Oregon Controlled Substance Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Abel </h2> </center>
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute controlled substances, to use a communication facility and to maintain drug-involved premises in violation of 18 U.S.C. 846.... More...
$ (08-28-2026 - OR)<h2> <center> State of Oregon v. Travis James Douglas Johnson </h2> <center>
Newport, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct, ORS 163.670 (Count 1); luring a minor, ORS 167.057 (Count 2); contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor, ORS 163.435 (Count 3); and third-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.415 (Count 4). * * * The Oregon Constitution permits an amendment to an indictme... More...
$ (03-18-2025 - OR)State of Oregon v. Kenneth Scott Evers Hood
Hillsboro, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully manufacturing a Schedule I controlled substance, ORS 475.752.<br> <br> The Defendant sought to suppress the evidence against him.<br> <br> The Oregon appellate courts review the trial court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence gathered during a warrantless search for legal error. State v. Ehly, 317 Or... More...
$0 (10-29-2025 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Ezequiel Ramos Hernandez </h1></h1>
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting FBI Agents and Distributing Controlled Substances.<br> <br> A man made his first appearance in federal court today after assaulting two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents following his arrest on federal drug distribution charges.<br> <br> Ezequiel Ramos Hernandez, 28, has been charged by criminal c... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Omar Rodriguez-Salgado, Cesar Antonio Gutierrez-Doblado </h1></h1>
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Fentanyl in Portland <br> <br> Two Honduran nationals unlawfully residing in Oregon made their first appearances in federal court today after being arrested for trafficking fentanyl in East Portland.<br> <br> Omar Rodriguez-Salgado, 28, and Cesar Antonio Gutierrez-Doblado, 19, have been charged by criminal... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - OR)United States of America v. Dontae Lamont Hung
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl analogue, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute a controlled substance, unlawful possession of firearms, and laundering of monetary instruments.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (08-28-2025 - OR)Terrial Jackson v. KA-3 Associates, LLC, et al.
Portland, Oregon personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory under the Oregon Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (ORLTA), seeking damages for injuries he suffered when the plastic cover of a light fixture fell onto his head. The light fixture was mounted on the ceiling of a shared, exterior hallway outside tenant's apartment. Tenant's theory was that landlord... More...
$0 (07-19-2025 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Ricky Fontaine </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Eugene, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fentanyl Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> High Volume Central Oregon Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to More than 11 Years in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A known, high-volume Central Oregon dru... More...
$0 (04-09-2025 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Andrew Rogers </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Eugene, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing and Manufacturing Semi-Automatic Rifles and Silencers </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Springfield Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing and Manufacturing Semi-Automatic Rifles and Silencers </h2></center... More...
$0 (12-11-2024 - OR)City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, et al.
<h2><br> Grants Pass, Oregon civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued claiming that Defendant's city ordinances violated their constitutional rights by prohibiting camping on public property.<br> </h2><br> <br> Grants Pass, Oregon, is home to roughly 38,000 people, about 600 of whom are estimated to experience homelessness on a given day. Like many local governments across the Nation, G... More...
$0 (06-28-2024 - OR)United States of America v. Peter James Mirras
<font color="red"><h2><br> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with simple possession of cocaine.<br> </font </color="red"></h2><br> <br> 21 U.S.C. 844 provide:<br> <br> (a) Unlawful acts; penalties<br> <br> It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess a controlled substance unless such substance was obtained directly, or pursuant... More...
$0 (06-10-2024 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Javen James Pedro </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Fatal Fentanyl Overdose of a Teenager </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Monmouth Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose of a Teenager </h2></center><br> <br> A Monmouth, Oregon man was sentenced to fede... More...
$0 (04-30-2024 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Tanner Welsh </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i>Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with an Overdose Death of Portland Teenager. </font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Portland Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Overdose Death of Portland Teenager </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> A local man was sentenced to feder... More...
$0 (03-20-2024 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Keandre Dshawn LaMarcus Brown </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder Committed Amid Violent Robbery Spree.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Portland Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Murder Committed Amid Violent Robbery Spree </h3></center></i><br> <br> A Portland man was sentenced to 30 y... More...
$0 (03-12-2024 - OR)ANTHONY JESS COLDIRON RANGEL v. THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Appellant's first-degree felony murder charge was predicated on alternative factual theories. The State alleged the murder occurred either while Appellant was in the commission of robbery with a dangerous weapon or while in the commission of distribution of a controlled dangerous ... More...
$0 (02-05-2024 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Javier Sarabia </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a California Drug Trafficker. </b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> A Fontana, California man was sentenced to federal prison for his role in a local drug distribution ring responsible for trafficking large quanti... More...
$0 (02-01-2024 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Jonathan Ash Clark </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling Drugs to Portland High School Students.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center></i><br> <br> A local man was sentenced to federal prison today for selling drugs to Portland high school students.<br> <br> Jonathan Ash Clark, 43... More...
