Ohio Child Neglect Law
<H2> <center> United States of America v. Chaz Jacob </h2> </center>
Toledo, Ohio, criminal defense represented the Defendant charged with: 18:2251(a) and (e) - Conspiracy to Produce Child Pornography (1s) 18:2251(a) and (e) - Sexual Exploitation of a Minor (Production of Child Pornography) (2s-3s) 18:2252(a)(2) Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography (3) 18:2252(a)(2) - Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography (4s) Federal agents... More...
$ (08-19-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Molly Elisabeth Duncan </h2> </center>
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251(a), possession of child pornography in violation for 18 U.S.C. 2252A(a)(5)(B), and distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct in violation for 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(2). Molly Elisabeth Duncan, of Beachwood, Ohio, work... More...
$ (07-23-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. James Strahler </h2> </center>
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making obscene or harassing phone calls, engaging in interstate domestic violence, and selling/transferring obscene matter. James Strahler II, 37, of Columbus, installed more than 24 AI platforms and more than 100 AI web-based models on his phone. The defendant used telephone calls, voicemails, text messages and web ... More...
$ (04-09-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tong Chen </h2> </center>
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt and distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Tong Chen, residing in Hudson, charged with Receipt and Distribution of Visual Depictions of Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct, and Possession of Child Pornography or Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM). In May... More...
$ (03-25-2026 - OH)<H2> United States of America v. David Mitsnefes
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child exploitation and pornography crimes for allegedly hiding spy cameras in the house of minor victims. Between 2021 and 2025, on multiple occasions the family of teenaged victims found hidden cameras in the minors’ bedrooms. David Mitsnefes, age 32, allegedly used wifi to save videos of the minor occupants in ... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - OH)<H2> United States of America v. Frederick Kumi, aka Emmanuel Kojo Baah Obeng, aka Abu Trica
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding elderly victims out of over $8 million. Frederick Kumi, aka Emmanuel Kojo Baah Obeng, aka Abu Trica, 31, of Swedru, Ghana was part of a criminal network that targeted elderly victims in romance scams across the United States since 2023. Kumi was arrested in Ghana on December 11, 2025. According to the... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - OH)<H2> United States of America v. Jaylin Iler
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography in violation of 18 USC 2252A(a)(5)(B) and (b)(2).<br> <br> (a) Any person who—<br> (1) knowingly mails, or transports or ships using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer, any ... More...
$0 (11-25-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Daveion Wright </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually exploiting toddler on Snapchat </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Butler County man sentenced to 29 years in prison for sexually exploiting toddler on Snapchat</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i><... More...
$0 (09-09-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Adam Kline </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Child Pornography on Social Media Platform </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Ohio Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison For Distributing Child Pornography on Social Media Platform</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red">... More...
$0 (09-09-2025 - OH)<h21> Danie Stewart and Rachel Kosoff v. David W. Martin, et al.
Dayton, Ohio truat and estate lawyers represented the parties contesting the management of a revocable trust.<br> <br> Lester Warren Martin passed away on March 13, 2020, at age 96. A World War II<br> veteran and a graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Martin was an accomplished physician at<br> the Cincinnati Children's Hospital, one of the world's best youth hospitals. Among Dr. Martin's<br> c... More...
$0 (07-15-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Michael J. Eloshway
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receipt and Distribution of Visual Depictions of Real Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct and Possession of Child Pornography.<br> <br> In 2022, an Iowa Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigated the peer-to-peer file-sharing network BitTorrent and found Eloshway's IP address associated with severa... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Joseph Gunter </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexually Exploiting 12-Year-Old Ohio Girl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Mexico Man Sentenced to 28 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting 12-Year-Old Ohio Girl</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> Joseph Gunter, 41, of Albuquerq... More...
$0 (07-01-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Kenneth D. Triplett </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug crimes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jury finds Chicago man guilty of drug crimes in Guernsey County</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Lancaster man was arrested on federal child pornography charges and appeared in... More...
$0 (05-22-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Carson A. Bigham </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with federal child pornography charges </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fairfield County man arrested on federal child pornography charges </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Lancaster man was arrested yesterday afternoon on f... More...
