Missouri Landlord and Tenant Law
<h2> <center> State of Missouri v. Melvin Scherrer </h2> </center>
Bonne Terre, Missouri criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. 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> In December 2012, Victim attended Movant's multi-day "tattoo party." At some point during the party, Movant believed Victim had a gun and planned to "rob a... More...
$ (07-09-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> Allison Renae Bomar v. Anthony Scott Bomar </h2> </center>
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce case. 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> Husband and Wife were married in 2002. During their marriage, Husband and Wife had two children; one is unemancipated. Husband and Wife separated in 2020. Wife filed a pet... More...
$ (07-08-2026 - MO)<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> <center> United States of America v. Haeder Jameel </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involved in a drug conspiracy that caused one fatal and one nonfatal overdose. 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> Haeder Jameel, 23, was one of three men charged in the case. He and Zaki Salman, 23, pleaded guilt... More...
$ (07-09-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> State of Missouri v. Steven A. Hilgedick </h2> </center>
Waynesville, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree burglary in violation of 569.170 and violating an order of protection. 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> Defendant and Victim were in a romantic relationship for several years before the events... More...
$ (07-02-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Danny Wei Cheng </h2> </center>
Jefferson City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with harboring illegal aliens. 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> Danny Wei Cheng, 46, housed multiple illegal aliens in a residential home owned by Cheng in Jefferson City. The residence was divided into at least... More...
$ (06-26-2026 - 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. Quincy E. Richards </h2> </center>
Springfield, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession and 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> Quincy E. Richards, 38, of Joplin, Missouri, consented to a search of his vehicle. During the search, officers found a bla... More...
$ (06-18-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Gary D. Holcomb, II </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession 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> Gary D. Holcomb II, 38, of Odessa, admitted during the early morning hours on Sept. 30, 2025, he and his co-defendant, were in an alley behin... More...
$ (06-19-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Rodrick Miller </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felony in possession 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> Rodrick Miller and his girlfriend cleaned an Anderson Manufacturing, AM-15 semiautomatic pistol and left it unattended on a couch in th... More...
$ (06-18-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> State of Missouri v. Blake Garrett Marshall </h2> </center>
Platte City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with attempting to break into a house and eluding law enforcement. 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> Blake Garrett Marshall, of Camden Point, Missouri, was accused of attempting to force his way into a home.... More...
$ (06-05-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> State of Missouri v. Timothy Patrick O'Brien </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of child molestation in the first-degree. 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> The State charged O’Brien with three counts of the unclassified felony of first-degree statutory sodomy, two counts of... More...
$ (06-06-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> Cindy Sehorn v. Richard L. Mitchell </h2> </center>
Harrisonville, Missouri, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful death claim. 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> Cindy Sehorn sued Levi Mitchell and Richard Mitchell1 in the Circuit Court of Cass County claiming that they wrongfully caused the death of her daughter, Sara ... More...
$ (06-06-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> State of Missouri v. Om Amarkumar Patel </h2> </center>
Platte City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with vehicular manslaughter and DUI. 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> Om Amarkumar Patel, age 18, charged with driving at over 100 mph and causing an accident that killed a passenger in his car. Patel told a depu... More...
$ (06-06-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> State of Missouri v. Ralph Jones, Jr. </h2></center>
Maryville, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree kidnapping and child kidnapping. 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> Ralph Jones, Jr., age 47, Jones, who is not a biological parent or relative to two child, failed to follow a court order to turn the ... More...
$ (05-31-2026 - 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. Joseph Trahan </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. 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> Joseph Trahan, age 62, admitted that in August of 2025, he was on supervised release and residing at a halfway house. After learning that Traha... More...
$ (05-27-2026 - 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. Danny L. Nickelson Jr. </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to pay 10 years of employment taxes totaling $774,081. Reported by <a href="http://www.kentmorlan.com" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Danny L. Nickelson Jr., 54, a Jefferson County businessman, owned General Physiotherapy, a manufacturer and distributor of massage and percussion devices used in medic... More...
$ (05-19-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> State of Missouri v. Jada Bell </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree assult, and three counts of armed criminal action. By Kent Morlan Jada Bell shot and killed Chauncia Meekins, 32, the drive-thru worker at a Steak N' Shake during a spat over her order.... More...
$ (05-08-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Dara S. O'Connor </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with possession of a destructive device. By Kent Morlan Dara S O'Connor, age 30, attempted to destroy by fire a warehouse located on Botts Road in Kansas City, Mo. Prior media reporting had indicated that the federal government attempted to purchase the warehouse. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”)... More...
$ (05-08-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jairell Allmon </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. By Kent Morlan Jairell Allmon, a convicted felony, shot at his ex-girlfriend after spending the night in her car, which was parked outside her house in Jennings. The victim told police that Allmon made threats against her and her children throughout the night, and in the mornin... More...