$0 (01-22-2024 - OR)<h1> United States of America v. Luis Angel Rivera-Huezo </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i>Portland, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> The leader of a drug distribution organization responsible for trafficking large quantities of illegal drugs into the Portland Metropolitan Area for redistribution and sale was sentenced to federal prison today.... More...
$0 (01-09-2024 - OR)United States of America v. Daniel Matthew Kittson
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.<br> <br> Daniel Matthew Kittson, 61, was convicted of one count of illegally transferring a machine gun.<br> <br> In December 2019, a special agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) learned that an individual, later identified as Kittson, possesse... More...
$0 (08-25-2023 - OR)United States of America v. Robert J. Jesenik, Andrew N. MacRitchie and Brian K. Rise
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.<br> <br> Robert J. Jesenik, 63, former chief executive officer of Aequitas and resident of Lake Oswego, Oregon; Andrew N. MacRitchie, 59, formerly of Palm Harbor, Florida; and Brian K. Rice, 56, of Portland were found guilty of conspiring with one another to commit mail and wire fraud and 28 ind... More...
$0 (05-17-2023 - OR)United States of America v. James Millegan
Portland, Oregon criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax evasion.<br> <br> James Millegan, age 65, owned and operated J.W. Millegan, Inc., a small, commission-based investment advisory business that served clients in the Portland and Salem, Oregon metropolitan areas. From 1996 to 2016, the investment firm was Millegan's only significant source of income.<br> <br> Over a seven-ye... More...
$0 (11-14-2022 - OR)United States of America v. Johnl Jackson
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged for transporting two teen girls across state lines, drugging and sexually abusing them, and selling them to other men for sex.<br> <br> In 2016, John L. Jackson, age 34, met and befriended Keonte Desmond Scott, 23, also of Vancouver, after Scott's release from prison. Jackson sold Scott cocaine and eventually began coaching him... More...
$0 (07-25-2022 - OR)United States of America v. John Armas
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug trafficking.<br> <br> John Armas, age 44, of Hillsboro operated a methamphetamine distribution cell as part of a larger drug trafficking network led by Victor Alvarez Farfan, 50, of Oregon City, Oregon. Armas would receive pounds of methamphetamine at his residence from Farfan or associates of Farfan and, in turn, tra... More...
$0 (05-26-2022 - OR)United States of America v. Thomas Gerard Mautone
Eugene, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> Thomas Gerard Mautone, 43, formerly of Newark, New Jersey, was one of five individuals who together perpetrated a monthslong scheme to convince an elderly man to invest $1 million in a fraudulent high-yield international investment scheme. In July 2015, one of Mautone's co-defendants, Jared Mack, 46, of... More...
$0 (05-13-2022 - OR)United States of America v. Andrew Aaron Lloyd
Eugene Oregon, criminal defense attorney represented Andrew Aaron Lloyd charged with <br> fraud by submitting false CARES Act loan applications.<br> <br> Andrew Aaron Lloyd, 51, of Lebanon, Oregon, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release. Lloyd was also ordered to pay more than $4 million in restitution and forfeit 25 properties and more than 15,000 shares o... More...
$0 (01-06-2022 - OR)United States of America v. Steven Dwayne Lander
Eugene, Oregon criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.<br> <br> Steven Dwayne Lander, 60, was charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs in and around Douglas County, Oregon.<br> <br> According to court documents, over the course of several months, the Douglas County Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) and the U... More...
$0 (12-10-2021 - OR)United States of America v. Robert J. Jesenick
<center><br> <img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Portland_OR_Fed.png"><br> </center><br> <br> Portland, OR - The United States of America charged Robert J. Jesenick with fraud and money laundering.<br> <br> Jesenik, a former resident of West Linn, Oregon, is charged in a 32-count indictment with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud,... More...
$0 (08-19-2020 - OR)United States of America v. Rogelio Gomez-Arias
<center><br> <img width="400" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MedfordFed.jpg?resize=300%2C226"><br> </center><br> <br> Medford, OR The United States of America charged Rogelio Gomez-Arias, age 24, with drug trafficking.<br> <br> According to court documents, in May 2018, southern Oregon law enforcement began investigating Gomez-Arias’ trafficking organization.... More...
$0 (08-09-2020 - OR)United States of America v. Phillip Allan Beach
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Wayne_L._Morse_United_States_Courthouse_corner_crop.JPG/275px-Wayne_L._Morse_United_States_Courthouse_corner_crop.JPG"><br> </center><br> Eugene, OR - Former Cottage Grove Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Stealing Methamphetamine From Evidence Locker<br> <br> Phillip Allan Beach, 49, of Cottage Grove, Orego... More...
