New York Kidnapping Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Akeem Chambers, a/k/a “Luca,” Jonathan Vazquez, a/k/a “Chulo” and “Clutch,” and Jerell Shaw, a/k/a “Rells” and “Rells Fargo
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, assault, murder conspiracy, kidnapping, robbery, robbery conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, mortgage fraud conspiracy, and money laundering. Akeem Chambers, also known as “Luca,” Jonathan Vazquez, also known as “Chulo” and “Clutch,” a... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Brandy McCallops, Troy Beamon, Dominique White, Patrick Fisher, Laquan Lemon, and Keitwon Reed
Malone, New York, criminal dense lawyers presented the Defendants charged with kidnapping. Brandy McCallops, 48, of Malone — Two counts of first-degree kidnapping, two counts of second-degree conspiracy, third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and first-degree criminal nuisance. Keitwon Reed, 19, of Syracuse — Two counts of first-degree kidnapping, two counts of second-d... More...
$ (02-11-2026 - NY)<H2> State of New York v. Rasi Vendryes
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged kidnapping, assaulting and sexually abusing a woman. Rasi Vendryes, 48, of Queens, has been arraigned on an indictment for allegedly kidnapping, assaulting and sexually abusing a 25-year-old woman in an East New York area commonly known as the “Penn Track,” a stretch of roadway along Pennsylvania Avenue near Malta S... More...
$ (01-12-2026 - NY)<h1> United States of America v. Servando Gómez MartÃnez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Importation </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mexican Cartel Leader Servando Gomez-Martinez In U.S. Custody On Drug Importation Charge</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> SE... More...
$0 (08-13-2025 - NY)<h1> United States of America v. Kevin Gil Acosta a/k/a “El 200â€, MartÃn Zazueta Perez a/k/a “Piyiâ€, Leobardo Garcia Corrales a/k/a “Leo†</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with one count of fentanyl importation conspiracy, one count of possession of machine guns and destructive devices, </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Leaders Of Sinaloa Cartel Presented In Manhattan Federal Court</h2></center></b></b></center></><br>... More...
$0 (08-13-2025 - NY)Pedro Hernandez v. Donita McIntosh
New York, New York civil rights lawyers represented the Petitioner seeking a writ of habeas corpus.<br> <br> Pedro Hernandez, a New York State ("Stateâ€) prisoner convicted of murder and kidnapping, petitioned the United States District for the Southern District of New York (McMahon, J.) under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In his petition, Hernandez contended that ... More...
$0 (07-21-2025 - NY)<h1> United States of America v. Fagner Storck, a/k/a “Tiago Santos†</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Reentry </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Brazilian National Charged with Illegal Reentry</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><br> <b><br> Sponsored By<br> MoreLaw... More...
$0 (07-07-2025 - NY)<h1> United States of America v. José Adolfo MacÃas Villamar aka “Fito†</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Drug and Gun Charges </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> José Adolfo "Fito†MacÃas Villamar, Leader of Los Choneros Transnational Criminal Organization, Indicted in Brooklyn Federal Court on International Drug and Gu... More...
$0 (04-02-2025 - NY)<h1> United States of America v. Martin Leonel Perez Castro </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Senior FARC Commander Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for International Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In... More...
$0 (11-21-2024 - NY)United States of America v. Augusto Mateo Francisco
Buffalo, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant who was charged with kidnapping.<br> <br> Augusto Mateo Francisco, 32, of Dunkirk, NY, facilitated the illegal entry of Guatemalan migrants into the United States and helped transport them to the Dunkirk area, where he would provide them with housing and work at area farms. Francisco would charge the migrants for their housing, ri... More...
$0 (12-20-2023 - NY)State of New York v. Antonio Carr
Lockport, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder.<br> <br> Antonio Carr, age 30, was accused of killing Tracy Green, age 57, at the victim's barber shop in Niagara Falls on Oct. 2, 2021. The defendant shot the victim with a small-caliber rifle. When those shots weren't fatal, he left, returned moments later with a 9 mm handgun, and shot him six mo... More...
