Ohio Internet Law

<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...

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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...

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<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...

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<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...

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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...

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<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...

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<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...

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<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...

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<h2? In re: MCP No. 185, Federal Communications Commission, etc.

Cincinnati, Ohio civil litigation lawyers represented the parties challenging net neutrality policies adopted by the FCC.<br> <br> As Congress has said, the Internet has "flourished, to the benefit of all Americans, with a<br> minimum of government regulation.” 47 U.S.C. § 230(a)(4). The Federal Communications<br> Commission largely followed this command from the Telecommunications Act of... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. David Walker </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Akron, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession and Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Materials </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Possession and Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Materials </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center>... More...

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James Rauh v. Zheng, et al.

<h2><br> Akron, Ohio personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful death theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> Qinsheng Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd: <br> We are a leading pharmaceutical company, honored as the high-tech enterprise which engaged in researching, manufacturing and exporting advanced pharmaceutical intermediates, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) and other... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Devin Bailey </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sextortion, child pornography crimes </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fairfield County man sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for sextortion, child pornography crimes</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Devin Baile... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Joshua Robert Flick </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Sean&l=Pharr&i=145360&z=41017" target="_new">Sean Thomas Pharr</a> represented the Defendant charged with Distribution of Child Pornography </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Cincinnati Man Sentenced for Distribution of Child... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Paul G. Fox </h1>

<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Cincinnati, Ohio Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant a Jackson Woman Sentenced to Prison as Armed Career Criminal</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <b><h2><center><i> Southern District of Ohio </h2></center></i></b><br> <br> Paul G. Fox, 48, of Franklin, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 144 months in prison ... More...

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United States of America v. Ronald Bedford

This case is one of many that have arisen from the government's <br> investigation into a child pornography website known as "Playpen.” Andrew Moorehead was <br> indicted for possession and receipt of child pornography based on his activity on the website. <br> ><br> No. 18-5216 United States v. Moorehead Page 2<br> He moved to suppress the evidence against him, arguing that it was obtained... More...

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United States of America v. Andrew Moorehead

This case is one of many that have arisen from the government's <br> investigation into a child pornography website known as "Playpen.” Andrew Moorehead was <br> indicted for possession and receipt of child pornography based on his activity on the website. <br> ><br> No. 18-5216 United States v. Moorehead Page 2<br> He moved to suppress the evidence against him, arguing that it was obtained... More...

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MARK J. BROWN v. FUKUVI USA INC., et al.

<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Dayton, Ohio - Employment Law lawyer represented defendant with appealing from a s breach of contract claim. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> <br> {¶ 1} Plaintiff-Appellant, Mark Brown, appeals from the trial court's order granting<br> the motion for summary judgment of Defendant-Appellee, Fukuvi USA, Inc. ("Fukuviâ€�... More...

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ANDREA M.K. PRUITT v. JACOB W. PRUITT

<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Dayton, Ohio - Divorce lawyer represented Defendant-Appellant with appealing from a final judgment and decree of divorce. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> Jacob and Andrea married in Dover, Delaware, on June 23, 2012. Both had<br> previously been married, and each had a daughter from the prior relationship. Together <br> t... More...

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THE STATE OF OHIO v. BRINKMAN

<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Columbus, OH - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a direct appeal in a capital case. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> A. The Johns' bodies are discovered<br> {¶ 3} The John family had known Brinkman for some time. According to <br> Gene's son, Jason, the family met Brinkman a decade earlier when Brinkman<... More...

$0 (07-31-2022 - OH)
United States of America v. Timothy W. Wright

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sexually exploiting at least five minors and possessing child pornography.<br> <br> Timothy W. Wright admitted to placing a hidden camera in the bathroom of his home, thereby producing pornographic images of two minors via that hidden camera. To save videos or images of the minors from the hidden camera to his phone, Wright ... More...

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United States of America v. Derrick Lamont Jones

Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit auto theft.<br> <br> From 2003 through 2019, Derrick Lamont Jones, ate 57, of Toledo, conspired together with codefendant Kelly Marie Thomas to steal, conceal and transport motorcoach buses. Court records state that between April 2003 and April 2009, Jones stole several buses from businesses in Ohio and e... More...

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United States of America v. Brenton Cronebach, Jr.

Akron, Ohio criminal defense transportation of child pornography charge lawyer.<br> <br> Brenton Cronebach, Jr., 56, of Dover, Ohio, was indicting for transporting child pornography.<br> <br> "Accessing and transporting child pornography contributes to the abuse and exploitation of children here and around the world,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler. "Today's sentence... More...

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United States of America v. Randall Hollon

<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with <br> a one count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On June 23, 2016, employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Boston, <br> Massachusetts, Field Office and the Arlington, Massachusetts, Police Department executed a <br> se... More...

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United States of America v. Andrew Demma

<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possessing child pornography. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In February 2015, FBI agents seized a computer server used to host a child-pornography <br> website. The website operated through "Tor,” a network designed for anonymous internet use. <br> Users of Tor must downloa... More...

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United States of America v. Adam Libbey-Tipton

<center><h2><font color="red"><center>Cleveland, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with three counts of accessing and possessing child pornography. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In late 2014, the FBI became aware of the website on the dark web called "Playpen,” a <br> forum dedicated to the advertisement and distribution of child pornography. The FBI eventually <b... More...

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United States of America v. Robert Doggart -

<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of transmitting a threat to kill or injure someone in interstate commerce. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In 2014, Doggart, a nuclear engineer and former congressional candidate, became <br> convinced that an Islamic community in New York, self-identified as "Islamberg,â�... More...

