CHAD A. READLER, Circuit Judge. Defendant Wesley Muchow pled guilty to one
count of receiving and distributing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit
conduct. After weighing the parties’ respective arguments at the sentencing hearing, the district
court sentenced Muchow at the very bottom of the proposed United States Sentencing Guidelines
range. We re... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

In many respects, Wesley Muchow lived a life one could be proud of, and certainly not
one that would catch the eye of federal prosecutors. He graduated from high school, was
gainfully employed as a machine operator, and made a home in Bucyrus, a north central Ohio
community located along the historic Lincoln Highway. Muchow had a close bond with his
family, relying on their sup... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judge. Mason Shepherd admitted to possessing several
thousand images and videos of child pornography and pleaded guilty to one count of receipt and
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distribution of child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2). The district court sentenced
Shepherd to 96 months in prison and six years of supervised release and al... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant claimed a violation of the speedy trial act.

Following our circuit’s binding precedent, we previously held in this case that
preindictment plea negotiations are “period[s] of delay resulting from other proceedings
concerning the defendantâ€� that are automatically excludable under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(1) of... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

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 Drug ... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

A. Pre-Trial Proceedings
1. Indictment and Guilty Pleas
In December 2015, Jackson, Palmer, Tervon’tae Taylor, D’Wan Dillard, Jr., and Calvin
Rembert were charged with multiple violations of 18 U.S.C. § 2119(2)—carjacking resulting in
serious bodily injury—and 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(ii)—using, carrying, or possessing a
firearm during a crime of violence. P... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

RE The defendants here took part in a decade-long scheme
surreptitiously to sell tax-free cigarettes, thereby defrauding federal, state, and local governments
of more than $45 million in tax revenue. The federal government eventually uncovered the
scheme and charged them with 34 counts of various crimes, including conspiracy to commit mail
or wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

Richard Parrish had a cellphone in prison. After a woman
outside the prison informed prison officials that he had been texting her, Parrish was charged
with misdemeanor possession of contraband and pleaded guilty. The district court sentenced
Parrish to five months in prison to run consecutively to his 250-month prison sentence for
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No. 18-1178 United States v. Parrish Pa... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

Dalen King faced the possibility of serving sixty-one
months in prison for multiple drug-possession convictions and violations of supervised release.
But after considering all the circumstances surrounding King’s offenses, the district judge
ordered him to serve only thirty-six months in prison. The first thirty months were punishment
for King’s drug convictions and the fin... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

This case is one of many that have arisen from the government’s
investigation into a child pornography website known as “Playpen.� Andrew Moorehead was
indicted for possession and receipt of child pornography based on his activity on the website.
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He moved to suppress the evidence against him, arguing that it was obtained... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

This case is one of many that have arisen from the government’s
investigation into a child pornography website known as “Playpen.� Andrew Moorehead was
indicted for possession and receipt of child pornography based on his activity on the website.
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No. 18-5216 United States v. Moorehead Page 2
He moved to suppress the evidence against him, arguing that it was obtained... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with romance-fraud conspiracy and making false statements on a COVID‑relief application.

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 victi... More...    $0 (12-07-2023 - OH)

Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt of child pornography.

This case came to the attention of law enforcement after a high school principal in Iowa contacted local police in 2017 after learning a 15-year-old student was communicating with Kyle Brackman, 29, of Delta, Ohio, and the messages were sexual in nature. It was later determined that B... More...    $0 (11-17-2023 - OH)

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence and felony possession and use of a firearm.
Ronald Lee Jacobs, 46, was convicted of six counts of robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.

The verdict was announced Monday afternoon following a trial that began on Aug. 7 before Ch... More...    $0 (08-15-2023 - OH)

Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with depriving an inmate at the Erie County Jail of her constitutional rights by using excessive force.

On November 1, 2021, Adam Bess, age 35, was working as a sergeant at the Erie County Jail. During the booking process of a new arrestee, Bess placed his hand around the inmate’s throat in anger in a “choke holdâ€�... More...    $0 (08-08-2023 - OH)

Logan, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempted child endangerment, etc.

Ella M. Webb, 62, was charged with four counts of child endangerment, three of them third-degree felonies and one a first-degree misdemeanor.

Webb was one of three individuals charged with caging a small child in a playpen.... More...    $0 (07-28-2023 - OH)

Cincinnati, Ohio civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on an excessive force theory.


Following a police investigation which resulted in a bite from a police dog, Plaintiff Kody Ketring brought this lawsuit against the City of Loveland and several police officers. The defendants removed the matter to federal court. (Doc. 1.) Following discovery, Defendants mov... More...    $0 (06-06-2023 - OH)

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with child exploitation and pornography.

In January 2019, the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office received information relating to two potential exploitation victims. Forensic examination of cell phones and other electronic devices revealed that Bernard Jakits, age 72,, of Annapolis, Maryland, had communicated via text mes... More...    $0 (05-31-2023 - OH)

Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually exploiting children and possessing child pornography.

Nicholas J. Veerkamp, 32, of Colerain Township, Ohio, was accused of sexually exploited a 9-year-old victim and a 12-year-old victim and kept images of the exploitation.

“This defendant has shown a consistent pattern of sexually abusing chi... More...    $0 (05-25-2023 - OH)

Cincinnati, Ohio employment law lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violation theory.



In September 2020, the named plaintiffs-a number of former "home-health aides"- brought this suit against A&L Homecare &Training, LLC and its owners (collectively, "A&L") under the FLSA and Ohio law. The plaintiffs alleged that A&L had paid the... More...    $0 (05-23-2023 - OH)

Toldeo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with receipt and distribution of child porn.

Zachary Ryan Balusik, age 41, of Toledo, Ohio, was identified entering online chat rooms that involved streaming videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children.

On February 23, 2022, a search warrant was executed at Balusik’s residence in Toledo, Ohio where elec... More...    $0 (05-17-2023 - OH)

Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor.

Michael J. Zacharias, a priest, was charged with five counts of sex trafficking. The charges related to three victims, two of whom Zacharias trafficked when they were minors and as adults.

Evidence presented to the jury detailed how Zacharias paid the victims to engage in sex acts wi... More...    $0 (05-12-2023 - OH)

Columbus, Ohio criminal Defense lawyer represented Defendant charged mail fraud.

From 2012 through August 2019, Mark Alan Thomas, 63, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, defrauded a client and took $882,000 of the elderly demented victim’s money without her knowledge or permission to use it for his own benefit.

“Thomas’s grave abuse of power over this vulnerable victim demands todayâ... More...    $0 (05-02-2023 - OH)

Akron, Ohioa employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.

Defendant is the manufacturer of GOJO Hand Cleaner and Purell Advanced Hand Sanitzer and similar products.

"The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting... More...    $0 (04-26-2023 - OH)

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.

One October evening in 2020, a man walked into a Walgreens in Columbus, Ohio. He
was wearing dark clothes, and his pants and shoes had white stains on them. The man placed a
pack of gum on the counter and asked the clerk for cigarettes. When the clerk requested
identification, the man r... More...    $0 (03-28-2023 - OH)