$0 (05-17-2023 - NY)Sate of New York v. Miya Ponsetto, a/k/a "SoHo Karen"
New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with committing a hate crime.<br> <br> Miya Ponsetto, a/k/a "SoHo Karen," was indicted for unlawfully imprisoning Keyon Harrold, Jr., age 14, after she accusing him of stealing her cell phone.<br> <br> Defendant Keyon and his father were all guests at the Arlo Soho hotel.<br> <br> It was later determined that she left her pho... More...
$0 (04-12-2022 - NY)United States of America v. Nachman Helbrans and Mayer Rosner
New York, New York criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with child sexual exploitation offenses and kidnapping.<br> <br> Nachman Helbrans and Mayer Rosner, were leaders of an extremist religious sect called Lev Tahor, masterminded a scheme to kidnap a 14-year-old girl ("Minor-1â€) and a 12-year-old boy ("Minor-2â€) from their mother in Woodridge, New York. The defend... More...
$0 (04-01-2022 - NY)State of New York v. Micahel R. Zakrzewski
Ballston Spa, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping in the second degree, strangulation in the second degree, aggravated family offense, unlawful imprisonment in the second degree, criminal contempt in the first degree, witness tampering in the fourth degree, and assault in the third degree and criminal contempt in the second degree.<br> <br> Michael R. Zak... More...
$0 (02-26-2022 - NY)United States of America v. Lisa Miller
Buffalo, New York criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with international parental kidnapping.<br> <br> Lisa Miller, 53, formerly of Virginia, pleaded guilty to international parental kidnapping, which carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.<br> <br> Defendant Miller was in a civil union with Janet Jenkins under Vermont law. Miller was artificiall... More...
$0 (02-23-2022 - NY)United States of America v. Steven Brown, a/k/a "BI"
New York, New York criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with racketeering.<br> <br> Steven Brown, a/k/a "BI" was charged for participating in the August 2, 2009, murder of Derrick Moore in the Bronx. <br> <br> U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: "More than a dozen years ago, Steven Brown, the leader of a violent drug crew, ordered the killing of rival street crew member Derrick... More...
$0 (12-22-2021 - NY)United States of America v. James Capers
<center><h2><font color="red"> New York, New York - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICOâ€), conspiracy to distribute narcotics, and murder through the use of a firearm during a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> At trial, Capers explicitly... More...
$0 (12-31-2021 - NY)United States of America v. Safehouse a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation; José Benitez, as President and Treasurer of Safehouse
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> New York, NY - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with opening a property to others to use drugs charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> A. The federal drug laws<br> Drug addiction poses grave social problems. The opioid crisis has made things worse: more than a hundred Americans die <br> every day of an overdose. Dep't of Health & Human S... More...
$0 (11-28-2021 - NY)United States of America v. Robert Sylvester Kelly, a/k/a "R. Kelly" </center<=>
Brooklyn, NY: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with racketeering.<br> <br> R & B singer R. Kelley was charged with racketeering, sexual exploitation of a child, kidnapping, bribery and sex trafficking.<br> <br> Robert Sylvester Kelly, the R&B singer also known as "R. Kelly,†was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of all nine counts of a superseding indictment ... More...
$0 (09-27-2021 - NY)United States of America v. Akmal Narzikulov
Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant indicted for unlawfully produce identification documents, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, kidnapping, conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act extortion and Hobbs Act extortion relating to a scheme to assist cheating by applicants for commercial driver licenses administered by the New York Department of Motor Vehicles ("DMVâ€) and licens... More...
$0 (07-09-2021 - NY)United States of America v. Anthony Ellison, a/k/a "Harv"
New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with racketeering, kidnapping, and a violent assault with a dangerous weapon. <br> <br> The United States of America charged Anthony Ellison, a/k/a "Harv" with racketeering, kidnapping, and a violent assault with a dangerous weapon for his participation in the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods (“Nine Trey”), the July 22, 2018, kid... More...
