$0 (05-28-2018 - MO)United States of America v. Thomas Vogt
St. Louis, MO - Alton, Illinois Man Pleads Guilty to Credit Card Fraud<br> <br> Thomas Vogt, 60, of Alton, Illinois pleaded guilty to defrauding his former employer of more than $140,000 through a double reimbursement scheme whereby he sought reimbursement for expenses his employer had already directly paid. Vogt pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transportation of stolen property and agr... More...
$0 (02-14-2018 - MO)Joshua Brenner v. American Education Services
Joshua Seth Brenner sued American Education Services (AES), allegingviolations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227. Brenner appeals the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment. Having jurisdiction<br> under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.<br> Reviewing the record de novo in the light most favorable to the non moving<br> party, this court concludes that su... More...
$0 (11-21-2017 - MO)United States of America v. Darius Bowdry and Keyshyala Thomas
St. Louis, MO - Two Chicago People Plead Guilty in Connection with Plaza Frontenac Robbery<br> <br> Two individuals charged with the November 26, 2016, robbery at Plaza Frontenac have entered guilty pleas to interstate transportation of stolen property. <br> <br> According to court documents, the eight named defendants and others entered the Saks Fifth Avenue department store soon after it opened ... More...
$0 (02-20-2017 - MO)United States of America v. Anwer Rao and Michael Lentsch
St. Louis, MO - Two Local Men Sentenced on Synthetic Drug Trafficking Charges<br> <br> The two leaders of a multi-defendant synthetic drug trafficking conspiracy were sentenced in federal court in St. Louis. Anwer Rao, O’Fallon, IIllinois, was sentenced to 150 months in prison; and Michael Lentsch, also of O’Fallon, Illinois, was sentenced to 150 months in prison. Both appeared before United... More...
$0 (02-19-2016 - MO)United States of America v. Rex Yang, Jake Schwartz and Casey Lee Ross
Kansas City, MO - Six Defendants Plead Guilty to $100 Million Software Piracy Scheme<br> <br> A Seattle, Wash., man has become the sixth defendant convicted in federal court for his role in one of the largest software piracy schemes ever prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice.<br> <br> “An investigation that began in Kansas City, Mo., uncovered one of the largest software piracy schemes ev... More...
$0 (12-17-2015 - MO)City of St. Peters, Missouri vs. Bonnie A. Roeder,
The city enacted ordinance 4536, codified in St. Peters City Code section 335.095, <br> to authorize the installation and use of an automated red light enforcement system. <br> Ordinance 4536 further creates an offense that occurs when a “person fails to comply <br> with the City Traffic Code and the violation is detected through the automated red light <br> enforcement system.” As relevant ... More...
$0 (08-18-2015 - MO)United States of America v. Jon “Dirk†Dickerson
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Kansas City, Mo., area men were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a 14-year-long conspiracy to steal more than $1 million worth of trucks and trailers and their cargo.<br> <br> Jon "Dirk†Dickerson, 57, of Raytown, Mo., and his son, Kyle Wayne Dickerson... More...
$0 (03-13-2015 - MO)United State of America v. Sabahaddin Akman
St. Louis, MO – SABAHADDIN AKMAN, the owner and manager of a Turkish drug wholesaler, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment and fined $150,000 for smuggling misbranded and adulterated cancer treatment drugs into the United States, including multiple shipments of Altuzan® (the Turkish version of Avastin®) that he sent from Turkey to Chesterfield, Missouri. Akman also paid a forfeitu... More...
$0 (01-23-2015 - MO)United States of America v. Richard F. Turner
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, and Chris Koster, Missouri Attorney General, announced that a Bethany, Mo., attorney pleaded guilty today in federal court for stealing more than $540,000 from his elderly client.<br> <br> Richard F. Turner, 39, of Bethany, pleaded guilty to U.S. District Judge David G. Kays to an information ch... More...
$0 (11-26-2014 - MO)United States of America v. Regina Danko
St. Louis, MO – REGINA DANKO, of Ivyland, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the United States in federal court this morning. Danko, the principal shareholder of Tri-Ark Industries, Inc., a government contracting firm located in the Philadelphia area, admitted to conspiring to make false statements and defraud the government in connection with a five-... More...
