New York Child Neglect Law

<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michael St. Denny </h2> <center>

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252. 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> Michael St. Denny, age 37, of Lisbon, New York, admitted to distributing child pornography to other individuals b... More...

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<h2> <center> State of New York v. Juan Valoy </h2> </center>

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with grand larceny in the third degree, a class D felony. 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> Juan Valoy, age 47, stole approximately $25,000 from three victims through an apartment rental scam. From March to Jul... More...

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<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jose Francisco Cardoso Tehovnik </h2> </center>

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in activities relating to material containing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251A.... More...

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State of New York v. Roger McDonough

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide. Roger McDonough's pit bull terriers attacked and killed a man in October 2024 has been sentenced to a state prison term. Albany Police were called on Oct. 9. 2024, to a rear yard at 594 Central Ave. for a report of dogs attacking a man. Police responded and found 59-year-old James ... More...

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United States of America v. Matthew Halstead

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking of a Child and Sex Trafficking. Matthew Halstead, age 32, was accused of sex trafficking and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy. “Sex trafficking evolves with technology, and traffickers increasingly rely on social media and anonymous messaging applications,” said District Attorney ... More...

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United States of America v. Renee Hoberman, a/k/a “Rina”

Central Islip, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt and distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography. Renee Hoberman, age 38, of Plainview, New York, used encrypted social media messaging applications to upload, receive, and trade digital videos and images depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, including seve... More...

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State of New York v. Terrence Rogers, a.k.a. "Aura"

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking of a child. Terrence Rogers, a.k.a., Aura, 35, of Bushwick, Brooklyn, was accused of ex trafficking of a child for recruiting multiple victims, including three teenage girls, ages 15 to 17, to engage in sexual conduct for money. The District Attorney said that, according to the investigation, b... More...

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State of New York v. Devante Brown

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with repeatedly sexually abusing four young girls when they were between the ages of 5 and 9 years old. "The conduct alleged in this case shocks the conscious. Innocent children were entrusted to a teacher's care to safely learn and grow, but instead this defendant allegedly shuttered that trust in the worst way," Broo... More...

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State of New York v. Ernesto Cabrera

Albany County, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of robbery, attempted robbery, two counts of menacing, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, endangering the welfare of a child, and petit larceny. On September 12, 2025, Ernesto Cabrera, 25-year-old, broke into a car parked on Clinton Avenue. He took several items from the car when he w... More...

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United States of America v. Tony Rodriguez

Rochester, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion or enticement of a minor. Tony Rodriguez, 40, of Rochester, New York, engaged in graphic sexual conversations online with a person he believed to be an 11-year-old girl. Rodriguez was actually communicating with a member of the community group “Predator Poachers.” In addition to online conversations,... More...

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United States of America v. Andrew Edick

Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer Danielle Neroni represents the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child, transportation of achild pornography, and possession of child pornography by a registered sex offender. Andrew Edick, age 39, admitted that in in the summer of 2022, he filmed the genitalia of a female child born in 2013 and knowingly transported the video between ... More...

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United States of America v. Steven LaBianca

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer Nora Hirozawa represented the Defendant charged with coercion or enticement of a minor and possession of child pornography. In 2017, Steven LaBianca, age 53, communicated online with a 15-year-old girl who resided in Cyprus (Jane Doe 2). LaBianca induced Jane Doe 2 to send him photographs and videos of herself nude and engaging in sexual activities,... More...

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State of New York v. Winston Nguyen

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using a child in a sexual performance and five misdemeanors. Saint Ann's school teacher Winston Nguyen was accused for soliciting nude photographs of his students, sharing the photographs with others and engaging in “a revenge porn blast with dozens of explicit pictures” of them to his own students.... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. David McMurray

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with access with intent to view child pornography. David McMurray, age 42, of Utica, New York, who was previously convicted in federal court for distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography and was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison and a term of 20 years of post-release supervision. As alleged, on S... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Thomas J. Meehan

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography. Thomas J. Meehan, age 36, of Valatie, New York, who is alleged to have been selling child sexual abuse material (CSAM) depicting victims less than 13 years old over the internet for at least two years. Numerous images and videos of CSAM were also found on the defendant’s cell pho... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Edward Gene Smith

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of activities relating to material constituting child porno. Edward Gene Smith was charged with drugging a female victim (“Victim-1”) with the intent to rape her, sex trafficking another female victim (“Victim-2”), enticing Victim-2 to travel to engage in unlawful sexual activity, receipt ... More...

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<H2> State of New York v. Nicole Boodhai

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, Nicole Boodhai, 28, charged with murder and endangering the welfare of a child. Officer responding to a 911 call found Charlie Ramraykha, in the bath room of the Defendant's apartment.... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Michael Fegley, Jr.