$0 (12-05-2021 - OH)
United States of America v. ADAM CHRISTOPHER COLLARD (19-2151); JOSEPH ALAN COLLARD (19-2153)

<center><h2><font color="red"><center>Cincinnati, Ohio- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with various charges related to possession of child pornography. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Defendants were indicted in 2018 on various child pornography-related charges stemming <br> from an FBI investigation based in the Eastern District of Virginia. In February and March of <br> 201... More...

$0 (10-26-2021 - OH)
United States of America v. Dwayne Sheckles

<center><h2><font color="red"><center>Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with<br> five counts involving drug or firearm offenses charges.</h2></font></b></i></center> <br> <br> The case against Sheckles stems from an investigation of three other people occurring <br> almost a decade before he arrived on the government's radar. In 2007, the Louisville office of <br> th... More...

$0 (09-29-2021 - OH)
STATE OF OHIO v. TYREE LEWIS

<center><h2><font color="red"> Akron, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Tyree Lewis with appealing his classification him as a Tier II sex offender. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The victim's mother ("Y.F.”) was in an on-and-off relationship with Mr. Lewis <br> through the years. The victim ("K.F.”) is Y.F.'s daughter, who by all accounts was a troubled <br> teenag... More...

$0 (06-18-2021 - OH)
STATE OF OHIO v. DEVAUGHNTE RICE

<center><h2><font color="red"> Cleveland, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Devaughnte Rice with a weapons while under disability charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In January 2019, Rice and his codefendants, David Wagner ("Wagner”) <br> and Richard Pinson, Jr. ("Pinson”), were named in a 12-count indictment, charging <br> them with aggravated murder in violatio... More...

$0 (06-19-2021 - OH)
STATE OF OHIO v. GARY D. LEE, JR

<center><h2><font color="red"> Youngstown, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Gary D. Lee, Jr. with two counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor and two counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On September 29, 2020, the trial court issued a judgment entry in <br> conformance with App. R. 9(D)2, which incorpora... More...

$0 (06-14-2021 - OH)
State of Ohio v. Christopher Brown

<center><h2><font color="red"> Toledo, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Christopher Brown with four counts of rape and one count of corrupting another with drugs charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On March 21, 2019, appellant was indicted on four counts of rape in <br> violation of R.C. 2907.02(A)(1)(b) and (B), felonies of the first degree, two counts of <br> rape in vi... More...

$0 (06-09-2021 - OH)
State of Ohio, ex rel. Kevin Ball v. Judge Tygh M. Tone

<center><h2><font color="red"> Toledo, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Kevin Ball with filing a petition for a writ of procedendo. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> To be entitled to a writ of procedendo, relator must demonstrate "a clear <br> legal right to require the court to proceed, a clear legal duty on the part of the court to <br> proceed, and the lack of an adequate rem... More...

$0 (06-09-2021 - OH)
STATE OF OHIO -vs- LAMAR HOWELL

<center><h2><font color="red">Canton, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Lamar Howell with Aggravated Possession of Drugs; Count Two: Having Weapons While Under Disability and Count Three: Possession of a Fentanyl-Related Compound charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> {¶2} On November 25, 2019 Howell was indicted for Count One: Aggravated <br> Possession of Drugs, in violatio... More...

$0 (06-10-2021 - OH)
STATE OF OHIO -vs- ALAN SCHUBERT

<center><h2><font color="red"> Canton, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Alan Schubert with aggravated vehicular homicide and six counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> {¶2} On June 20, 2018, Appellant was operating a Jeep Grand Cherokee in the <br> southbound lane of State Route 37 in Licking County at about 65-69 miles per hou... More...

$0 (06-10-2021 - OH)
STATE OF OHIO v. KENNETH RICHEY

<center><h2><font color="red"> Lima, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Kenneth T. Richey with aggravated murder and aggravated arson charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> {¶2} Randall Basinger ("Basinger”) worked as an assistant prosecutor in <br> Putnam County in between 1981 and 1987. Tr. 312. In 1986, Basinger became the <br> lead prosecutor in a case that resulted in ... More...

$0 (06-06-2021 - OH)
STATE OF OHIO v. GREGORY S. WAGNER

<center><h2><font color="red"> Springfield, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Gregory S. Wagner with an appeal from his conviction in for one count of gross sexual imposition, and from his convictions for six counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On August 18, 2017, Wagner was arrested on charges pending against him... More...

$0 (06-04-2021 - OH)
STATE OF OHIO v. JEFFREY A. KARNS

<center><h2><font color="red"> Springfield, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Jeffrey A. Karns with a domestic violence charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> {¶ 3} On June 5, 2020, an indictment was filed in the Greene County Common <br> Pleas Court charging Karns with domestic violence for having knowingly caused or having <br> attempted to cause physical harm to a family or h... More...

$0 (06-03-2021 - OH)
STATE OF OHIO vs. LAWRENCE SIPPLE

<center><h2><font color="red"> Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Lawrence Sipple with a attempted voyeurism charge</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> {¶2} Melvina Chestnut was standing in line at an event held by the Lord's <br> Gym, a charitable organization in Cincinnati, Ohio. Chestnut testified that Sipple, <br> whom she described as an "acquaintance,” came up ... More...

$0 (05-02-2021 - OH)
STATE OF OHIO VS. SIERRA SMITH

<center><h2><font color="red"> Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Sierra Smith with a telecommunications harassment charge</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Prompted by jealousy, a relational turf war resulted in a <br> telecommunications harassment conviction after defendant-appellant Sierra Smith <br> launched a threatening Facebook message to her boyfriend's ex. On app... More...

$0 (05-02-2021 - OH)