Ohio Legislative Intent Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jaime Ortega-Urquidi </h2> </center>
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, with Notice of Prior Serious Drug Felony Conviction; and illegal Reentry of Alien Following Removal, with Notice of Prior Aggravated Felony Conviction. On May 28, 2025, Lorain police officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle in which Jaime Ortega-Urquidi, 63, was a ... More...
$ (03-16-2026 - OH)United States of America v. Anita Green and Amanda Hovaec
Toledo, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Amid their divorce proceedings, Amanda Hovanec killed her husband, T.H., by injecting him with etorphine, a large-animal tranquilizer. Anthony Theodorou, a man with whom Hovanec was romantically involved, shipped the etorphine to Hovanec from South Africa at her request. Hovanec and Theodorou disposed of the... More...
$ (02-16-2026 - 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)United States of America v. Darnell Kief Beckham Bell
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer Rodger Pelagalli represented the Defendant charged with possess with intent to distribute drugs.... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - OH)<H2> United States of America v. Tiawan Taylor
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - OH)<H2> United States of America v. Jaylin Iler
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography in violation of 18 USC 2252A(a)(5)(B) and (b)(2).<br> <br> (a) Any person who—<br> (1) knowingly mails, or transports or ships using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer, any ... More...
$0 (11-25-2025 - OH)<H2> United States of America v. Hernan Burgos Prada
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956(h), which provides:<br> <br> (h) Any person who conspires to commit any offense defined in this section or section 1957 shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense the commission of which was the object of the conspirac... 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. Robert Elwood Matthews
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.<br> <br> Under federal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit a criminal act, coupled with an intent to achieve the goal. In many cases, the government must also prove that at least one member of the conspiracy took an "overt act" in furthe... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Bahadar Durrant
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.<br> <br> Under federal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit a criminal act, coupled with an intent to achieve the goal. In many cases, the government must also prove that at least one member of the conspiracy took an "overt act" in furtherance of... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Lionell Coleman
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.<br> <br> Google A.I.:<br> <br> A conspiracy is a secret plan by two or more people to do something unlawful or harmful. In a legal context, it is an agreement between two or more people to commit a crime, which often requires an overt act to further the agreement. The term "conspiracy t... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - 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. Kenneth Dunnican
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances.... 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. 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. 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)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)<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)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)<h1> United States of America v. Terrell Kirkland </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring in the distribution of drugs e </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cincinnati man sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for cocaine crime </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Cincinnati man was sentenced in fed... More...
$0 (05-20-2025 - 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 possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and cocaine base.in Guernsey County </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>... More...
$0 (05-22-2025 - OH)<h1> United States of America v. David Hamilton </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing child pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Licking County man sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for possessing child pornography, making notices with plans to sexually abuse young boys</h2></center></b></b> </h2><... More...
$0 (04-22-2025 - 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. Jamill H. McDonald </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Fentanyl and Cocaine with Intent to Distribute </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Possessing Fentanyl and Cocaine with Intent to Distribute</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> ... More...
$0 (04-23-2025 - OH)Yolanda Fernandez Botello v. Saul Mendez Gonzalez
Cincinnati, Ohio family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.<br> <br> Botello married Saul Mendez Gonzalez in Springhill, Ohio, on August 16, 2004, and they had a child together in 2005. The c<br> <br> On February 3, 2023, Botello filed a complaint for divorce. As grounds for divorce, she alleged "willful absence of the Defendant for more than one year, adultery and gross neglect of ... More...
$0 (04-18-2025 - OH)United States of America v. Jay M. Sadrinia, D.M.D.
Covington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with prescribing a controlled substance without a legitimate medical purpose resulting in her death, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C).<br> <br> Sadrinia practiced dentistry for nearly 30 years. In the summer of 2020, he owned four dental offices in northern Kentucky. Three of those offices were for... More...
$0 (04-16-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Matthew Joseph Sheehan </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Arizona woman pleads guilty to transporting 50 kilograms of cocain </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Arizona woman pleaded guilty in U.S... More...
$0 (02-24-2025 - 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)<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. 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. Christopher W. Martin
Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with n two counts of aggravated murder, both unclassified felonies; two counts of murder, both unclassified felonies; and one count of kidnapping, a first-degree felony. <br> <br> The events surrounding the charged offenses occurred on May 9, 2018, at his apartment at 1008 Parsons Avenue in Columbus. <br> <br> On April 12, 20... More...
$0 (01-14-2025 - 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)United States of America v. Freddie Sanchez
Youngstown, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing cocaine.<br> <br> In October 2020, the FBI began investigating Justin Stanley ("Stanleyâ€), a fentanyl and cocaine supplier, who was centered in Marion, Ohio. The Stanley Drug Trafficking Organization ("Stanley DTOâ€) had supply connections to Chicago, Illinois, Lorain, Ohio, and Columbus, O... More...
$0 (12-20-2024 - 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. Ontario M. Yarbrough </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy involving drugs mailed from Arizona </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Columbus man sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for role in conspiracy involving drugs mailed from Arizona</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> ... More...
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