Ohio Excessive Force Law
<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)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. 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. Kelly Richard, aka Scorpio
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with five counts of sex trafficking minors, sexually exploiting children and illegally possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon. Kelly Richards, 44, drugged, raped, abused, photographed and sold two teenage girls. He held them for days in a one-bedroom apartment the appeals court called “a house of horrors... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - 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. Shawn M. Thomas
Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence.<br> <br> AI Overview Federal interference with commerce by threats or violence, most notably under the Hobbs Act (\(18\) U.S.C. \(1951\)), makes it illegal to obstruct, delay, or affect interstate or foreign commerce through robbery or extortion. This includes committ... More...
$0 (11-25-2025 - OH)Estate of Donovan L. Lewis v. City of Columbus, Ohio, et al.
Columbus, Ohio personal injury lawyer represents the Plaintiff who sued on an excessive force civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> Twenty-year-old Donovan Lewis was at home in bed, around 2 a.m., when police officers entered his apartment to arrest him on outstanding warrants. Once inside the residence, Officer Ricky Anderson fatally shot the unarmed Lewis in the abdomen as he sat up in bed. Pu... More...
$0 (11-14-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Jermaine C. Bunn </h1></h1>
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Asleep at the Wheel with a Loaded Gun <br> <br> A Mahoning County man who was prohibited from possessing a firearm has been sentenced to prison after police officers found him unresponsive in his vehicle with a loaded gun.<br> <br> Jermaine C. Bunn, 49, of Youngstown, was sentenced to 150 months (12.5 years) in prison... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - 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. 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)<h1> United States of America v. Joel Alonte Travis </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland. Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violent Armed Bank Robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Ohio Man to Spend More than a Decade in Prison for Violent Armed Bank Robbery</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> A Clev... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - 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. 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. Robert Gilb </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of possessing an unregistered destructive device and three counts of transporting explosive materials. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Green Township man charged with crimes related to 3 pipe bomb incidents</h2></center></b></b></cen... More...
$0 (06-11-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. The KeyW Corporation </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with False Claims Act allegations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Military contractor pays United States more than half million dollars to settle False Claims Act allegations </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A company that con... More...
$0 (05-21-2025 - 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 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)Michael Poffenbarger v. Frank Kindall, III, et al.
Dayton, Ohio civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff claiming that the Air Force's COVID-19 mandate, as applied to him, violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and the First Amendment. <br> <br> MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 counties across the United States. Click the link above to see a list of lawyers re... More...
$0 (05-16-2025 - 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. Hector Linares, Edil A. Martinez-Padilla, Carlos Daniel Romero-Esborar </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Immigration Violations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Northern District of Ohio U.S. Attorney's Office Charges Multiple Defendants with Immigration Violations</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The U.S. Attorney's Office (... More...
$0 (04-22-2025 - OH)Giselle Veller, et al. v. K.B., et al.
Bowling Green, Ohio personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on negligence theories.<br> <br> This case arose from a fatal car accident in which K.B., who was 16 years old, was the driver, and Copeland, who was 15 years old, was the front-seat passenger and victim. Veller, Copeland's mother, filed this lawsuit against K.B., his guardian, and numerous entities. This ... More...
$0 (02-28-2025 - 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. Joshua M. Riley </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receiving bulk amounts of narcotics through the mail, illegally possessing firearms, smuggling drugs into Butler County Jail </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hamilton man sentenced to 15 years in prison for receiving bulk amounts of narcotic... More...
$0 (02-03-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Maurice B. Stewart </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Local chef sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling fake 'M30' Percocet pills that contained fentanyl</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> selling fake 'M30' Percocet pills t... More...
$0 (02-04-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. William Hartson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> William Hartson, 26, of Massillon, Ohio, pleaded guilty to smuggling illegal ... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Joel M. Mefford </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing cocaine from crime scenes, police evidence room </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Columbus police officer sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for stealing cocaine from crime scenes, police evidence room</h2></center></b></b... More...
$0 (01-08-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. John Castillo </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Columbus police officer sentenced to prison for stealing, selling cocaine</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <b... More...
$0 (12-11-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. John J. Kotchkoski </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspired to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <center><h2><font color="green"> Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to </font color="green"></center><... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Kelly Richards </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking, exploiting 2 teens </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cincinnati man who was convicted at trial of sex trafficking, exploiting 2 teens sentenced to 40 years in prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A... More...
$0 (10-24-2024 - OH)Joel Brown v. City of Toledo
<h2><br> Toledo, Ohio prisoner civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> Prisoners in the United States have a number of civil rights protections, including:<br> <br> First Amendment<br> <br> Prisoners have the right to free speech and practice their religion, but there may be some limitations.<br> <br> Fifth Amendment<br> <br> Prisoners have the right to no... More...
$0 (10-15-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Hung Ahn Huy Phung; John G. Dang; Bernardo Guzman; Stephanie R. Pray; Kevin Tran; Chazton Harris </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking nearly 12 kilograms of methamphetamine in Adderall lookalike pills via the dark web </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> 6 defendants sentenced to prison for trafficking nearly 12 kilograms of methamphetamine in Adderall lookalike pi... More...
$0 (10-10-2024 - OH)State of Ohio v. Barry M. Stegner
<h2><br> Delaware, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual imposition with someone less than thirteen years of age.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Barry M. Stegner was charged with one count of gross sexual imposition with someone less than thirteen years of age in violation of R.C. 2907.05(A)(4), a third degree felony, and four counts of gross sexual imposition involv... More...
$0 (09-26-2024 - OH)State of Ohio v. Steven A. Fulmer, Jr.
<h2><br> Bellefontaine, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple counts of first-degree rape.<br> <h2><br> Steven A. Fulmer, Jr. used force or threats to compel three victims to submit to his actions.... More...
$0 (10-04-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Terrael A. Alls </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking women </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Columbus man sentenced to 25 years in prison for sex trafficking women</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force first received a t... More...
$0 (08-28-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Payton Jamar Brown </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking missing teen </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cincinnati man sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for sex trafficking missing teen </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Cincinnati man was sentenced ... More...
$0 (08-20-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Ramel Drew </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Marisa&l=Serrat&i=105421&z=44113" target="_new">Marisa L. Serrat</a> represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cleveland Man Sentenced to More Than 27 Years in Prison for Drug Traf... More...
$0 (11-03-2023 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Karasarides </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Tax Fraud Conspiracy</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Ohio Man Sentenced for Tax Fraud Conspiracy </h2></center><br> <br> An Ohio man was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States.<br> ... More...
$0 (04-30-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Willie Earl Jackson; Shane Plats </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with sales of firearms without a license.</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2Ohio<center></i></b> <br> <br> New criminal provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act deters/prohibit sales of firearms without a license </h2></center><br> <br> <br> Willie Earl... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Cruz Alberto Perez-Nunez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Cases involve $44 million in laundered funds</h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> A man who laundered drug proceeds from Columbus cell phone s... More...
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