Ohio Drug Law
<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)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jaime Ortega-Urquidi </h2> </center>
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, with Notice of Prior Serious Drug Felony Conviction; and illegal Reentry of Alien Following Removal, with Notice of Prior Aggravated Felony Conviction. On May 28, 2025, Lorain police officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle in which Jaime Ortega-Urquidi, 63, was a ... More...
$ (03-16-2026 - 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. Kevin Deramus and Dorian Freeman,
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. Kevin Deramus, 46, was the head of the drug trafficking organization. He obtained, cut, processed and distributed large quantities of drug mixes made with heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, xylazine and other drugs. He was sentenced on Feb. 11 to 294 months in prison. Throughout this inve... More...
$ (02-14-2026 - 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. Joe’Veon Penson Willis
Arkon, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of maintaining a drug premises (21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1)) and two counts of aiding and abetting false statements during the purchase of a firearm (18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(6), 924(a)(2)). Joe’Veon Penson Willis operated a drug house with his half-brother. The government found out, raided the house, and arrested... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - 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. Troy H. Williams
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug offenses, possessing a firearm as a felon, and money laundering. The Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to 196 months in prison. Williams moved the district court for compassionate release, claiming that the prison officials were inadequately treating his serious medical condition.... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - 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. 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. 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)United States of America v. Robert Elwood Matthews
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.<br> <br> Under federal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit a criminal act, coupled with an intent to achieve the goal. In many cases, the government must also prove that at least one member of the conspiracy took an "overt act" in furthe... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Bahadar Durrant
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.<br> <br> Under federal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit a criminal act, coupled with an intent to achieve the goal. In many cases, the government must also prove that at least one member of the conspiracy took an "overt act" in furtherance of... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Devin Long
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession and firearm felonies.<br> <br> As they surveilled Devin Long, officers observed him engage in several suspected drug transactions. Based on these discoveries, a magistrate judge issued a warrant to search Long's house for evidence related to drug trafficking. The search turned up a host of illegal firea... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - 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. Robert Orvaets
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felon in possession of fiarearm and ammunition.<br> <br> Robert Oravets committed a series of serious felonies. He claims that the Second Amendment nonetheless protects his right to possess a firearm. <br> <br> Six years ago, Ohio indicted Oravets on two counts of drug trafficking with a firearm. Prosecutors dropped the... More...
$0 (09-25-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Davion Shepherd </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> <br> One count of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances<br> <br> Three counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance </font/color="red"></b></center></i>.<br> </i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> <br> Cleveland ... More...
$0 (09-09-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Jayon Florence
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony drug trafficking and possession of a firearm.<br> <br> A grand jury indicted Florence on nine counts of various drug and firearm offenses.<br> Florence moved to suppress the evidence found from the search. After the district court denied<br> his suppression motion, Florence pled guilty to four counts related to t... More...
$0 (09-05-2025 - 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)United States of America v. Jaaviaid Alan McCarley-Connin
Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.<br> <br> On February 8, 2021, a package was shipped through the Cleveland United States Postal<br> Service distribution center. It was addressed to Adrian Garcia in South Gate, California, from a<br> D. McCarley at a Tiffin Street address in Fostoria, Ohio. The package raised postal inspectors'<br> suspi... More...
$0 (08-25-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Retsyn Deshawn Owens
Akron, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with drug trafficking.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Devante Glenn
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling<br> drugs that led to an overdose death, appeals his conviction on two counts of distributing<br> carfentanil, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C), and one count of using a<br> telecommunications device to facilitate the transaction, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 843(b). <br> <br> On July 19,... More...
$0 (08-05-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Dionicio Galindo-Salinas </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening to kill Congressman </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Dayton man arrested for threatening to kill Congressman to Ohio</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> A criminal illega... More...
$0 (07-30-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Myron Billups </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing 26 pounds of methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cincinnati man pleads guilty to possessing 26 pounds of methamphetamine</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Myron Billups </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cincinnati man pleads guilty to possessing 26 pounds of methamphetamine</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Paul D. Turner
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking, onspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base (Crack), Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon.<br> <br> Paul Turner pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and firearms charges. Because he continued to sell cocaine while out on bond and refused to take responsibility for his violent p... More...
$0 (06-26-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Terrell Kirkland </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring in the distribution of drugs e </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cincinnati man sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for cocaine crime </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Cincinnati man was sentenced in fed... More...
$0 (05-20-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Milton Guevara-Cruz </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering United States </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Alleged 18th Street gang member pleads guilty to illegally reentering United States</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An alleged transnational gang member p... More...
$0 (05-21-2025 - 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 possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and cocaine base.in Guernsey County </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>... More...
$0 (05-22-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Derek Brantley, et al. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Drug Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> 19 Members of a Drug Trafficking Ring Indicted in Cleveland</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Ohio returned a 29-count indi... More...
$0 (05-08-2025 - 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)Patrick D. Reed v. Harold May, Warden
Toldeo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking reversal of his conviction for drug trafficking, drug possession, firearm possession, and evidence tampering.<br> <br> MoreLaw's goal is to help people seeking legal assistance to find the best lawyers available to represent them in any county in the United States. Click the link above to see some lawyers available where this... More...
$0 (04-15-2025 - OH)State of Ohio v. Elmer Lebron-Novas
Sandusky, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking cocaine.<br> <br> On January 14, 2021, Defendant was indicted on one count of trafficking in cocaine in violation of R.C. 2925.03(A)(2) and (C)(4)(g), a first degree felony; one count of possession of cocaine in violation of R.C 2925.11(A) and (C)(4)(f), a first degree felony; one count of trafficking in... More...
$0 (03-28-2025 - 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. Matthew Joseph Sheehan </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Arizona woman pleads guilty to transporting 50 kilograms of cocain </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Arizona woman pleaded guilty in U.S... More...
$0 (02-24-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Juan R. Grogan
Akron, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> ury convicted Juan Grogan of possessing a firearm as a felon, possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute. At trial, the judge allowed the government to admit testimony about a series of statements that Grogan made during... More...
$0 (02-03-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Nashaun Drake
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with several drug offenses.<br> <br> Nashaun Drake pleaded guilty to several drug offenses. At Drake's sentencing, the district court treated him as a "career offender†based, in part, on a prior marijuana conviction. The court sentenced Drake to a within-guidelines sentence of 200 months' imprisonment. ... More...
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