Ohio Firearm Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Terrance Colvin </h2> </center>
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to district illegal drugs in violation of 21 U.S.C. 844 and felony possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922. 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> In May 2024, local HSI agents were notified by HS... More...
$ (08-18-2026 - OH)<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. 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. James Thomas Hurt </h2> </center>
Dayton, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. James Thomas Hurt, 25, of Dayton, possessed a machinegun during the shooting at the bus hub during the morning of Sept. 26, 2025. Surveillance video allegedly showed Hurt being assaulted by other individuals before running and returning fire. Hurt allegedly discarded his firearm in a ... More...
$ (04-27-2026 - 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. 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. Donald Sims
Youngstown, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violation of supervised release. Donald Sims has a history of run-ins with the law. Among his past offenses are two federal convictions for possessing a firearm as a felon. The sentences for both offenses included periods of supervised release, provisions he struggled to honor.... 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. Colby Smith
Akron, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapped two individuals at gunpoint in two different carjacking incidents in the greater Dayton area. Colby Smith, 32, has been in local law enforcement custody since the day of the alleged crimes. He is now charged federally with kidnapping, carjacking and using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Ac... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - 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)United States of America v. Kenneth Evans
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Kenneth Evans
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. ... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Nathan Kaiser
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - OH)United States of America v. David A. Staats
Akron, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - 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)United States of America v. Juan A. Otero, III
Akron, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ne count of felon-in-possession of a firearm, see 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and three counts of possessing with the intent to distribute a controlled substance, see 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1). <br> <br> On two separate occasions, police officers waited for Juan Otero to leave a residence, pulled him over nearby durin... More...
$0 (09-25-2025 - 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)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)<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. Jtton Edward Watson, aka J’ttonAli One Eye El Bey
Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with f felony possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).<br> <br> Motion to suppress s evidence obtained from a vehicle search conducted on December 5, 2020,<br> arguing that the initial traffic stop, his warrantless arrest, and the subsequent search of his vehicle<br> violated his Fourth Amendment ri... More...
$0 (07-16-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Shannon Matheny
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed bank robbery.<br> <br> Wearing a fake beard and sunglasses, Matheny walked into the First Federal Savings bank in Lorain, Ohio, brandished a silver gun, and demanded cash; he ultimately took about $4,000. When police officers stopped Matheny's car two days later, they discovered drugs, paraphernalia, and a gun. Af... More...
$0 (07-02-2025 - 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)State of Ohio v. Sean Donovan
Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felonious assault and another gun-related charge.<br> <br> On the afternoon of July 15, 2023, the victim ("A.D.") quickly walked towards the cul-de-sac of a neighborhood street, with a dog and two neighborhood children following closely behind him. Several cameras from neighboring homes and Donovan's home captured the... More...
$0 (04-28-2025 - 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)State of Ohio v. Holly Tolliver, jr.
Bellefontaine, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with g 16 counts of felonious assault on a peace officer, four counts of improperly discharging a firearm into a habitation, one count of burglary, and one count of grand theft of a firearm.<br> <br> Holly Tolliver, Jr. age 58, got into a stand off with police officers at his residence on Big Bear Path in Chippewa Park, ... More...
$0 (04-17-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Andre Whitlow
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with the being a felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Around 2:30 in the morning, Andre Whitlow was driving his mother's car. Officer<br> Thomas Kazimer observed Whitlow driving and decided to run a registration check on his<br> vehicle. The officer learned that the car's license plate was expired and pulled Whitlow ov... More...
$0 (04-16-2025 - 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. 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)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)<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)<H2> State of Ohio v. David Johnson
Lima, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of felonious assault, two counts of discharging a firearm on or near a prohibited premises and eight three-year firearm specifications after a four-day jury trial about an altercation between two families.<br> <br> David Johnson, age 42, claimed that he acted in self defense because the other family was running t... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Faisal M. Darod; Aden Abdullahi Jama </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with crimes related to armed robberies, I-70 shootout </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Central Ohio men sentenced to 25 years & 13 years in prison for crimes related to armed robberies, I-70 shootout </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br... More...
$0 (01-15-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Richard Seawright </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling Firearms Without a Federal License </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Man Sentenced to Prison for Selling Firearms Without a Federal License </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Richard Seawright, 28, of Cleveland... More...
$0 (01-15-2025 - OH)State of Ohio v. Carson Barker
Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> In September 2023, a Montgomery County jury found Defendant-Appellant Carson Baker guilty of murder and discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises, each of which included a firearm specification. The trial court imposed an aggregate prison sentence of a minimum term of 29 years to life and a max... More...
$0 (01-10-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. Timothy Hyatt </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Six Federal Drug and Gun Crimes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jefferson Parish Man Sentenced for Six Federal Drug and Gun Crimes </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> Timothy Hyatt, 36, of Akron, has been senten... More...
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