$ (05-08-2026 - 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> State of Missouri v. Rafael M. Armstrong </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple felonies, including second degree murder. On August 15, 2018, Armstrong was charged with seven felonies for events that occurred on June 9, 2018, and with three felonies for events that occurred on August 10, 2018. On February 28, 2019, Armstrong was charged as a prior and persistent offender with th... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Christopher W. Abrams </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm. On Feb. 10, 2024, officers were called to the area of Independence Avenue and Van Brunt Boulevard regarding a possible armed robbery. Upon arrival, officers encountered Christopher W. Abrams, 52. During a frisk of Abrams, officers located a sawed off, Winchester, Model 37,... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> State of Missouri v. Thomas Kinworthy </h2> </center>
At trial, Kinworthy did not deny he committed the charged crimes. Rather, he asserted he was not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect (“NGRI”) because he had schizoaffective disorder and was experiencing a psychotic episode at the time of the shootings. Both Kinworthy and the State presented evidence regarding his mental health.... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - 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. Dwayne D. Adams </h2> </center>
Springfield, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of wire fraud. Dwayne D. Adams, 33, conspired with others to defraud United States military service men and women through the use of social media. Adams is the third and final defendant to be sentenced for his role in defrauding active service members... More...
$ (03-27-0008 - 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)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Zyair J. Taylor </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a stolen Taurus 9mm handgun. On May 21, 2025, officers conducted surveillance of a residence in the 400 block of Lawn Avenue, Kansas City, Mo., to arrest Taylor for his outstanding warrants. When Zyair J. Taylor, 24, exited the residence and saw officers, he fled on foot. During the foo... More...
$ (03-21-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Connie Bobo </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Connie Bobo, 46, was executive director of New Heights Community Resource Center at the time, which accepted money to provide meals to low-income, school-age children after school and during the summer. “Connie Bobo’s trial clearly showed that this was the largest public assistance and pandemic fra... More...
$ (03-18-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> State of Missouri v. Angela Kay Furtado </h2> </center>
Ozark, Missouri, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary in the first degree, assault in the third degree, and resisting arrest. On October 31, 2023, K.S. and Victim were at Victim’s home where K.S. was doing some chores for Victim because K.S. owed Victim money. The two had drank alcohol and Victim did not want to take K.S. home, so K.S. stayed the night in ... More...
$ (03-07-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> David Matusik v. Lake Ozark Fire Protection District </h2> </center>
Jefferson City, Missouri, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in an employment case. A disciplinary proceeding was initiated against David Matusik, an employee of the Lake Ozark Fire Protection District (the District). Following a hearing, the Lake Ozark Fire Protection District Board of Directors (the Board) terminated Matusik’s employment. Matusik filed a petition for judicial ... More...
$ (03-07-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marcus J. Porras </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. On April 13, 2025, officers of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department were dispatched to the area of Westport Road and Broadway Boulevard to meet private security officers who had detained Marcus J. Porras, 32, for fighting. A security officer reported he was ... More...
$ (03-07-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> State of Missouri v. Stephen Andrew Eagleton </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree assault. After a verbal altercation with the victim (Victim) at a restaurant and bar, Eagleton struck him in the face, resulting in serious injuries. Eagleton was subsequently charged with second-degree assault * * * In point one on appeal, Eagleton alleges the trial court erred in denying h... More...
$ (03-07-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> Kyle Wagner v. Tammy Wagner </h2> </center>
Linn, Missouri family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce action. Husband and Wife married in 2002 and separated in 2024. There were two children born of the marriage. During their long marriage, Husband and Wife accumulated a considerable amount of marital property. At trial, Husband submitted his First Amended Statement of Marital and Non-Marital Property and Liabilities (Husba... More...
$ (03-07-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Dr. Scott Taggart Roethle </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy and health care fraud. From 2017 to 2020, Dr. Scott Taggart Roethle, 48, played a central role in a massive telemarketing scheme that billed Medicare for medically unnecessary orthotic braces. Overseas call centers collected Medicare information from unsuspecting elderly patients. Doctors, including ... More...
$ (03-08-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Marshall Lampkin
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Marshall Lampkin, 36, carried out his scheme by first using Kohl’s Cash to purchase merchandise in a Kohl’s store, generally for more than $1,000. He would then immediately use the same Kohl’s Cash to order merchandise online, knowing that the in-person transaction had not yet registered. Lamp... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Duke A. Yates
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transport of firearms and interferenced with commerce by threat or violence. Duke A. Yates, 37, robbed a Quik Trip and a Walgreen’s, both in Independence, at gunpoint within 10 minutes of each other at about 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 25, 2023. Yates stole a total of between $500 and $700 in cash and a doze... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - MO)