Ohio Armed Robbery Law
<h2> <center> State of Ohio v.Aliyah Henderson </h2> </center>
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with aggravated murder. Aliyah Hnderson, age 28, charged with two counts of aggravated murder for killing two young girls whose bodies were found in buried in suitcases. The bodies of the two girls were discovered Monday, March 2, in suitcases partially buried in shallow graves near Ginn Academy by a dog walker. Und... More...
$ (03-05-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> State of Ohio v. Ronald Loftis </h2> </center>
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Three counts of Aggravated Robbery Four counts of Robbery Three counts of Felonious Assault One count of Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Career Criminal One count of Having Weapons Under Disability One count of Grand Theft of a Motor Vehicle On January 2, 2026, around 7 a.m., Ronald Loftis, 47, approached a fe... More...
$ (09-15-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jamal Binford </h2> <center>
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841, murder in collection with drug trafficking in violation of 21 U.S.C. 848(2)(1)(A), and used of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. 924(c). Digested by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Ke... More...
$ (07-23-2026 - OH)United States of America v. Lamont Johnson
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs and felony possession of a firearm. Lamont Johnson, 43, was sentenced to 210 months (17.5 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge John R. Adams after pleading guilty last October to the following charges in an indictment: Possession with Intent to Distribute a Contro... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - OH)<H2> United States of America v. William D. DeFoor
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with by criminal complaint with damaging government property, engaging in physical violence against any person or property in a restricted building or grounds, and assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers. Around midnight, United States Secret Service (USSS) agents observed William D. DeFoor, 26, running alo... More...
$ (01-05-2026 - OH)<H2> United States of America v. Eric Hendeson
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Henderson was sentenced in 2019 to 78 months in prison for his role in the Trevitt and Atcheson Crips (T&A) gang-related racketeering conspiracy. Henderson sold gram quantities of crack cocaine in Columbus and Chillicothe on behalf of the racketeering conspiracy,... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - OH)<H2> United States of America v. Samuel A. Griffith
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and distributing drugs. In October 2025, Samule A. Griffith, age 35, of Ashville, Ohio, allegedly sold narcotics from a room at the Red Roof Inn on Renner Road in Columbus. When law enforcement agents executed a search warrant at the location, they discovered 18 firearms and kilogram ... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - OH)<H2> United States of America v. Shawn M. Thomas
Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence.<br> <br> AI Overview Federal interference with commerce by threats or violence, most notably under the Hobbs Act (\(18\) U.S.C. \(1951\)), makes it illegal to obstruct, delay, or affect interstate or foreign commerce through robbery or extortion. This includes committ... More...
$0 (11-25-2025 - OH)<<h1> United States of America v. Antoine D. Cook </h1></h1>
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Dealing.<br> <br> An Akron-area career criminal has been sentenced to prison for his role in distributing controlled substances throughout Northeast Ohio.<br> <br> Antoine D. Cook, 46, of Akron, was sentenced to 420 months (35 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent after a federal jury found him g... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Antoine D. Cook </h1></h1>
Akron, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing controlled substances throughout Northeast Ohio.<br> <br> An Akron-area career criminal has been sentenced to prison for his role in distributing controlled substances throughout Northeast Ohio.<br> <br> Antoine D. Cook, 46, of Akron, was sentenced to 420 months (35 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge Dona... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Claude Coleman
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with or two counts of drug trafficking, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C), possession of a firearm by a felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and use of a <br> firearm during drug trafficking, id. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i). <br> <br> Late on a May evening in Cleveland, officers approached a man drinking alcohol on a sidewalk in v... More...
$0 (08-26-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Joel Alonte Travis </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland. Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violent Armed Bank Robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Ohio Man to Spend More than a Decade in Prison for Violent Armed Bank Robbery</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> A Clev... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Shannon Matheny
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed bank robbery.<br> <br> Wearing a fake beard and sunglasses, Matheny walked into the First Federal Savings bank in Lorain, Ohio, brandished a silver gun, and demanded cash; he ultimately took about $4,000. When police officers stopped Matheny's car two days later, they discovered drugs, paraphernalia, and a gun. Af... More...
$0 (07-02-2025 - OH)The State of Ohio v. Clinkscale
Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed robbery.<br> <br> Ohio's jail-time-credit statute, R.C. 2967.191, requires that the State of Ohio credit an offender for the time he spent in confinement prior to sentencing. Another statute, the judicial-release statute, R.C. 2929.20, allows a trial court to reduce the nonmandatory prison term of an eligible offen... More...
