Ohio Child Sexual Abuse 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> State of Ohio v. Nicholas Musarra </h2> </center>
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> The evidence at trial showed that Doe and Musarra had several drinks after work one night and that afterwards, Musarra drove the two of them to his home in Doe's car. The plan... More...
$ (07-07-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> State of ohio v. Chad Essert </h2> </center>
Batavia, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sexual battery and unlawful conduct with a minor. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Bethel, Ohio, Police Chief Chad Essert, age 44, was indicted Thursday by a Clermont County Grand Jury for the following charges: 56 coun... More...
$ (06-17-2026 - 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> <center> United States of America v. Johnathan Brown </h2> </center>
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with secretly recorded young girls nude and committed hands-on offenses of a teenager. Johnathan Brown, 34, hid outside bedroom windows and placed cameras inside a laundry basket to record minors after they exited from showers. He told victims he needed to see their bodies for “medical reasons.” Brown also groomed ... More...
$ (03-25-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Anicleto Olvera-Sanchez </h2> </center>
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children and possession of pornography.... More...
$ (03-06-2026 - OH)State of Ohio v. Justin Davis, et al. </center
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with committing violent crimes and dealing narcotics to further a human trafficking. The Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force, which is organized under Yost’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission (OOCIC) and led by the Columbus Division of Police, began its investigation in January 2025 after investigator... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - OH)United States of America v. Harrison Michael Barton
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and sexual exploitation of children. In February 2025, Harrison Michael Barton, 38, of North Detroit, Texas, took a Greyhound bus from Texas to Ohio to meet a 15-year-old approximately one month after connecting with the victim on the Call of Duty mobile game. At the time, Barton was wanted on an outst... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - OH)United States of America v. Cuellar Montufa
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after removal. Cuellar Montufa, 39,illegally reentered the country after being deported following his convictions for sex crimes and is now wanted for murder in Guatemala. The defendant was convicted in Warren County in January 2006 for attempted unlawful sexual conduct wit... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - OH)United States of America v. Robert Craig
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involvement with online groups dedicated to creating and distributing videos depicting acts of extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys. Robert Craig, of Charlotte, conspired with others to create and distribute so-called “animal crush videos” which depicted acts of sadistic violence against baby and a... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - OH)<H2> United States of America v. Timothy Sutton
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyerS represented the Defendant charged with healthcare billing conspiracy scheme that was intended to fraudulently bill Medicare for more than $14.5 million. imothy Sutton, 44, of North Ridgeville, Ohio, deliberately lied about performing patient examinations and then used his role as a trusted medical professional to line his pockets at the expense of taxp... More...
$ (01-14-2026 - 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)<H2> United States of America v. Eskender Getchew
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully prescribed controlled substances, including opioids, without a legitimate medical purpose.<br> <br> kender Getachew is a medical doctor who operated a clinic in Columbus, Ohio, that provided treatment to patients suffering from opioid addiction. The federal government alleged that Dr. Getachew unlawfully pres... More...
$0 (11-05-2025 - OH)State of Ohio v. John Doe and Jane Doe
Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter and abuse of a corpse. <br> <br> A 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy were the parents of the infants and the girl concealed the pregnancy. When the infant died, the parents allegedly buried the infant at the Karl Road location.... More...
$0 (11-05-2025 - 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)Mark Hartman v. David Yost, Ohio Attorney General
Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape.<br> <br> A grand jury in Montgomery County, Ohio, indicted Mark Hartman for three counts of rape that occurred during a late-night sexual encounter. After a bench trial, a state judge convicted him of all three counts.... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - 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)The State of Ohio v. Stphen Coker
Bowling Green, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with raping his wife.<br> <br> Appellee, Stephen Coker Jr., and S.O. met at a religious conference in Texas in November 2014. The two kept in contact, and about a month after the conference, S.O. visited Coker in Ohio. Prior to that visit, S.O. made it clear to Coker that she would not have sex with him unless they were ... More...
$0 (06-12-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Nicholas P. Duty </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with altering records </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Columbus police officer sentenced to 3 years in prison for altering records</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> A former Columbus police officer was sentenced in federal court her... More...
$0 (06-10-2025 - 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)State of Ohio v. Briana K. Mohler
Bellefontaine, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts: Count One of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them ("OVI") in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1)(a), (G)(1)(b), a first-degree misdemeanor; Count Two of driving under suspension in violation of R.C. 4510.111(A), (C)(1), an unclassified misdemeanor; Co... More...
$0 (03-10-2025 - 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)State of Ohio v. Kristofer Robert Layne Eye
Marietta, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rapeing a minor under 13 and other claims.<br> <br> Kristofer Robert Layne Eye was charged with multiple counts of rape and six are for gross sexual imposition.... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - 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)State of Ohio v. Timothy R. Kimble
Tiffin, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual felonies.<br> <br> This case originated on December 21, 2022, when a Seneca County grand jury returned an indictment against Kimble, charging him as follows: Count 1 - Rape, a first-degree felony in violation of R.C. 2907.02(A)(1)(b); Count 2 -Rape, a first-degree felony in violation of R.C. 2907.02(A)(1)(b); Count ... More...
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