New York Excessive Force Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Perry Freeman </h2> </center>
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling, distributing controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S. 811. 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> Perry Freeman distributed fentanyl that resulted in the death of a 37-yearold man Westchester County... More...
$ (08-10-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Todd Faustin </h2> </center>
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements relating to healthcare matters in connection with use-of-force incidents that took place within Rikers Island. 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> Todd Faustin, age 43, a former correctio... More...
$ (07-15-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Leon Wilson </h2> </center>
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with deprivation of right under color of law in violation of 18 U.S.C. 242, and use of a firearm during a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A)(i), 924(c)(1)(A)(ii), 924(c)(l)(A)(iii) and 3551. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" targ... More...
$ (07-02-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jianquing Li, a/k/a "JQ" </h2> </center>
New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with securities 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> “Jianqing Li allegedly turned confidential information into more than $350,000 in illegal trading profits,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “Insider ... More...
$ (06-09-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jordan Trought </h2> </center>
White Plainss, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. 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> From at least 2015 through at least 2025, Jordan Trouoght and others engaged in a fraud scheme perpetrated against elderly victims (the “El... More...
$ (06-01-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Elnar Zarbailov </h2> </center>
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud and money laundering. Reported by Kent Morlan Elnar Zarbailov, 42, of Staten Island, New York, and dual citizen of the United States and Azerbaijan, was a fixer and money launderer for the foreign-based Organization that spearheaded the largest health care fraud case ever prosecuted by the D... More...
$ (05-19-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Edgar Sanchez-Solis </h2> <center>
Plattsburgh, Nwe York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit alien smuggling. Reported by Kent Morlan Edgar Sanchez-Solis, 24, was a leader in an alien smuggling organization (ASO) while he was living illegally in Kansas City, Missouri. The ASO smuggled hundreds of aliens into the United States. Once the aliens were inside the U.S., the ASO emplo... More...
$ (05-08-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Malik Bromfield, Faizan Ali, and Kamal Salman </h2> </center>
White Plains, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with including smuggling from the United States, unlicensed dealing in firearms, transporting stolen firearms in interstate commerce, and unlawful possession of firearms. By Kent Morlan Malik Bromfield, 22, Faizan Ali, 25, and Kamal Salman, 22, were in a car that was stopped for a traffic violation. A large... More...
$ (05-12-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Leah Mathieu </h2> </center>
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer Peter Brill represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Leah Mathieu is a correction officer employed by the DOC and a member of the United States Navy Reserve. He repeatedly made false representations and provided forged documentation, including purported military orders, to the DOC falsely claiming that she was on state active duty with ... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jade
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting an officer or employee of the United States. Jade Dunckle, age 31, was accused of assaulting a federal officer. On September 17, 2025, members of the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force and the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision visited the defendant’s C... More...
$ (04-02-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Nicole Daedone </h2> <center>
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to fore labor. Nicole Daedone, the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of OneTaste, Inc. (OneTaste), a sexual wellness education company founded in San Francisco, California, was accused of engaing in a conspiracy to force labor. “This case exposed a decade-long scheme in which the defend... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - NY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Asif Merchant, a/k/a “Asif Raza Merchant” </h2> </center>
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries and murder for hire. Asif Merchant was a trained operative of the Iranian government’s global terrorist force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Merchant admitted at trial that the IRGC sent him to the United States to arr... More...
$ (03-07-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Kashawn Croswell
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree manslaughter, Kashawn Croswell, 28, of East New York, Brooklyn. caused a fatal crash in Downtown Brooklyn after driving over 60 miles per hour, running three red lights and slamming into another vehicle, killing a 21-year-old woman and injuring three others. After running the third light at Court... More...
$ (03-02-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Joshua Schuster
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and securities fraud. “Joshua Schuster promised to use investor funds to develop real estate projects throughout our City,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “Schuster instead constructed a fraud, stealing more than $13 million from his investors in order to fund his lifestyle and pay off earl... More...
$ (03-02-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Kashawn Croswell
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with causing a fatal crash in Downtown Brooklyn after driving over 60 miles per hour, running three red lights and slamming into another vehicle, killing a 21-year-old woman and injuring three others. “This defendant made a series of reckless and deliberate decisions that had deadly consequences. By driving at high ... More...
$ (02-22-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Andrew Warner and Kishore Vangipuram
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. The Government alleges that Andrew Warner and Kishore Vangipuram, inflated Mobileum’s key financial metrics in advance of the company’s 2022 sale to an investment firm at an enterprise value of $915 million. Mobileum declared bankruptcy in 2024, after the ... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Nikhil Gupta, a/k/a "Nick"
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit murder for hire, racketeering and money laundering. “Nikhil Gupta plotted to assassinate a U.S. citizen in New York City,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “He thought that from outside this country he could kill someone in it without consequence, simply for exercising their Ame... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Christian Lugo, a/k/a "Coco"
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit racketeering conspiracy and possession of a machine gun. Christian Lugo, a/k/a "Coco" on February 7, 2022, LUGO allowed and encouraged a co-conspirator who worked for him at Certified Auto to shoot at members of a rival tow truck company, which resulted in the death of Gloria Ortiz. In ... More...
$ (02-11-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Jalen Teague, a/k/a "Bizzie," "Too Official," Cheleia Council Sanders, a/k/a "Mercedes," and Megan Sternast, a/k/a Megal - E Village"
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with racketeering an murder. Jalen Teague, a/k/a "Bizzie," "Too Official," Cheleia Council Sanders, a/k/a "Mercedes," and Megan Sternast, a/k/a Megal - E Village" with racketeering conspiracy, murder and conspiracy to distribute Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (“GHB”), resulting in death. “As alleged, Jal... More...