$0 (11-05-2020 - Ny)United States of America v. Graigory Brown
Plattsburgh, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with kidnapping.<br> <br> Graigory Brown, age 50, of Plattsburgh, was charged yesterday with conspiring to kidnap an elderly couple from Moira, New York, and transport them across the border to Canada. The husband and wife were kidnapped on September 27, and safely rescued two days later in Canada. <br> <br> According to... More...
$0 (10-02-2020 - NY)United States of America v. Javier Enrique Da Silva Rojas
New York, NY - The United States of America charged Javier Enrique Da Silva Rojas with kidnapping resulting in death.<br> <br> JAVIER ENRIQUE DA SILVA ROJAS (the “defendant” or “DA SILVA”) pled guilty to kidnapping Valerie Reyes (the “Victim”) in New Rochelle, New York, and unlawfully transporting her to Connecticut, where her body was found approximately a week later. DA SILVA, who w... More...
$0 (02-06-2020 - ny)United States of America v. James Felton
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/buildingphoto_small.png"><br> </center><br> New York, NY - Bronx Man Sentenced To Life Plus 75 Years In Prison In Connection With Murders Of Marvin Harris And<br> <br> Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JAMES FELTON was sentenced today to life plus 75 ye... More...
$0 (10-10-2019 - NY)United States of America v. Aljermiah Mack, a/k/a "Nuke," and Anthony Ellison, a/k/a "Harv"
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/buildingphoto_small.png"><br> </center><br> New York, NY - High-Ranking Members Of Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods Convicted Of Racketeering And Related Offenses <br> <br> ALJERMIAH MACK, a/k/a “Nuke,” and ANTHONY ELLISON, a/k/a “Harv,” were found guilty of racketeering conspiracy in connection with their membersh... More...
$0 (10-04-2019 - NY)United States of America v. Corey Roper
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/buildingphoto_small.png"><br> </center><br> New York, NY - Corey Roper was sentenced to 13 years in prison for sex trafficking of minor females. ROPER was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald, before whom he previously pled guilty to one count of sex trafficking minor victims. As part of his plea... More...
$0 (08-08-2019 - NY)United States of America v. Claudius English
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/buildingphoto_small.png"><br> </center><br> New York, NY - Claudius English Convicted Of Sex Trafficking Minors, Kidnapping, And Use Of A Firearm<br> <br> CLAUDIUS ENGLISH was convicted yesterday of multiple counts of sex trafficking minors, attempted sex trafficking of minors as young as 8 years old, kidnapping of... More...
$0 (06-11-2019 - NY)United States of America v. Hassan Nemazee
<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com" target="_new">MoreLaw Virtual Receptionists</a></br><br> <font Color="Red"> Nosotros hablamos español</font><br> <font><br> </h1><br> <P><br> </center><br> New York, NY - The United States of American charged Hassan Nemazee with bank fraud in violation of ... More...
$0 (07-16-2010 - NY)United States of America v. Jose Ramon Ontiveros
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/buildingphoto_small.png"><br> </center><br> <br> California Man Sentenced To 32 Years In Prison For Overseeing Cross-Country Drug Trafficking Organization And The Kidnapping And Murder Of One Of Its Members<br> <br> Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced toda... More...
$0 (04-05-2019 - NY)United States of America v. Jose Ramon Ontiveros
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/buildingphoto_small.png"><br> </center><br> New York, NY - California Man Sentenced To 32 Years In Prison For Overseeing Cross-Country Drug Trafficking Organization And The Kidnapping And Murder Of One Of Its Members<br> <br> Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, anno... More...
$0 (04-05-2019 - NY)United States of America v. James Lyle and Michael Van Praagh, a/k/a Sealed
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/buildingphoto_small.png"><br> </center><br> <br> Defendants‐appellants James Lyle and Michael Van Praagh appeal<br> from judgments of the United States District Court for the Southern District of<br> New York (Crotty, J.) convicting them on charges relating to the distribution of<br> methamphetamine. Lyle cha... More...
