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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...

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<H2> United States of America v. Eskender Getchew

Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully prescribed controlled substances, including opioids, without a legitimate medical purpose. kender Getachew is a medical doctor who operated a clinic in Columbus, Ohio, that provided treatment to patients suffering from opioid addiction. The federal government alleged that Dr. Getachew unlawfully pres... More...

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United States of America v. Devin Long

Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession and firearm felonies. 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...

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United States of America v. Jaaviaid Alan McCarley-Connin

Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. On February 8, 2021, a package was shipped through the Cleveland United States Postal Service distribution center. It was addressed to Adrian Garcia in South Gate, California, from a D. McCarley at a Tiffin Street address in Fostoria, Ohio. The package raised postal inspectors' suspi... More...

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United States of America v. Devante Glenn

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling drugs that led to an overdose death, appeals his conviction on two counts of distributing carfentanil, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Â§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C), and one count of using a telecommunications device to facilitate the transaction, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Â§ 843(b). On July 19,... More...

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The State of Ohio v. Stphen Coker

Bowling Green, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with raping his wife. Appellee, Stephen Coker Jr., and S.O. met at a religious conference in Texas in November 2014. The two kept in contact, and about a month after the conference, S.O. visited Coker in Ohio. Prior to that visit, S.O. made it clear to Coker that she would not have sex with him unless they were ... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Hector Linares, Edil A. Martinez-Padilla, Carlos Daniel Romero-Esborar </h1></h1>

<h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Immigration Violations </font/color="red"></center><center> Northern District of Ohio U.S. Attorney's Office Charges Multiple Defendants with Immigration Violations</h2></center> </h2></center> The U.S. Attorney's Office (... More...

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State of Ohio v. Joshua Weideman

<h2> Medina, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. </h2> {¶ 2} Around 2:00 a.m. on July 12, 2020, an officer with the Montville Township police was driving southbound on River Styx Road when he observed a crashed motorcycle in the roadway. The officer also observed two men standing on the side... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Davon L. Rayford </h1>

<h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with firing weapon in parking lot of Polaris area golf entertainment venue </center><center> Columbus man who fired weapon in parking lot of Polaris area golf entertainment venue sentenced to 10 years in prison</h2></center></b... More...

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Alvin Moore v. Coca-Cola Bottling Company, et al.

<h2> Cincinnati, Ohio civil rights job discrimination lawyer represented the Plaintiff. </h2> Alvin Moore ("Moore") held various positions at Coca-Cola Bottling Company ("CCBC") from 2015 to 2018. In March 2017, Moore was involved in an accident at work and underwent drug testing, pursuant to CCBC's drug and alcohol policy. Moore tested positive for marijuana, although the am... More...

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Estate of Isaiah Andrews v. City of Cleveland, Ohio, et al.

<h2> Justice went to hell in Cleveland, Ohio when Isaiah Andrews was convicted in 1974 for murdering his wife. </h2> Isaiah Andrews spent nearly 46 years in prison for the alleged 1974 murder of his wife. After an Ohio court determined that the government failed to turn over key exculpatory evidence, Ohio granted Andrews a new trial, and a new jury found him not guilty. He filed a... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Willie Earl Jackson; Shane Plats </h1>

<h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with sales of firearms without a license. </color="red"></h2></center><h2Ohio<center> New criminal provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act deters/prohibit sales of firearms without a license </h2></center> Willie Earl... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Yousif Mubarak </h1>

<h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making interstate threats. </h2></center><h2><center>Canal Winchester man sentenced to prison for making interstate threats to law enforcement, court officials & businesses, calling in bomb threats to local schools</h2></center></font color... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Aimenn D. Penny </h1>

<h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firebombing a Church.</h2></center> Aimenn D. Penny, 20, of Alliance, Ohio, was arrested and charged last year with one count of violating the Church Arson Prevention Act, one count of using fire to commit a federal felony, one count of malici... 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 No. 18-3993 United States v. Shepherd Page 2 distribution of child pornography under 18 U.S.C. Â§ 2252(a)(2). The district court sentenced Shepherd to 96 months in prison and six years of supervised release and ... 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 defendantâ€ that are automatically excludable under 18 U.S.C. Â§ 3161(h)(1) ... 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 Page ... 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 No. 17-2024 Chaney v. United States Page 2 record included convictions for one "serious drug offenseâ€ and two "violent felon[ies],â€ Chaney was sentenced as an armed career criminal, subject to the Armed Career Cr... More...

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United States of America v. Azat Martirossian

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in a bribery scheme to bribe a Kazakh official on behalf of Rolls-Royce Energy Systems, Inc., an Ohio subsidiary of a British firm. Federal courts do not play "catch me if you can.â€ If a defendant refuses to show up to answer an indictment, ignores an arrest warrant, or leaves the jurisdicti... 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 ("Steeleâ€) of (1) Racketeering Conspiracy ("RICO Conspiracyâ€) under 18 U.S.C. Â§ 1962(d), and (2) Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a... 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. Â§ 922(g). The United States argues the district court erre... More...