$0 (06-11-2025 - OH)Michael Poffenbarger v. Frank Kindall, III, et al.
Dayton, Ohio civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff claiming that the Air Force's COVID-19 mandate, as applied to him, violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and the First Amendment. <br> <br> MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 counties across the United States. Click the link above to see a list of lawyers re... More...
$0 (05-16-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Faisal M. Darod; Aden Abdullahi Jama </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with crimes related to armed robberies, I-70 shootout </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Central Ohio men sentenced to 25 years & 13 years in prison for crimes related to armed robberies, I-70 shootout </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br... More...
$0 (01-15-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Timothy Hyatt </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Six Federal Drug and Gun Crimes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jefferson Parish Man Sentenced for Six Federal Drug and Gun Crimes </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> Timothy Hyatt, 36, of Akron, has been senten... More...
$0 (12-13-2024 - OH)State of Ohio v. Richard Poole
<h2><br> Mount Vernon, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated robbery.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> {¶2} On January 16, 2024, the Knox County Grand Jury indicted appellant with one count of aggravated robbery, in violation of R.C. 2911.01(A)(1), a felony of the first degree. Appellant was arraigned on January 17, 2024, and entered a plea of not guilty on the cha... More...
$0 (10-08-2024 - OH)United States of America v. John Wesley Long
<h2><br> Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(l) and 924(a)(8).<br> </h2><br> The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutes felony possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1): <br> <br> Penalties<br> The penalty for violating this law is a fine, up to 10 y... More...
$0 (10-04-2024 - OH)State of Ohio v. Dwight Joseph Elliott Ballard
<h2><br> Bowling Green, Ohio aggravated possession of drugs criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> {¶ 2} On October 6, 2022, a grand jury indicted Ballard on one count of aggravated trafficking in drugs, R.C. 2925.03, a first-degree felony, and one count of aggravated possession of drugs, R.C. 2925.11(A), a second-degree felony, both with forfeiture of money specifi... More...
$0 (09-13-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Willie James Attaway; Lamond Johnson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder of convenience store owner, armed robberies </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cincinnati men sentenced to decades in prison for murder of convenience store owner, armed robberies</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Tw... More...
$0 (09-09-2024 - OH)State of Ohio v. Derrick Jamison
When Justice Went to Hell in Cincinnati, Ohio a criminal defense lawyer unsuccessfully represented Derrick Jamison who was Charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> On August 1, 1984, Gary Mitchell was alone, tending bar at the Central Bar. The Central Bar, located near downtown Cincinnati, had been owned by Mitchell's family for forty years. When two patrons came into the bar, around 2:00 p.m.,... More...
$0 (01-12-1985 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Cody N. Beasley; Kenan M. Lay </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with aiding & abetting armed robberies of mail carriers </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> 2 defendants sentenced to prison for aiding & abetting armed robberies of mail carriers </h2></center><br> <br> Two Columbus men were sentenced in U.... More...
$0 (05-06-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Paul G. Fox </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Cincinnati, Ohio Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant a Jackson Woman Sentenced to Prison as Armed Career Criminal</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <b><h2><center><i> Southern District of Ohio </h2></center></i></b><br> <br> Paul G. Fox, 48, of Franklin, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 144 months in prison ... More...
$0 (01-07-2013 - OH)State of Ohio v. Joe D'Ambrosio
Cleveland, Ohio defendant Joe D'Ambrosio, a 26-year-old white male, was accused of killing Estel Anthony Klann on September 24, 1988.<br> <br> Estel Anthon Klann's body was found in Doan's Creek in Cleveland. Klann, a jogger, had been stabbed three times.<br> <br> Edward Expinoza, Thomas Michael Keenan, and JOe D'Ambrosio were charged with murder. Espinoza pleaded guilty and testified againt Kee... More...
$0 (12-31-1898 - OH)Duryane Chaney v. United States
Duryane Chaney pleaded guilty to one count each of felon in <br> possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Because his criminal <br> No. 17-2024 Chaney v. United States Page 2<br> record included convictions for one "serious drug offense†and two "violent felon[ies],†Chaney <br> was sentenced as an armed career criminal, subject to the Armed Career Cr... More...
$0 (12-28-2023 - OH)United States of America v. William Steele
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.<br> <br> After ten days of trial, a jury convicted Defendant William S. Steele ("Steeleâ€) of (1) Racketeering Conspiracy ("RICO Conspiracyâ€) under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), and (2) Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a... More...
$0 (12-28-2023 - OH)United States of America v. Charles Eason
Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> The United States appeals a 46-month sentence imposed on Charles Eason by the Western District of Tennessee following his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The United States argues the district court erre... More...
