United States of America v. Richard Teplitsky
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1341. Richard Teplitsky, age 72, of Williamsville, New York, was the president of the Woodhill Capital Corporation. As president, he and other Woodhill personnel would solicit funds from investors within the Western District of New York and elsewhere, representing to investors th... More...
(10-23-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Angela Kellogg
Buffalo, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government money. In July 2020, Kellogg provided her identification information and social security number to a co-conspirator, knowing that it would be used to obtain money she was not entitled to. After she provided her personal information, Kellogg received a check totaling $11,586 from the Puerto Rico ... More...
(09-25-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Umar R. Graham
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged two counts of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree (Class D felonies), one count of Unlawful Possession of Personal Identification Information in the Second Degree (Class E felony) and one count of Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree (Class E felony). Graham entered a guilty plea to all counts of the indictment. Reporte... More...
(09-03-2026 - NY)United States of America v. John Vincent Ridgeway
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining SSA benefits in violation of 42 U.S.C. 1383. Reported by: Kent Morlan In January 1974, John Vincent Ridgeway, 76, of Buffalo, NY, began receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI)... More...
(09-03-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Jun N. Martinez
Buffalo, New York, Criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with distribution of controlled drugs in violation of 18 U.S.C. 846. Reported by: Kent Morlan Jun N. Martinez, 33, of Jamestown, NY,received several large packages of cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin via ... More...
(08-10-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Jason Knobloch
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer presented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Since February 2021, Jason Knobloch, 56, of Lancaster, NY, and others have been carrying out a scheme involving the fraudulent sales of forklifts and other similar equi... More...
(07-16-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Israel Enden
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bringing an alien to the United States. Reported by Kent Morlan Israel Enden, 46, a citizen of Israel, was born in the United States and physically resides in the State of Israel. In the early morning hours of January 8, 2026, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers encountered Enden driving a vehicle bea... More...
(05-24-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Raymond A. Brinson
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Official Misconduct (Class A misdemeanor). Reported by Kent Morlan In April 2025, the Erie County Clerk’s Office received a letter from the New York State Police to report that their Albany Office had received coupons for four firearms registered to a resident in Erie County who did not have a record of a pi... More...
(05-22-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Peter Gerace
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, drug trafficking and defrauding the United States, along with witness tampering, maintaining a drug involved premises and bribing a public official. Reported by Kent Morlan Between 2005, and 2019, Peter Gerace, Jr., owned and operated Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club. While do... More...
(05-14-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Jamar Jackson
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. On June 29 2020, Jamar Jackson and his co-conspirators submitted a fraudulent application for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) through the Small Business Administration for a business that he supposedly owned. The defendant and his co-conspirators knew that the EIDL applica... More...
(04-21-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Jose Francisco Cardoso Tehovnik
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...
(04-01-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Timothy D. Berry
Amherst, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. On or about Friday, September 27, 2024, and Friday, October 4, 2024, Timothy D. Berry, 36, of Williamsville, knowingly and intentionally stole money from the organization, which was collected through a social media fundraiser to support the group’s Hurricane Helene relief efforts. The defendant transferre... More...
(03-02-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Daniel Richter
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate domestic violence and making threats. Between December 24, 2023, and March 27, 2024, Daniel Richter, 47, of Middle Island, NY, sent hundreds of threatening and sexual emails via the internet to Victim 1’s personal email address. He threatened not only Victim 1, but members of her family as well. For ... More...
(03-02-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Joshua Taylor
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony animal cruelty. In June 2024, Joshua Taylor, also known as Moriah Taylor, age 39, was indicted on two counts of Aggravated Cruelty to Animals (Class E felonies under New York State Agriculture and Markets Law) and one count of Overdriving, Torturing and Injuring Animals; Failure to Provide Proper Sustenance ... More...
(02-22-2026 - NY)State of New York v. John Doe
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree (Class B violent felony). On Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at approximately 1:00 p.m., the adolescent offender shot the victim with an illegal gun on the 100 block of Laird Avenue in the City of Buffalo. The victim, 19-year-old Donovan M. Miller, was pronounced dead at th... More...
(02-22-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Greg Trotter
Buffalo, New York, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with misdemeanor count of impeding or interfering with a federal officer.... More...
(02-19-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Nicholas Forehand and John Peterson
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with one felony count of criminal possession of a controlled substance; and one misdemeanor count of criminally using drug paraphernalia. Nicholas Forehand, age 42, and John Peterson, 74, accused of robbery. Peterson was also charged with one felony count of assault.... More...
(02-11-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Sabrina Flores a/k/a "Notorious Marie"
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs and unlawful transportation of a firearm. Sabrina Flores a/k/a Notorious Marie, 25, of Jamestown, NY, was accused of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 400 grams or more of fentanyl and being a user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm... More...
(02-11-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Javonte Holloway
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer Justin Ginter represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.... More...
(01-21-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Jahaan Taylor and Elijah Mumford
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Jahaan Taylor and Elijah Mumford shot two children shot outside on Domedion Avenue. Ramone "Red" Carter, who was shot in his back and taken in a police patrol vehicle to ECMC, where he later died just two weeks before his 4th birthday. His 7-year-old sister was grazed by a bullet and taken to... More...
(01-12-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Brayden Storey
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion, enticement, and sexual exploitation of children. According to the indictment and a previously filed complaint, in June 2024, the West Seneca Police Department received a report from a minor victim of an incident involving an individual that she met online in September 2022, when she was 13 years-old and ... More...
(01-08-2026 - ny)State of New York v. James E. Clarke
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Vehicular Manslaughter in the 2nd Degree and one count of Driving While Intoxicated. James E. Clarke, 31, accused of killing a pedestrian while driving while intoxicated.... More...
(12-30-2025 - NY)United States of America v. Wei Qiang Lin
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with falsely labeling live turtles, snakes, and lizards as toys prior to exporting them in delivery boxes destined to Hong Kong. between August 2023 and November 2024, Lin exported to Hong Kong approximately 222 parcels containing around 850 turtles, but he labeled the boxes as containing “plastic animal toys,” a... More...
(12-24-2025 - NY)United States of America v. Gilberto Alarcon-Holguin a/k/a Beto
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. On October 14, 2017, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized 10 kilograms of cocaine from an identified co-conspirator. HSI obtained a phone number as a point of ... More...
(12-19-2025 - NY)United States of America v. Anthony Burris
Buffalo, New York,criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of enticing travel to engage in sexual activity, was sentenced to serve 90 months in prison. Between January and March 11, 2021, Anthony Burris, 35, of Ellicottville, NY, coerced Victim 1, a woman suffering from drug addiction, to perform commercial sex acts. He did so by threatening the use of physica... More...
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