$0 (05-22-2025 - OH)Yetunde I. Kumolu v. Olugbo S. Kumolu
Columbus, Ohio family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.<br> <br> The parties were married on March 16, 2002 in Lagos, Nigeria, and the parties stipulated to same. The parties further stipulated that the de facto termination date of the marriage was May 12, 2023. At the time of the final hearing, Husband was 51 and Wife was 50.<br> <br> Two children were born of the marriage: Mercy ... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. David Hamilton </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing child pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Licking County man sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for possessing child pornography, making notices with plans to sexually abuse young boys</h2></center></b></b> </h2><... More...
$0 (04-22-2025 - OH)Yolanda Fernandez Botello v. Saul Mendez Gonzalez
Cincinnati, Ohio family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.<br> <br> Botello married Saul Mendez Gonzalez in Springhill, Ohio, on August 16, 2004, and they had a child together in 2005. The c<br> <br> On February 3, 2023, Botello filed a complaint for divorce. As grounds for divorce, she alleged "willful absence of the Defendant for more than one year, adultery and gross neglect of ... More...
$0 (04-18-2025 - OH)State of Ohio v. Matthew Koehler
Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child pornography.<br> <br> Matthew Koehler, a former Kettering Middle School choir director was charged with one count of f illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance and five counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor. ... More...
$0 (04-18-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Arturo Navarrete-Juarez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually exploiting a minor. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Columbus man sentenced to 25 years in prison for exploiting minor</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Columbus man who sexually abused a young girl and created chil... More...
$0 (03-18-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Richard Louis Crosby III </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Social Security number fraud as part of scheme to obtain jobs at law firms </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Disbarred attorney sentenced to more than 3 years in prison for Social Security number fraud as part of scheme to obtain jobs at law ... More...
$0 (03-10-2025 - OH)State of Ohio v. Jason Iverson
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> On September 4, 2023, Iverson's mother and his three minor children attended a church event at a park, when Iverson unexpectedly arrived and started an argument with his sister, Mercedes Iverson ("Mercedes"), and her husband, Norbert Carter ("Norbert"). As a result of Iverson's behavior, his entire fam... More...
$0 (02-09-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Soumya Rudra </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Akron, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with traveling across state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and to possession of child sexual abuse materials </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> PA Man Receives Maximum Penalty of 30 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of a Min... More...
$0 (01-21-2025 - OH)State of Ohio v. Christopher Hane
Canton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of child endangering pursuant to R.C. 2919.22(A) and (E)(2)(b), a felony of the fourth degree [Count I] and one count of drug possession pursuant to R.C. 2925.11(A) and (C), a misdemeanor of the first degree. Appellant entered pleas of not guilty and the matter proceeded to trial by jury. Prior to trial, appella... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Dennis Stopar </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually exploiting minors and possessing child pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Belmont County man pleads guilty to child exploitation crimes in plea agreement that calls for 30-to-60-year prison sentence</h2></center></b></b> </h2... More...
$0 (12-18-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Lee Allen Goudy </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing, possessing child sexual abuse material </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Registered sex offender sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for again distributing, possessing child sexual abuse material</h2></center></b></b> </h... More...
$0 (12-03-2024 - OH)State of West Virginia v. Duane Leroy Eckard
<h2><br> Wheeling, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse.<br> </h2><br> <br> On August 4, 2016, the Defendant entered an Alford/Kennedy plea to a charge of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian, or person in a position of trust to a child.[2] He was sentenced to not less than ten nor more than twenty years of imprisonment, fifty years of ... More...
$0 (11-26-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. David John Frahm </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually exploiting children </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Butler County man sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually exploiting infant, child</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> David John Frahm, 63, of Trenton, Ohi... More...
$0 (11-21-2024 - OH)In re: C.T.
<h2><br> Akron, Ohio family law lawyers represented the Defendant in a termination of parental rights case.<br> </h2><br> <br> {¶2} Mother is the biological mother of C.T., born August 5, 2022. She also has an older child, B.T., who is not a subject of this appeal, although he was involved in a companion case below. C.T.'s paternity has been established but Father has not appealed the final dispo... More...
$0 (10-23-2024 - OH)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Jamie Keene
<h2><br> Pikeville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape.<br> </h2> <br> When the victim in this matter, A.C., was four years old, Keene married A.C.'s mother, Angel Keene (Angel). In November 2013, Keene was investigated for assaulting Angel, and Child Protective Services (CPS) began monitoring A.C. Shortly thereafter, A.C. was removed from the home of Keen... More...