$0 (12-28-2023 - OH)United States of America v. Kenneth Jackson
<br> A. Pre-Trial Proceedings<br> 1. Indictment and Guilty Pleas<br> In December 2015, Jackson, Palmer, Tervon'tae Taylor, D'Wan Dillard, Jr., and Calvin <br> Rembert were charged with multiple violations of 18 U.S.C. § 2119(2)—carjacking resulting in <br> serious bodily injury—and 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(ii)—using, carrying, or possessing a <br> firearm during a crime... More...
$0 (12-28-2023 - OH)United States of America v. Benjamin Adu Acheampong
Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with romance-fraud conspiracy and making false statements on a COVID‑relief application. <br> <br> From January 2019 through July 2021, Benjamin Adu Acheampong, 37, of Fairfield, Ohio, conspired with others to create false online profiles, which the conspirators used to express romantic interest in victims. Once the ... More...
$0 (12-07-2023 - OH)United States of America v. Ronald Lee Jacobs
Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence and felony possession and use of a firearm.<br> Ronald Lee Jacobs, 46, was convicted of six counts of robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.<br> <br> The verdict was announced Monday afternoon following a trial that began on Aug. 7 before Ch... More...
$0 (08-15-2023 - OH)United States of America v. Christopher Brenner Cook and Jonathan Allen Frost
Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.<br> <br> Christopher Brenner Cook, 20, of Columbus, Ohio, and Jonathan Allen Frost, 24, of Katy, Texas, and West Lafayette, Indiana, each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists by attacking power grads in the United States in... More...
$0 (04-21-2023 - OH)United States of America v. Terrance Lorenzo White
Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm.<br> <br> Terrance Lorenzo White, age 28, pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony crime.<br> <br> On Aug. 21, 2020, deputies with the Warren County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call about an attempted robbery at a residence. When deputies responded to t... More...
$0 (04-13-2023 - OH)United States of America v. Ronald Lee Jacobs
Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.<br> <br> One October evening in 2020, a man walked into a Walgreens in Columbus, Ohio. He <br> was wearing dark clothes, and his pants and shoes had white stains on them. The man placed a <br> pack of gum on the counter and asked the clerk for cigarettes. When the clerk requested <br> identification, the man r... More...
$0 (03-28-2023 - OH)State of Ohio v. Aldridge Ricahrd
In 1985, petitioners-appellees, M. Jenny Wilcox and Robert Dale Aldridge, were convicted of several counts of child sexual abuse and related offenses, and were each sentenced to life imprisonment. A full ten years later their convictions were vacated and a new trial was granted by the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas in a civil proceeding brought pursuant to R.C. 2953.21. The state appeals... More...
$0 (03-14-1997 - OH)STATE OF OHIO v. BLAKE L. CURTIS
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Dayton, Ohio - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of felonious assault and one count of aggravated assault charges. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> <br> {¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Blake L. Curtis, appeals from his conviction in the <br> Miami County Court of Common Pleas after pleading guilty t... More...
$0 (08-09-2022 - OH)STATE OF OHIO v. VALERIE LYNN RIDER
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Dayton, Ohio - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with felony murder, felonious assault, and other offenses. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> This case arises from the September 30, 2020 death of Whitney Hostler. At <br> the time of her death, Hostler and her two-year old child resided in the home of Valerie <b... More...
$0 (08-08-2022 - OH)United States of America v. Brandon J. Campbell
Columbus, Ohio criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with two separate armed robberies of United States Postal Carriers.<br> <br> Brandon J. Campbell, 21, admitted in March 2022 to using violence and a firearm to endanger the mail carriers' lives and steal property from them.<br> <br> He robbed two postal carriers at gunpoint on separate dates in September 2021.<br> <br> On Sept. 8, 2... More...
$0 (08-04-2022 - Oh)THE STATE OF OHIO v. BRINKMAN
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Columbus, OH - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a direct appeal in a capital case. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> A. The Johns' bodies are discovered<br> {¶ 3} The John family had known Brinkman for some time. According to <br> Gene's son, Jason, the family met Brinkman a decade earlier when Brinkman<... More...
$0 (07-31-2022 - OH)United States of America v. Ralph L. Millender
Akron, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and ammunition.<br> <br> On November 2, 2019, Akron Police Officers arrested Ralph L. Millender, age 47, of Akron, following an altercation he had with another individual. During the dispute, officers became aware that Millender possessed a firearm in his vehicle. Officers then searched the vehi... More...
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