$0 (09-05-2014 - MO)United State of America v. Kenneth Ray Borders, Jon Dirk Dickerson, and Wayne Dickerson
Kenneth Ray Borders, 43, of Kansas City, Mo., Jon Dirk Dickerson, 56, of Raytown, Mo., and his son, Kyle Wayne Dickerson, 31, of Holden, Mo., were found guilty of the charges contained in a Dec. 14, 2012, federal indictment. They were taken into federal custody immediately after the verdicts were returned by the jury.<br> <br> Evidence presented during the trial indicated that all three of the co-... More...
$0 (02-28-2014 - MO)Sneil, LLC v. Tybe Learning Center, Inc.
Sneil, LLC, sought to quiet title to 3645 Marietta Drive, Florissant, Missouri, and to eject Tybe Learning Center, Inc. and Regions Bank from that property. The circuit court found in favor of the Tybe and Regions. Sneil appealed. After opinion, the court of appeals transferred the case to this Court, which has jurisdiction. Mo. Const. art. V, sec. 10.1<br><br>FACTS<br><br>On August 28, 2006, Snei... More...
$0 (07-03-2012 - MO)Catherine Ndegwa v. KSSO, LLC
KSSO, LLC (Appellant) appeals from the trial court's Order and Judgment granting partial summary judgment to Catherine Ndegwa (Ndegwa) and Ndegwa and Anale Mrema (Anale), as legal co-guardians for John Mrema (Mrema) (collectively Respondents),1 on Count III of Respondents' first amended petition, and quieting title of certain property in Ndegwa as Trustee of the Mrema Family Revocable Trust. We af... More...
$0 (10-11-2011 - MO)Lee C. Hunt, Jr. v. Estate of Anna M. Hunt
Lee C. Hunt, Jr. appeals the judgment denying his claims for breach of contract, specific performance, unjust enrichment, quantum meruit, and conversion against the Estate of Anna M. Hunt and Billie A. Gammill, as personal representative of the estate and in her individual capacity (collectively, "Estate").1 Lee contends he presented sufficient evidence to prevail on his claims. He also contends t... More...
$0 (09-13-2011 - MO)Warner Bros. Entertainment v. X One X Productions
A.V.E.L.A., Inc., X One X Productions, and Art-Nostalgia.com, Inc. (collectively, "AVELAâ€) appeal a permanent injunction prohibiting them from licensing certain images extracted from publicity materials for the films Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz, as well as several animated short films featuring the cat-and- mouse duo "Tom & Jerry.†The district court issued the permanent in... More...
$0 (07-05-2011 - MO)Susan Wintermute v. The Kansas Bankers Surety Co.
Susan Wintermute, a former director of the Sinclair National Bank (SNB), appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of The Kansas Bankers Surety Co. (KBS) in this insurance policy dispute concerning whether a directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance policy obligated KBS to defend Wintermute in a criminal action brought against her as a director of SNB. Wintermute also ... More...
$0 (01-06-2011 - MO)D.C., Inc. v. State of Missouri
Dirt Cheap Cigarettes and Beer (DC) filed this § 1983 suit after Missouri revenue agents seized a large quantity of cigarettes from its retail stores. The district court1 granted summary judgment to the state defendants on each of DC's federal constitutional claims and denied DC's request for attorney's fees. DC appeals only the denial of attorney's fees. We affirm.<br><br>I.<br><br>On February... More...
$0 (12-07-2010 - MO)Julia Matthey v. St. Louis County and Eric T. Tolen
Eric T. Tolen (Appellant) appeals from the trial court's judgment granting Julia Matthey's (Respondent) claim for declaratory judgment. In its declaratory judgment, the trial court concluded that Respondent was the rightful owner of 100 Krugerrands in the possession of the St. Louis County Police Department and ordered the Police Department to deliver possession of the Krugerrands to Respondent. W... More...
$0 (12-01-2009 - MO)OHM Properties, L.L.C. v. Centrec Care, Inc.
Centrec Care, Inc. (Centrec Care) and Medical Resolutions, Inc. (MRI) appeal from the trial court's judgment finding that the original lease for office space between Centrec Care and MRI as tenants and OHM Properties, LLC as landlord terminated on December 31, 2008, and that the option to renew the original lease was invalid and unenforceable because both tenants were required to, but could not, e... More...
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