$0 (10-04-2024 - OH)In Re A.D., a Minor
<h2><br> Cleveland, Ohio family law lawyers represented mother, father and grandmother of child.<br> <br> "C.B., mother of AD. (d.o.b. 6/12/19) ('Mother'), appeals the trial court's judgment granting the complaint for visitation of K.D. by paternal grandmother ('Grandmother') and the trial court's grant of supervised visitation to J.D., father of AD. ('Father')..." <br> <br> * * *<br> <br> In June... More...
$0 (10-03-2024 - OH)Sara E. Sweet v. Jason M. Sweet
<h2><br> Toledo, Ohio divorce lawyers represented husband and wife in a marriage dissolution action.<br> </h2><br> Plaintiff filed a complaint for divorce against Defendant on April 10, 2015, which Defendant contested and counterclaimed for divorce from Plaintiff. As journalized on May 19, 2016, the trial court granted each party a divorce from the other party. In the final decree of divorce, the ... More...
$0 (10-04-2024 - OH)State of Ohio v. Phillip C. Littlejohn
<h2><br> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with abduction and attempted felonious assault.<br> </h2><br> <br> {¶ 2} This case stemmed from Littlejohn's criminal conduct against the mother of his child over several days in June 2022. Littlejohn and the victim were domestic partners off and on for ten years. The relationship was tumultuous, and Littlejohn had... More...
$0 (10-03-2024 - OH)United States of America v. Campbell W. Morgan
<h2><br> Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant chargdd with coercion and enticement of an minor and possession of child pornography.<br> <h2><br> 18:2422(b) and 18:2427 - COERCION AND ENTICEMENT<br> <br> (a) Any person who—<br> (1) knowingly transports or ships using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign... More...
$0 (10-04-2024 - OH)Timothy A. Donaldson v. Lori A. Donaldson
<h2><br> Canton, Ohio divorce lawyers represented Plaintiff and Defendant in a marriage dissolution case.<br> </h2><br> <br> {¶2} Husband and Wife were married in 1991. The parties have four biological children that are emancipated. T. May 12, 2023 at 15. The parties adopted two minor special needs children while living in New York. Id.<br> <br> {¶3} Wife worked in the radiology departm... More...
$0 (09-19-2024 - 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)Robert J. Dudon v. Geraleen Dudon
<h2><br> Dayton, Ohio family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Geraleen Dudon appeals from a final judgment and decree of divorce which terminated the marriage of the parties. She asserts as her assignment of error that the trial court erred by granting a divorce on the ground of incompatibility. She claims that the trial court erred in granting a divorce on... More...
$0 (06-23-2024 - OH)Yolanda Fernandez Botello v. Saul Mendez Gonzalez
<h2><br> Springfield, Ohio family law divorce lawyers represented the Plaintiff and Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> {¶ 2} On February 3, 2023, Botello filed a complaint for divorce. According to her complaint, Botello married Defendant-Appellee Saul Mendez Gonzalez in Springhill, Ohio, on August 16, 2004. Botello and Gonzalez separated in September 2006 after one child was born as issue of their ma... More...
$0 (08-23-2024 - OH)State of Ohio v. Tamara Barnes O'Toole
<h2><br> Troy, Ohio grand theft charged criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> Tamara Barnes O'Toole, age 42, was charged with second-degree theft.<br> <br> The state alleged that Defendant stole from elderly people property valued at more than $37,500 but less than $15,000. <br> <br> Section 2913.02 provides:<br> <br> (A) No person, with purpose to deprive the owner... More...
$0 (08-22-2024 - OH)State of Ohio v. Jonathan A. Leach </center
<h2><br> London, Ohio rape charge criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> {¶ 2} On March 10, 2023, Leach was indicted on two counts of rape in violation<br> of R.C. 2907.02(A)(1)(b), felonies of the first-degree. The Indictment alleged that the victim of the rape offenses, "Emma," was a child under ten years of age.[1]<br> <br> {¶ 3} Leach had been dat... More...
$0 (08-19-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. David Walker </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Akron, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession and Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Materials </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Possession and Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Materials </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center>... More...
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