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United States of America v. Sirous Asgari

In 2012, federal agents learned that Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari was working on cutting-edge metallurgy research at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The government suspected that Asgari had lied on his visa application and had transmitted scientific information to Iran in violation of American sanctions laws. Investigators applied for a warrant to searc... More...

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United States of America v. Tamela Lee

Defendant Tamela M. Lee ("Defendantâ€ or "Leeâ€) appeals from the district court judgment convicting her on six counts after a plea of not guilty and sentencing her to a total term of sixty months' imprisonment. Counts One through Four concerned conspiracy to commit honest services mail and wire fraud, honest services mail fraud, Hobbs Act conspiracy, and Hobbs... 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. Â§ 2119(2)â€”carjacking resulting in serious bodily injuryâ€”and 18 U.S.C. Â§ 924(c)(1)(A)(ii)â€”using, carrying, or possessing a firearm during a crime... 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 164â€“65) (Page ID #8903â€“04). <b... 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. Richard Parrish

Richard Parrish had a cellphone in prison. After a woman outside the prison informed prison officials that he had been texting her, Parrish was charged with misdemeanor possession of contraband and pleaded guilty. The district court sentenced Parrish to five months in prison to run consecutively to his 250-month prison sentence for > No. 18-1178 United States v. Parrish Pa... 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 final s... 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 investigation into a child pornography website known as "Playpen.â€ Andrew Moorehead was indicted for possession and receipt of child pornography based on his activity on the website. > No. 18-5216 United States v. Moorehead Page 2 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 investigation into a child pornography website known as "Playpen.â€ Andrew Moorehead was indicted for possession and receipt of child pornography based on his activity on the website. > No. 18-5216 United States v. Moorehead Page 2 He moved to suppress the evidence against him, arguing that it was obtained... More...

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Melinda Griffin v. Social Security Disability

Dayton, Ohio social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW. DIWC (Disabled Insured Worker's Claim) Disability program for adults who have worked enough to have "insured statusâ€ under the Social Security System. For disability, a worker must have worked above a minimum amount 5 out of t... 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...

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Brooke Clark v. A&L Homecare and Training Center, LLC, et al.

Cincinnati, Ohio employment law lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violation theory. In September 2020, the named plaintiffs-a number of former "home-health aides"- brought this suit against A&L Homecare &Training, LLC and its owners (collectively, "A&L") under the FLSA and Ohio law. The plaintiffs alleged that A&L had paid the... More...

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United States of America v. Michael J. Zacharias

Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor. Michael J. Zacharias, a priest, was charged with five counts of sex trafficking. The charges related to three victims, two of whom Zacharias trafficked when they were minors and as adults. Evidence presented to the jury detailed how Zacharias paid the victims to engage in sex acts wi... More...

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Brooks and Mika Jones v. Mary Lynne Newsome and Paul Schamb

Cleveland, Ohio civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on nuisance theories claiming that they were being adversely impacted by the outdoor pizza owned owned and used by the Defendants. <table> <h1> <center> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Cleveland_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Cleveland, Ohio"> ... More...

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State of Ohio v. Aldridge Ricahrd

In 1985, petitioners-appellees, M. Jenny Wilcox and Robert Dale Aldridge, were convicted of several counts of child sexual abuse and related offenses, and were each sentenced to life imprisonment. A full ten years later their convictions were vacated and a new trial was granted by the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas in a civil proceeding brought pursuant to R.C. 2953.21. The state appeals... More...

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United States of America v. Yanjun Xu

Cincinnati, Ohio criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with economic espionage and theft of trade secrets. Yanjun Xu, 42, targeted American aviation companies, recruited employees to travel to China, and solicited their proprietary information, all on behalf of the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC). "As proven at trial, the defendant, a Chinese govern... More...

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United States of America v. Tywon D. Cason

Cleveland, Ohio criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Without the reduction, Cason's advisory Guidelines range became 100 to 125 months. The court varied downward based on Cason's difficult childhood and mental health challenges, imposing concurrent 96-month sentences on both counts of conviction. Because the 96-month ... More...

$0 (09-27-2022 - OH)

State of Ohio v. Justus Woodard

Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felonious assault, abduction and domestic violence. {¶ 2} On February 19, 2020, a Montgomery County grand jury returned an indictment charging Woodard with one count of felonious assault in violation of R.C. 2903.11(A)(1), a felony of the second degree; one count of abduction in violation of R.C. 2905.02(A)(2), ... More...

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RICKI BRADSHAW v. AMBER BRADSHAW

<center><h3><h3> Lima, Ohio - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with appealing the judgment decision granting the parties a divorce. </h3></center></center> Ricki and Amber Bradshaw were married on March 31, 2015. Two minor children were born of the marriage, T.B. (YOB: 2016) and F.B. (YOB: 2020). On May 28, 2021, Ri... More...

$0 (08-09-2022 - OH)