Ohio False Imprisonment Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mark John Buschman </h2> </center>
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States to Saudi Arabia in violation of 18 U.S.C.371; transporting and shipping firearms with removed, obliterated, or altered serial numbers in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922, unlawful dealing in firearms without a license in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(a)(1)(A), and making false ... More...
$ (07-07-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Christopher Dowtin </h2> </center>
Dayton, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government money, property, or records in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. 641. 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> Christopher Dowtin, 49, of Jonesboro, Georgia, fraudulently converted two businesses’ IRS accounts to... More...
$ (07-07-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Barry Anderson </h2> </center>
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Barry Anderson, was a 20-plus year employee with a multinational company specializing in industrial explosives and technical and blasting services, who served in various roles throughout the years. In his role as regional president, Anderson embezzled approximately $400,000 through a... More...
$ (04-27-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. John Jay Kersey </h2> </center>
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. John J. Kersey was a long-time, trusted financial advisor to friends and relatives. For approximately two decades, from 2003 through 2023, he convinced his clients to move their existing investments from his company to purportedly invest in other funds. Kersey then stole the funds and used the money to ... More...
$ (04-07-2026 - 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. Michael W. Honaker
Akron, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and Theft of Government Property. Michael W. Honaker, 55, of Windham, Ohio, was sentenced to 31 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David A. Ruiz, after he pleaded guilty in December 2024 to wire fraud and theft of government property. He was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - 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. 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)United States of America v. Pierre Lemone Draper
Dayton, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to commit theft and conversion of money and things of value from the United States; 18 U.S.C. § 1014 - Making false statements on a loan application; 18 U.S.C. § 1040 - Wire Fraud; 18 U.S.C. § 1343 - the knowing transfer, possession and use without lawful authority of a means of identification of anoth... More...
$0 (11-14-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Steevenson Persona
Dayton, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> Google A.I.:<br> <br> Federal wire fraud law, defined by 18 U.S.C. § 1343, makes it a crime to use electronic communications across state lines to execute a scheme to defraud someone of money, property, or honest services. To secure a conviction, a prosecutor must prove the defendant engaged in a s... 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)United States of America v. Phuong Van Dao
Akron, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and marking false statement.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - 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. Keith Davenport III, </h1></h1>
Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements on federal firearms forms<br> <br> The leader of a large-scale gun trafficking operation was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 72 months in prison.<br> <br> Keith Davenport III, 22, of Columbus, and five others were indicted by a federal grand jury in October 2024 for conspiring to commit ... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - 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. 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)<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)<h1> United States of America v. Davis Lu </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Deploying Destructive Computer Code on Ohio-based Company's Global Network </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Chinese National Sentenced to Prison for Deploying Destructive Computer Code on Ohio-based Company's Global Network</h2></center></b></b><... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - 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. 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. 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)<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. Daniel R. Hitlan </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of bank fraud and one count of money laundering </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Man Sentenced to Prison for Paycheck Protection Program Loan Fraud Totaling More Than $2M </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Ohio ... More...
$0 (05-21-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Cosmax USA and Nu-World Corporation </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with False Claims Act Allegations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Solon-based Manufacturer to Pay $6M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Paycheck Protection Program</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The... More...
$0 (05-22-2025 - 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)<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)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...
$0 (01-28-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Nashuan Drake
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with several drug offenses.<br> <br> The court sentenced Drake to a within-guidelines sentence of 200 months' imprisonment. Drake now argues that his prior marijuana conviction did not qualify as the type of drug offense that can trigger the career-offender sentencing enhancement.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Career-Offender Enha... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Toni Laverne Smith </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to transport and sell stolen U.S. Treasury bonds across state lines </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Woman Sentenced to Prison for Selling Nearly $300,000 in U.S. Treasury Bonds Stolen from Elderly Victim</h2></center></b></b... More...
$0 (01-09-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Darmani Hawkins </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Unemployment Insurance and Bank Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Man Sentenced to Prison for Unemployment Insurance and Bank Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> Darmani Hawkins, 21, of Auro... More...
$0 (12-26-2024 - OH)State of West Virginia v. Duane Leroy Eckard
<h2><br> Wheeling, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse.<br> </h2><br> <br> On August 4, 2016, the Defendant entered an Alford/Kennedy plea to a charge of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian, or person in a position of trust to a child.[2] He was sentenced to not less than ten nor more than twenty years of imprisonment, fifty years of ... More...
$0 (11-26-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Keith Davenport III; Ellyson Jeffries; Javohn Garcia; D’andre Beasley; Johna McCoy; Vincent Irvin </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiring to commit an offense against the United States </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Grand jury indicts 6 defendants in straw purchasing conspiracy involving firearms bought online with stolen credit card information</h2></center></b>... More...
$0 (11-22-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Sir Maejor Page </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud and Money Laundering </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> BLM Activist Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud and Money Laundering</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Sir Maejor Page, 35, of Toledo, was convicted of wire fra... More...
$0 (10-03-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Nalah T. Jackson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping infant twins </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Columbus woman sentenced to more than 23 years in prison for kidnapping infant twins</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> "Nalah T. Jackson, age 26, left one five-month... More...
$0 (08-29-2024 - OH)State of Ohio v. Myron Johnson </center
<h2><br> Cleveland, Ohio felony assault criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> Johnson pleaded guilty, in an amended indictment, to two cots of felonious assault, second-degree felonies, in violation of R.C. 2903.11(A)(2). The trial court sentenced Johnson to two years' imprisonment for each count to be served concurrently to each other for a total of two years in pr... More...
$0 (08-15-2024 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Gregory Gerber, M.D. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio qui tam lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Alleged Unlawful Opioid Distribution </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b>The Court Permanently Prohibited an Ohio Physician from Prescribing Opioids and Imposes $4.7M Judgment for Alleged Unlawful Opioid Distribution</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center>... More...
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