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United States of America v. Willie Earl Jackson; Shane Plats

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with sales of firearms without a license.



New criminal provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act deters/prohibit sales of firearms without a license


Willie Earl... More...
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United States of America v. Cruz Alberto Perez-Nunez

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute.

Cases involve $44 million in laundered funds



A man who laundered drug proceeds from Columbus cell phone s... More...    $0 (04-05-2024 - OH)

United States of America v. Francisco Ruellas-Gonzalez; Jaime Renteria

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with narcotics crimes .

Repeat offenders sentenced to 10 years in prison for narcotics crimes



Two Columbus residents have each been sentenced to 120 months in prison for fede... More...    $0 (04-04-2024 - OH)

United States of America v. Dustin A. Speakman

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a drug crime .

Columbus man faces 20 to 23 years in prison as part of narcotics guilty plea involving killing of another Columbus resident



A Columbus man pleaded guilty t... More...    $0 (03-27-2024 - OH)

United States of America v. Gregory J. Gerber

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Dispensing Drugs .

Sandusky Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Dispensing Drugs to Patients



Gregory J. Gerber, age 58, of Port Clinton, Ohio, was sentenced to prison by U.S. Dis... More...
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United States of America v. Gregory J. Gerber

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Dispensing Drugs to Patients.


Sandusky Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Dispensing Drugs to Patients



Gregory J. Gerber, age 58, of Port Clinton, Ohio, was sentenced... More...
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United States of America v. Isabel Odir Castellanos

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a narcotics case involving 76 kilograms of fentanyl.


Final defendant sentenced in narcotics case involving 76 kilograms of fentanyl, California-to-Ohio drug operation



The final of 11 de... More...
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United States of America v. Teela Gilber

Cincinnati , Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being wire fraud, identity theft.


Former local non-profit VP sentenced to 3 years in prison for wire fraud, identity theft



The former vice president of a Cincinnati nonprofit and man... More...
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United States of America v. Bethel Stewart

London, Kentucky Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine Trafficking.


Harlan County Man Sentenced to 178 Months for Methamphetamine Trafficking



A Cawood, Ky., man, Bethel Stewart, 61, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rob... More...
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United States of America v. Dlaquan Cantrell

Dayton, Ohio Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine.




Dlaquan Cantrell, 33, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 132 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine.
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United States of America v. Eddie Lee Pope

Toledo, Ohio Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute.




Eddie Lee Pope, age 51, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 240 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Helmick, after... More...
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United States of America v. Eddie Lee Pope

Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute.





Eddie Lee Pope, age 51, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 240 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Helmick... More...
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United States of America v. Jeffrey Deitsch

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Coercion and Enticement of a Minor.




Jeffrey Deitsch, 36, of St. Marys and later Spencerville, Ohio, was sentenced on February 1, 2024, to 210 months in prison by U.S. District Judge ... More...
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United States of America v. Michael Valentine

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dog fighting & drug distribution.




Michael Valentine, 40, of Bidwell, Ohio, pleaded guilty to two counts of raising and training dogs for the purpose of fighting and five counts related to fentanyl distribution. He was sente... More...
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United States of America v. Terrance May

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Leading a Drug Conspiracy.



Terrance May, 48, of Youngstown, Ohio, was sentenced to 175 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Benita Y. Pearson today after earlier pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute drugs and distributi... More...
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United States of America v. Michael Valentine

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dogfighting & drug distribution.




A Gallia County man was sentenced to 11 years in prison today after pleading guilty to dogfighting and fentanyl distribution. He will serve nine month... More...
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United States of America v. Terrance Chauncey May

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with for Leading a Drug Conspiracy in Youngstown Area.




Terrance May, 48, of Youngstown, Ohio, was sentenced today to 175 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Benita Y. Pearson today af... More...
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United States of America v. Justin Foley

Columbus, Ohio Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant exploiting minors by taking ‘upskirt’ videos at school & in other public places



A former local high school teacher was sentenced to 240 months in prison for crimes related to secretly recording explicit videos of his students... More...
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United States of America v. Lelon Campbell

Cincinnati, Ohio Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant sentenced for trafficking fentanyl, cocaine




Southern District of Ohio



A Cincinnati man who was convicted at trial of trafficking narcotic... More...
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United States of America v. William Sims

Cleveland, Ohio Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant for Possessing Narcotics and Being a Felon in Possession of Firearms



Northern District of Ohio



U.S. Attorney Rebecca C. Lutzko announced today that William Sims, 46, of Cleveland, Ohio, was se... More...
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United States of America v. Jason Glanton

Dayton, Ohio Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant for possessing bulk amounts of fentanyl, xylazine within elementary school zone


Southern District of Ohio



A Vandalia man was sentenced to 156 months in prison and eight years of supervised release ... More...
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United States of America v. Ronald Coleman, Jr.