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with travel with intent to engage in unlawful sexual conduct and transportation of child pornography. Michael Fegley, Jr., age 31, of Tampa, Florida, admitted that he traveled from Florida to the Northern District of New York intending to engage in unlawful sexual conduct with a purported 13-year-old child. He also a... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Jonte McCall

Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Ponte McCall admitted that on December 23, 2021, he was convicted of the New York State offense of Possession of a Sexual Performance by a Child Less Than 16 Years Old and was placed on probation. He further admitted that in February 2024, while still on probation, he possessed... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Billon McLeod

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child, attempted sexual exploitation of a child, and coercion and enticement of minors. “The defendant is a serial predator whose playbook of using social media to meet vulnerable minor girls, and then groom and exploit them for his own sexual gratification, is a parent’s nightmare,... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Kurt Dobler

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Kurt Dobler, 31, of Syracuse, New York, admitted that he was convicted in February 2023 in Fulton County Court of possessing a sexual performance by a child and was sentenced to 10 years’ probation. While on probation for that crime, in May 2025 he knowingly possessed thousands o... More...

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<H2> Perl Felberbaum v. Yaakov Felberaum

White Plains, New York, family law lawyers represented the parties in a Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act dispute. AI Overview The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA) and its successor, the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), are state laws that determine which state's court has the authority to make or modify child custody decisions when a famil... More...

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State of New York v. Christopher Baldner

Kingston, New York criminal defense lawyer represented former New York trooper charged with murder, manslaughter and other crimes.<br> <br> Christopher Baldner, age 52, was accused of causing the death of a 11-year-old girl who was a passenger in an SUV in a high-speed chase that resulting in a crash.<br> <br> On December 2, 2020, Baldner stopped a Dodge Journey driven by Tristin Goods for speedin... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Peter Bardunias </h1></h1>

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Enticement of a Minor.<br> <br> Peter Bardunias, age 59, of Clifton Park, New York, was charged today with attempting to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity. Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the F... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Sharon Toney‑Finch </h1></h1>a

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud And Stolen Valor.<br> <br> A former Stoughton police officer who was previously indicted for allegedly murdering Sandra Birchmore, a pregnant woman, to prevent her from disclosing information about his sexual exploitation of her beginning when she was a minor, has been indicted for allegedly causing the de... More...

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United States of America v. Andrew Yannello

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with activities relating to material containing child pornography. ... More...

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<h1> United States of America v .Peter Bardunias </h1></h1>

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity. <br> <br> Peter Bardunias, age 59, of Clifton Park, New York, was charged today with attempting to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity. Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Cha... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Peter Bardunias </h1></h1>

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity. <br> <br> <br> Peter Bardunias, age 59, of Clifton Park, New York, was charged today with attempting to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity. Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in... More...

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State of New York v. Donald Ziebenhood

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of Burglary in the First Degree, two counts of Burglary in the Second Degree, one count of Assault in the Second Degree, two counts of Aggravated Criminal Contempt, eight counts of Criminal Contempt in the First Degree, and one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree.<br> <br>... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Miranda M. Du </h1></h1>

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. <br> <br> A Winnemucca man was sentenced today by United States District Judge Miranda M. Du to 10 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for transporting a 15-year-old girl from Colorado to Nevada, and havin... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Brien Fredendall </h1></h1>

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Child Pornography <br> <br> Brien Fredendall, age 46, of Port Byron, New York, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for his convictions on two counts of possession of child pornography. Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Al... More...

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United States of America v. Wesley Guard

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transportation of child pornography.<br> <br> <br> Kik is a messaging application available for download on most mobile<br> phones.5 It "allows users to chat with one another one-on-one or in a group<br> setting, [either in a] private or public group.” App'x at 315. It also allows users<br> to share images and v... More...

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State of New York v. Charles Hernandez and Liza Jenkins

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and one count of first-degree reckless endangerment.<br> <br> District Attorney Gonzalez said, "This defendant's crimes were ruthless and deliberate, cutting short three lives and leavin... More...

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United States of America v. Wesley Guard

Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transportatoin of child pornography in violation of 18 USC 2252A(a)(1).<br> <br> Kik is a messaging application available for download on most mobile<br> phones.<br> <br> Kik uses a software program developed by Microsoft "to identify known<br> images of child pornography that may come across [its] servers through u... More...

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In re: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York bankruptcy lawyers represented the Petitioner seeking bankruptcy protection.<br> <br> The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse and its insurers have agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement with over 400 survivors of sexual abuse by clergy and other church employees<br> <br> The settlement, finalized in August 2025 after a five-year bankruptcy case, provides for a total compens... More...

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United States of America v. Randolph Bullock

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.<br> <br> Laws prohibiting the possession of child pornography are among the strictest in the United States and are prosecuted at both the federal and state levels<br> <br> A conviction almost always results in a felony charge with severe penalties, including lengthy prison sentences, ... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Carlos Rivas </h1></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New York. New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession Of Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Bronx Man Charged With Possession Of Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> United States Attorne... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Roberto Millan </h1></h1

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Buffalo, New York 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> Jamestown man going to prison for 30 years for producing child pornography</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> -U... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Edward Leon </h1></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albany, NY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with malicious use of fire to destroy property resulting in death. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> <br> Edward Leon, age 53, of Fultonville, New York, was charged on with malicious use of fire to destroy property resulting in death. <br> <br> The indictment al... More...

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Erick Blecher, et al. v. The Holy See, a/k/a The Apostolic See

New York City, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on negligence theories.<br> <br> The question presented in this case is whether the discretionary function exclusion from the tortious activity exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA”) precludes federal courts from exercising jurisdiction over claims against the Holy See concerning child sexu... More...

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