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United States of America v. Justin Jackson, Melissa Longe, Dustin Tuttle, Caleb Wilcott, and Doug Mullingan

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with firearm struggling. Reported by Kent Morlan The Defendants engaged in a conspiracy 2021, and continued through at least October 2024. Members of the trafficking network recruited individuals in and around Keene, N.H. and Dummerston, V.T., to conduct straw purchases, buying firearms on behalf of others w... More...

United States of America v. Donald Estes

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing $225,200 from an elderly disabled veteran. By Kent Morlan Donald Estes, 49, stole almost a quarter million dollars from an elderly disabled veteran to squander on things like a snowmobile and jewelry. “Every American owes a debt of gratitude to those who served our country, and this sentenc... More...

United States of America v. Van Jackson

Burlington, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Van Jackson allegedly defrauded a Vermont medical practice of at least $400,000. This included $68,000 that Jackson allegedly wired into his personal bank account and then used to pay a settlement with a medical practice in New York. Jackson previously had worked for that medical practice and e... More...

United States of America v. Clinton Rathan

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Clinton Rathan, 33, was charged with four counts of Wire Fraud. He was arrested in Brookyln, New York, on April 16, 2026, and released on $15,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in federal court in Concord, New Hampshire, on April 30, 2026. Rathan placed over 500 pick-up orders for groceries ... More...

United States of America v. David Montanus and Lisa Montanus

Concord, New Hampshire civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendants accused of violating the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (VAWA), 34 U.S.C. § 12495. In May 2025, the Department of Justice alleged that Defendants David and Lisa Montanus violated VAWA when they unlawfully penalized the complainant by evicting her after she sought police assistance for domestic v... More...

United States of America v. Stacey Lancaster

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to sex traffic a 12-year-old. On November 14 and November 15, 2024, in a proactive law enforcement operation, agents posted and monitored an advertisement on a website commonly used to advertise commercial sex. The advertisement contained images of what appeared to be two minor females, and a conta... More...

United States of America v. Charles Santich

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly discharging acidic water into the Souhegan River. Charles Santich, 60, and his company, Old Dutch Mustard Co., Inc., d/b/a Pilgrim Foods, Inc. dumped acidic water into the Souhegan River in New Hampsire. The Clean Water Act “CWA” prohibits the discharge of any pollutant into navigable waters... More...

United States of America v. Michael Raiche

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. “Michael Raiche pushed massive amounts of meth onto New Hampshire’s streets and was caught red-handed selling this poison on six separate occasions,” said Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Division. “While he sits behind bars c... More...

United States of America v. Marc Jacques

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing child sexual abuse material. Marc Jacques, 52, was charged with the possession of child sexual abuse material. According to the charging and other public documents, on March 18, 2024, Jacques pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of child sexual abuse material. On September 9, 2024, the Court ... More...

The State of New Hampshire v. Joshua Wells

Manchester, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with misdemeanor consult and arresting arrest. The trial court remains uniquely situated to evaluate video evidence in context. For example, after hearing testimony explaining what a video depicts, the trial court is in a superior position to resolve disputes about perspective, timing, or events occurring ... More...

United States of America v. Daniel Harriman

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international scheme to sell fraudulent market survey data to commit wire fraud. Op4G and Slice were market research companies based in New Hampshire and Illinois, respectively. Clients would hire the companies to conduct market research surveys. As part of their business model, Op4G and Slice maintained “... More...

United States of America v. Michael Kirouac

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Michael Kirouac, 38, stole over a million dollars from taxpayers amidst one of the worst health and economic crises in a century,” said U.S. Attorney Creegan. “This office will continue to vigilantly investigate and prosecute those who defraud pandemic relief programs. “The defendant misa... More...

United States of America v. Jennifer Scott

Jennifer Scott, 42, had been using her property in New Hampshire to raise and train roosters for cockfighting. On several occasions, she transported roosters to North Carolina, where she traded them and had them participate in illegal cockfighting events. During a search warrant executed on her property, law enforcement recovered sparring muffs used to train roosters for cockfighting, a sparring a... More...

State of New Hampshire v. Kyle Babb

Hillsborough, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of simple assault. The defendant was charged with two counts of second degree assault for kicking the victim in the face and stomping on his head while he was lying on the ground. At trial, the jury was instructed on the lesser-included offense of simple assault. The defendant requested an ad... More...

United States of America v. Tanya Hunter

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements in connection with the purchase of a firearm. Tanya Hunter, 40, made a false statement in connection with acquiring a firearm. On December 20, 2023, Hunter purchased the gun from a federally licensed firearms dealer in Hudson, New Hampshire, for a Massachusetts man. Hunter lied o... More...

United States of America v. Antoine Valentin

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing 100 grams of fentanyl for distribution. On November 1, 2022, law enforcement authorities arrested Antoine Valentin, 43, at his Somersworth residence on a state assault charge, which led to the seizure of approximately 100 grams of fentanyl and drug proceeds totaling $1,300 in United States currenc... More...

United States of America v. Eddy Mendez Carmona

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Eddy Mendez Carmona, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute and one count of distributing controlled substances. Mendez Carmona will be removed from the United States upon the completion of his prison sentence. Charges are still p... More...

United States of America v. Hector Ariel Ortiz-Guillen

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a fraudulent immigration document in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a). Hector Ariel Ortiz-Guillen, 26, was charged with one count of knowingly possessing a fraudulent or forged Permanent Resident card. According to the charging documents and other publicly filed documents in the case, U.S. Borde... More...

United States of America v. David Guimond

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a scheme to falsify Country of Origin declarations to avoid Section 301 duties owed on products of Chinese origin. David Guimond, the former Chief Operating Officer of MGI International, LLC was charged by criminal information with engaging in a conspiracy to smuggle goods into the United States. In 2021... More...

State of New Hampshire v. Paige Goulet

Nashua, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with exposing child criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Paige Goulet, age 30, was accused endangering the welfare of a child, a Class A mindemeanor.... More...

United States of America v. David Mendum

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of minors. David Mendum, age 39, of Harrisonville, New Hampshire, was accused of paying a child sex trafficker in the Philippines to create live-stream child sexual abuse material and transmit it to him over the internet. “Today’s sentence reflects the profound seriousness of this... More...

State of New Hampshire v. Mark J. Hinton

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with bank robbery. Mark J. Hinston, age 40, of Concord was arrested fro robbinG the Merrimack County Savings Bank.... More...

Holly Regan-Turbitt v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Group

Concord, New Hampshire, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful denial of employee E.R.I.S.A. benefits.... More...

Jane Doe v. Concord Police Department, et al.

Concord, New Hampshire, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking an order requiring that her name be removed from the Exculpatory Evidence Schedule (EES). See RSA 105:13-d (2023). I. Facts [¶2] The following facts are taken from the trial court's summary judgment order or are otherwise established by the record. In 2013, a Concord police officer discovered that ... More...