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United States of America v. Danielle Melissa Staten
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and assisting in preparation of false tax returns. Danielle Melissa Staten, 40, engaged in a scheme to prepare and file false and fraudulent federal income tax returns (Forms 1040) for others from 2018 to 2023, resulting in approximately $1.5 million in fake tax losses. Staten owned and operated Preci... More...
(09-23-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Linc Oshea Brooks
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. In early 2022, DEA investigators uncovered Linc Oshea Brooks’ connection to a cocaine trafficker in Richmond, Virginia. Later that year, another drug trafficker told agents Brooks had been selling up to 5 kilograms of cocaine at a time since 2021. On Janua... More...
(09-18-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Alexander Sandoval
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute fifty (50) grams or more of methamphetamine in violation of 18 U.S.C. 846.... More...
(09-09-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Sharon Lynn Jones
Raleigh, North Carolina, , criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fifty (50) grams or more of methamphetamine in violation of 18 U.S.C. 846. Reported by: Kent Morlan In May 20125, the DEA and Duplin County Sheriff’s Office identified Jones as a ma... More...
(08-13-2026 - NC)United States of America v. James Nadel Taylor
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute fifty (50) grams or more of methamphetamine. Possess with the intent to distribute fifty (50) grams or more of methamphetamine; and aiding and abetting. On January 14, 2025, a Selma Police Department detective stopped a Kia Optima for ... More...
(08-11-2026 - NC)United State of America v. LS Cable and System USA, Inc.
Raleigh, North Carolina Department of Justice lawyer represented the United States which sued the Defendant on a False Claims Act theory. Reported by Kent Morlan LS Cable & System USA, Inc. knowingly misrepresented the number of its employees and affiliated personnel and unlawfully sou... More...
(07-21-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Jessica Latoya Staten
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. Reported by Kent Morlan Jessica Latoya Staten, 41, engaged in a scheme to prepare and file hundreds of false and fraudulent federal inco... More...
(07-03-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Denis Joesph Bouchard
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with false claim of citizenship in order to vote. Reported by Kent Morlan Denis Bouchard, 70, falsely claimed to be a United States citizen when he voted, including registering to vote in the 2024 presid... More...
(06-04-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Homer Allen Faison, III
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking meth. By Kent Morlan Homer Faison didn’t just sell drugs; he built a pipeline of poison stretching across this country directly into the heart of the Eastern District of North Carolina. By flooding our neighborhoods with hundreds of pounds of dope, he greedily profited from addiction a... More...
(05-15-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Timarcus Lavonnte Britt
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by robbery; and aiding and abetting, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Three individuals including Timarcus Lavonnte Britt, 29, Jaliek Grant, and a juvenile, engaged in a spree of five attempted armed robberies on July 11, 2023, between 1 and 4 a.... More...
(04-24-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Roderick Michael Bates
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted wire and identity fraud. Roderick Michael Bates, 55, used stolen identities with fake driver’s licenses to secure financing for farm machinery and equipment from a local Sampson County business. Using these identities, he fraudulently purchased high-value items totaling more than $65,000, includi... More...
(03-25-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Rick Derrell McIntyre
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to sell and possess with intent to sell 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and selling of 50 grams or more of meth. The Fayetteville Police Department (FPD), the FBI, and other law enforcement agencies identified Inmate Rick Derrell McIntyre as the head of a large-scale drug trafficking organizat... More...
(03-20-2026 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Mikah Brondyke
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sex crimes against children. Former Wake County school teacher and youth pastor accused of committing sex crimes against children.... More...
(03-04-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Eugene Montale Jenkins
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute forty (40) grams or more of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl and ANPP, an a quality of marijuana. Eugene Montale Jenkins, age 36, was a known drug dealer In Edgecombe County who had sold fentanyl, marijuana, cocaine, and crack in from his trap house for a whi... More...
(02-24-2026 - NC)United States of America v. David Ryan Winters
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyber-stalking, harassing, and threatening gay men on line int the Raleigh-Durham area. David Ryan Winters, age 40, became enraged at the gay community in Raleigh-Durham for perceived slights. Starting around 2016, Winters began stalking gay men online and in person, including by showing up at victims’ hom... More...
(02-24-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Isidro Arcenio Alvarado
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with naturalization fraud. Alvarado confessed to having knowingly made materially false statements under oath and penalty of perjury on his naturalization application and during a naturalization interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS). He answered “No” to the following questions “Wer... More...
(02-14-2026 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Austin Thompson
Raleigh, North, Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of murder in the first-degree. Austin Thompson, age 15, of Raleigh accused of shooting six people, killing five of them in October 2022.... More...
(01-21-2026 - NC)United States of America v. William Justin Lewis
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with charged with distribution of child pornography. Undercover agents with the FBI investigated online distributors and traders of CSAM when agents located a chat room where a user, later identified as William Justin Lewis, age 55, uploaded numerous disturbing images and videos of CSAM. Agents traced the IP ad... More...
(01-13-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Jonathan Tadeo-Neri,
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyers James B. Polk represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute a quantity of meth. An investigation began in January 2023, when a confidential source contacted DEA agents regarding a methamphetamine dealer in the Raleigh area. DEA identified the drug dealer as Jonathan Tadeo-Neri, a 31-year-old Mexican alien, and con... More...
(01-06-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Joshua Sterling McClain
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possess with intent to distribute forty (40) grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, and a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Inve... More...
(12-31-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Kenneth Orlin Simmons
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. In July 2022, Kenneth Orlin Simmons, Jr., age 36, sold over a kilogram of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in Nash County. The Nash County Sherriff’s Office along with the DEA later obtained a search warrant for Simmons residence. During that searc... More...
(12-17-2025 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Brayan Alvarez Ortiz
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sexual assault. Brayan Alvarez Ortiz, age 28, accused of sexually assaulting patients who were under sedation at a Raleigh hospital.... More...
(12-14-2025 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Benji Martin
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Benji Martin is accused of shooting and killing a WakeMed police officer inside the Garner Healthplex. ... More...
(11-21-2025 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Tremale Cogdell
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with an illegal sexual encounter with a woman in exchange for not conducting a driving while impaired investigation. Tremale Cogdell, 28, of Raleigh, has been charged with felony obstruction of justice, ... More...
(10-14-2025 - nC)United States of America v. Daron Owens
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon. ... More...
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