Defendant Ronald Coleman appeals the district court’s denial of
a motion to suppress the fruits of a warrant for vehicle tracking and a residential search warrant
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on the grounds that the warrants lacked probable cause and that law enforcement’s installation of
the vehicle tracker violated the Fourth Amendment. Because the wa... More...
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United States of America v. Mason Shepherd

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...
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United States of America v. Lesa Chaney & James Alvin Chaney (“Ace”)

London, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

James Alvin Chaney (“Ace”) and Lesa Chaney owned and operated a highly profitable clinic in Hazard, Kentucky called Ace Clinique of Medicine. Eventually, the clinic attracted suspicion that it was a “pill mill”: a clinic that
distributes addictive prescription pills without a ... More...
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United States of America v. Jimmie White, II

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 defendant” that are automatically excludable under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(1) of... More...
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United States of America v. David Armstrong

David Armstrong sold a confidential informant about
three grams of heroin during three controlled buys. He pleaded guilty to one count of
distribution, and the district court sentenced him to thirty-seven months in prison. That sentence
was based, in part, on the district court’s finding that he sold around seventy grams of heroin to
No. 18-5079 United States v. Armstrong Pag... More...
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Duryane Chaney v. United States

Duryane Chaney pleaded guilty to one count each of felon in
possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Because his criminal
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record included convictions for one “serious drug offense” and two “violent felon[ies],” Chaney
was sentenced as an armed career criminal, subject to the Armed Career Crimin... More...
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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.

After ten days of trial, a jury convicted Defendant William S. Steele (“Steele”) of (1) Racketeering Conspiracy (“RICO Conspiracy”) under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), and (2) Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug ... More...
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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.

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 erred ... More...
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United States of America v. Kenneth Jackson


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...
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United States of America v. Roy Bradley, Sr.


Steven Ingersoll was an optometrist in Bay City, Michigan. (Bradley PSR at 5). He was
also the sole owner of Smart Schools Management (SSM) and Smart Schools, Inc. (SSI), two
entities created to operate public charter schools in Michigan. R. 393 (Tr. at 39, 50) (Page ID
#8472, 8483); R. 394 (Tr. at 11) (Page ID #8579); R. 396 (Tr. at 164–65) (Page ID #8903–04).
To run ... More...
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOHN MADDUX, JR.; CHRISTINA CARMAN; JULIE COSCIA; MICHAEL E.SMITH

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...
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United States of America v. Dalen King

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...
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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.

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...
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United States of America v. David E. Powell

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

On October 5, 2021, detectives executed multiple search warrants on residences associated with David Powell, a... More...
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United States of America v. Kyle Brackman

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...
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United States of America v. Thomas J. Romano

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of controlled substances.

Thomas J. Romano, age 73, of Wheeling, West Virginia, owned and operated a self-named pain management clinic in Martin’s Ferry to which individuals traveled hundreds of miles to obtain prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances. Romano charged $750 for an i... More...
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United States of America v. Darrin Harsley

Akron, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with three counts of distribution of a controlled substance.

In August 2022, Ashtabula Police learned that a drug dealer from Cleveland nicknamed “D” was selling methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Ashtabula area. Based on a review of CashApp and phone information, Ashtabula Police were able to identify “D” as Dar... More...
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United States of America v. Gary Stanford

Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with theft of public money.


Gary Stanford was charged with theft of public money in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641.

On June 2, 2023, the Court issued an arrest warrant based on a bond violation report. (Docs. 11, 12). The defendant was subsequently arrested, and on June 5, 2023, the defendant ap... More...
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United States of America v. Justin Bush

Akron, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute narcotics, and to distributing narcotics.

Justin Bush was a member of the Shorb Blocc gang that was responsible for violent street crimes including shootings and robberies as well as d... More...
   $0 (06-05-2023 - OH)

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