$0 (04-01-2019 - NY)United States of America v. Rodshaun Black, Daniel Rodriguez and Ernest Green
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/portal/getMediaData?mediaId=210343"><br> </center><br> The case before us treads on familiar ground—the fundamental<br> protections for criminal defendants that are enshrined in the Sixth Amendment<br> to the Constitution. Defendants‐Appellees Rodshaun Black, Daniel Rodriguez,<br> and Ernest Green (collectively, “Defendants‐App... More...
$0 (03-18-2019 - NY)United States of America v. David Pirk and Andre Jenkins, a/k/a Little Bear
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/portal/getMediaData?mediaId=210343"><br> </center><br> Buffalo, NY - Kingsmen President and Nomad, Convicted by a Federal Jury of Murder and Racketeering, Sentenced to Life in Prison<br> <br> A leader and member of the Kingsmen Motorcycle Club (KMC) who committed execution style murders were sentenced for their roles in a major racketeering op... More...
$0 (02-28-2019 - NY)United States of America v. Calvin Stephon Moore
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nynb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/albany_002.jpeg"><br> </center><br> <br> 22 Defendant‐Appellant Calvin Stephon Moore appeals his<br> 23 sentence following a guilty plea to three counts of federal bank<br> 24 robbery in the United States District Court for Northern District of<br> 25 New York (Thomas J. McAvoy, Judge). Moore received three<b... More...
$0 (02-26-2019 - NY)United States of America v. Nicholas Washington, a/k/a "Face"
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://img.nyed.uscourts.gov/files/BK-Court.png"><br> </center><br> <br> Brooklyn, NY - Member of “G’z Up” Street Gang Convicted of Two Murders in Brooklyn<br> Nicholas Washington Targeted Rivals, Shooting and Killing Bystanders<br> <br> A federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict today against Nicholas Washington, also known as “Face,” a memb... More...
$0 (02-12-2019 - NY)United States of America v. Kevin Allen, a/k/a Killer Kev
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/BuffaloCH_fromSQ.jpg"><br> </center><br> Buffalo, NY - Buffalo Man Sentenced To 300 Months In Prison Following RICO Conviction<br> <br> Kevin Allen, 38, aka Killer Kev, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted following a seven-week jury trial of multiple RICO, drug and gun charges, was sentenced to serve 300 months in prison by U.S. Distri... More...
$0 (12-12-2018 - NY)United States of America v. Akayed Ullah
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/buildingphoto_small.png"><br> </center><br> New York, NY - Akayed Ullah Convicted for Detonation of a Bomb in New York City<br> <br> Akayed Ullah, 28, of Brooklyn, New York, and a lawful permanent resident from Bangladesh, was convicted today on all six counts of the Indictment, which charged him with offenses rela... More...
$0 (11-07-2018 - NY)United States of America v. Joseph Datello
<center><br> <img width=”300” src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-L-mioiKmKdw/V19UhWTrEgI/AAAAAAABsGs/-NjwSRAOIjsehy93KjPnyDsf7wBjJu1dgCJkC/w293-h220-k-no/"> <br> </center><br> New York, NY - Organized Crime Member Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder Of Witness<br> <br> Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSEPH DATELLO pled gu... More...
$0 (09-26-2018 - NY)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. MANUEL PEREIRA-GOMEZ, AKA Manuel Jesus Pereira, AKA Manuel Pereiro, AKA Manny Pereira <table> <td>
In 1997, Pereira pleaded guilty in New York state court to attempted robbery in the second degree. He was subsequently deported from the United States on three occasions. After reentering the United States a fourth time, he was arrested for, inter alia, felony offenses of driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. On October 21, 2015, Pereira was indicted for... More...
$0 (09-09-2018 - NY)The People of the State of New York v Derrick Brank <table> <td>
The absence of an instruction to the jury to decide whether the lead witness was an accomplice in fact, whose testimony would then require corroboration pursuant to CPL 60.22, was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of guilt (see People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230 [1975]). Regardless of whether the witness was an accomplice, her testimony was abundantly corroborated by another witness, who ... More...
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