$ (02-11-2026 - NY)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...
$ (02-02-2026 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Paul Jorgensen
New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing securities fraud in connection with a multimillion-dollar scheme to trade in stock and options of Doximity based on inside information in advance of the company’s quarterly earnings calls. Former Chief Revenue Officer Paul Jorgensen Admits to Repeated Illegal Trading in Doximity in Advance of Quarte... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - NY)<H2> State of New York v. Kareem Alston
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree. On June 24, 2020, at approximately 8:12 p.m., Albany Police received reports of a man firing several rounds toward individuals who were standing in the area of Ontario Street and Third Street. No injuries were reported during the incident. Detectives from APD... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Edenilson Velasquez Larin, also known as “Agresor,” Saturno,” “Tiny,” and “Paco,”; Hugo Diaz Amaya, also known as “21”; Fulton Locos Salvatruchas (Fulton) clique leader Jose Espinoza Sanchez, also known as “Cable,” “Bleca,” and “Fantasma”; and Fulton member Jose Arevalao Iraheta, also known as “Splinter,” “Inesperado,” and “Daniel.”
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with Racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, murder in-aid-of racketeering. Velasquez Larin was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, murder in-aid-of racketee... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - NY)<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...
$ (12-23-2025 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Matthew Melton
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud manipulative and deceptive devices and wire fraud. Matthew Melton was extradited from the United Kingdom to face securities fraud and wire fraud charges. The charges in the Indictment arise from an alleged scheme by MELTON to raise millions of dollars in investor money by falsely representi... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - ny)<H2> United States of America v. Jay Lucas
New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. The charges in the Indictment arise from an alleged scheme by LUCAS to raise more than $50 million from investors by falsely representing that their money would be invested in early-stage health and wellness companies, when in fact it was... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Seth Demiceli
Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Seth Demiceli, age 25, of Watertown, New York, was accused of possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Demiceli admitted that on January 16, 2025, he drove from the Rochester, New York area to Watertown with approximately 4.5 kilograms of me... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - ny)<H2> United States of America v. Edenilson Velasquez Larin, also known as “Agresor,” Saturno,” “Tiny,” and “Paco,”; Hugo Diaz Amaya, also known as “21”; Fulton Locos Salvatruchas (Fulton) clique leader Jose Espinoza Sanchez, also known as “Cable,” “Bleca,” and “Fantasma”; and Fulton member Jose Arevalao Iraheta, also known as “Splinter,” “Inesperado,” and “Daniel.”
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, murder in-aid-of racketeering in connection with the fatal machete attack of 18-year-old Kenny Reyes, continuing criminal enterprise, murder in-aid-of racketeering in connection with the fatal shooting of 2... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - NY)<H2> United States of America v. Do Hyeong Kwon
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraud and Manipulation. Do Hyeong Kwon was accused of committing wire fraud and conspiring to commit securities fraud, commodities fraud, and wire fraud in connection with KWON’s fraud centered around Terraform Labs PTE, Ltd. (“Terraform”), and the cryptocurrencies launched by Terraform. KWON was extr... More...
$ (12-12-2025 - NY)<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...
$0 (10-07-2025 - NY)<h1> United States of America v. Abdullah At Taqi, Khalilullah Yousuf, and Seema Rahman </h1></h1>
Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS.<br> <br> In federal court in Brooklyn, Abdullah At Taqi was convicted by a jury on all three counts of an indictment charging him and co-defendant Mohammad David Hashimi with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham ... More...
$0 (10-30-2025 - NY)<h1> United States of America v. Abdullah At Taqi, Mohammad David Hashimi </h1></h1>
Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham.<br> <br> in federal court in Brooklyn, Abdullah At Taqi was convicted by a jury on all three counts of an indictment charging him and co-defendant Mohammad David Hashimi with conspiring and attempting to provide material ... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - NY)<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...
$0 (10-07-2025 - NY)<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...
$0 (10-12-2025 - NY)<h1> United States of America v. Elijah Roy a/k/a “Eli Spice†and “Swervo,†</h1></h1>
Brooklyn NY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Mass Shooting in Crown Heights <br> <br> A complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Elijah Roy, also known as "Eli Spice†and "Swervo,†with crimes related to the August 17, 2025 shooting at Taste of the City Lounge in Brooklyn, New York, in which three individuals were murdered and an ... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - NY)Ryan Morrison v. New York State Trooper Michael Strain, et al.
Syracuse, New York, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.<br> <br> Ryan Morrison sued New York State Trooper Michael Strain and other law enforcement officers following Morrison's June 17, 2022, arrest. Morrison alleges false arrest, obstruction of governmental administration, and excessive force, stemming from an incident where officers responded to ... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - NY)United States of America v. Francisco Hernandez
White Plains, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a class "C†violent felony. <br> <br> Francisco Hernandez, age 53, was arrested on March 4, 2025 after he was found in possession of a loaded 9mm "ghost gun†in the Town of Mount Pleasant. This arrest was made as the result of a collaborative inv... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - NY)<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...
$0 (09-25-2025 - NY)<h1> United States of America v. Joseph Osei, a/k/a/ “Kyngjo,†</h1></h1>
Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19 pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits using stolen identities.<br> <br> Joseph Osei, a/k/a/ "Kyngjo,†age 30, a Canadian citizen formerly of Albany, was sentenced on Tuesday to 54 months in prison for engaging in a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19 pandemic-rel... More...
$0 (09-25-2025 - NY)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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