$0 (09-08-2019 - OR)United States of America v. Skylaar Daylan Ford
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.wbdg.org/images/fed_courthouse_01.jpg"><br> </center><br> Portland, OR - Darknet Drug Dealer Sentenced to 86 Months in Federal Prison<br> <br> Skylaar Daylan Ford, 24, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced to 86 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for using the darknet to sell ecstasy to customers across the U.S.<br> <br> Accor... More...
$0 (07-11-2019 - OR)United States of America v. Joel Malcom Salt
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.wbdg.org/images/fed_courthouse_01.jpg"><br> </center><br> Portland, OR - Umatilla Man Sentenced for Strangling Victim Near Children<br> <br> Joel Malcom Salt, 29, of Umatilla, Oregon, was sentenced to time served, having already served 22 months in custody, plus three years’ supervised release for strangling his significant other in the presence of ... More...
$0 (05-28-2019 - OR)United States of America v. Amadeo Lupercio-Quezada
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.wbdg.org/images/fed_courthouse_01.jpg"><br> </center><br> Portland, OR - Jury Convicts Portland Drug Trafficker<br> <br> A federal jury in Portland returned guilty verdicts against a Portland man who was accused of distributing large quantities of methamphetamine throughout Multnomah County, Oregon.<br> <br> Amadeo Lupercio-Quezada, 39, was convicted ... More...
$0 (05-19-2019 - OR)United States of America v. Julie Ann DeMille
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.wbdg.org/images/fed_courthouse_01.jpg"><br> </center><br> Portland, OR - Portland Nurse Practioner Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Illegal Opioid Distribution<br> <br> Former nurse practitioner Julie Ann DeMille, 60, of Portland, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for illegally distributing... More...
$0 (03-31-2019 - OR)United States of America v. Eric L. Scully
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Wayne_L._Morse_United_States_Courthouse_corner_crop.JPG/275px-Wayne_L._Morse_United_States_Courthouse_corner_crop.JPG"><br> </center><br> Eugene, OR - Cottage Grove Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charges After Hash Oil Explosion<br> <br> Eric L. Scully, 35, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, pleaded guilty to en... More...
$0 (11-19-2018 - OR)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JACK HOLDEN <table> <td>
In the fall of 2007, Defendant and his associate, Lloyd Sharp, met with a group of investors from the Portland, Oregon, area to discuss the possibility of investing in a biofuel operation in Ghana.2 Defendant and Sharp had known each other for a long time, but they had reconnected and entered into a joint venture agreement only recently. The joint venture agreement provided that Defendant and Sh... More...
$0 (07-27-2018 - OR)United States of America v. Monte Robin Kaija
Portland, OR - Oregon Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison for Detonating Explosive Device in Fred Meyer Store<br> <br> Monte Robin Kaija, Jr., 47, of Portland, was sentenced on July 16, 2018 to 70 months in federal prison for detonating a small explosive device at a Fred Meyer store in Southeast Portland, and later possessing a homemade metal pipe bomb.<br> <br> According to court documen... More...
$0 (07-19-2018 - OR)United States of America v. Dyno-Nobel, Inc.
Portland, OR - Dyno-Nobel, Inc. Ordered to Pay $250,000 for Failing to Notify Federal Authorities of Anhydrous Ammonia Discharges<br> <br> U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon ordered Dyno Nobel, Inc., the owner of a urea plant near St. Helens, Oregon, to pay $250,000 for violating section 103(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), following a ser... More...
$0 (06-09-2018 - OR)Jennifer Wheeler v. Safeway, Inc. <P> <font color="red"><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28536&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">Morelaw Internet Marketing for Legal Professionals</a> <br> Helping People Find You On The Internet <br> 888-354-4529 </font>
Eugene, OR - Jennifer Wheeler sued Safeway, Inc. on a personal injury negligence theory.<br> <br> The Complaint filed by Ms. Wheeler stated in part:<br> <br> For Plaintiff Jenna Wheeler’s claims for relief against Defendant Safeway, Inc., Plaintiff states:<br> Parties<br> 1. <br> <br> Defendant Safeway, Inc., is a foreign corporation incorporated in Delaware and with its prin... More...
$0 (05-09-2018 - OR)United States of America v. Misraim Israel Briones Pasos aka Mario Ozuna
Portland, OR - Final Defendant Sentenced in Nayarit, Mexico-Based Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy<br> <br> Misraim Israel Briones Pasos aka Mario Ozuna, 36, of Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for his role in a vast conspiracy responsible for trafficking hundreds of pounds of black tar heroin from Nayarit, Mexico to the Portland metropolitan area.<br> <br> “Most ... More...
$0 (03-29-2018 - OR)Douglas Ossanna v. Nike, Inc.
Plaintiff is a licensed electrician who previously<br> worked for defendant, Nike, Inc., in its maintenance department.<br> Defendant fired plaintiff after he used one of defendant’s<br> on-site basketball courts at a prohibited time. In<br> response, plaintiff sued defendant for, among other things,<br> statutory safety complaint and whistleblower retaliation.<br> Plaintiff alleged that defenda... More...
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