Pennsylvania Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
 

United States of America v. Andrew Knepp

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE 50 GRAMS OR MORE OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND 500 GRAMS OR MORE OF A MIXTURE AND SUBSTANCE CONTAINING A DETECTABLE AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINE, A SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ... More...
   $0 (10-22-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Tai Ward

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to unlawfully distribute a schedule III controlled substance (drug). ... More...    $0 (10-22-2025 - PA)

Common Wealth of Pennsylvania v. Stanley West

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Stanley West, age 37, is accused for shooting and killing Rakesh "Rocky" Ehagaban, age 50, and injuring a woman.

Martin Devine, acting chief of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, released a statement early Saturday morning saying, "The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police is grateful to the incr... More...
   $0 (10-22-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Ernest Harris

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Harris moved to suppress the firearms and ammunition found in his home claiming the FBI lacked probable cause.... More...
   $0 (10-22-2025 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Cody Balmer

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aarson.

Cody Balmer was accused for setting firm to the Pennsylvania governor's mansion.... More...
   $0 (10-14-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Richard Adamsky

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.

United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Richard Adamsky, 66, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged by indictment with one count of receipt and attempted receip... More...
   $0 (09-30-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Derrick Polk

Johnstown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine Trafficking

A resident of Long Beach, California, has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, on his convictions of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting United State... More...
   $0 (09-30-2025 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Jane Doe

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer will represented the Defendant charged with car jacking, and eluding

Jane Doe carjacked a car, fled from police when they tried to stop her, struck two vehicles, and hit the side of the Omni William Penn Holtel.

The Police had to fase Jan Doe to take her into custody.... More...
   $0 (10-12-2025 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Darwin Gudiel-Grijalva

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with shooting a firearm.

Darwin Gudiel-Grijalva of Illinois, age 37, was accused of firing several shots after an argument outside a bar.... More...
   $0 (10-12-2025 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Christian Bey

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Christian Bey was accused of killing Calvin Hall, an off-duty Pittsburgh Police Officer.... More...
   $0 (10-10-2025 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Donnell Brunson

Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Donnell Brunson was accused of brutally beating and murdering Danielle Barbuti in Scranton’s Hill Section.

During trial prosecutors demonstrated that intimate partner violence is not just physical. It is emotional, psychological, and rooted in abuse and control. This case... More...
   $0 (09-12-2025 - PA)

Jose Montanez v. Paula Price, et al.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, pro se Plaintiff used the Defendants on Eighth Amendment violation theories.

The protections afforded by the Eighth Amendment, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., and the Rehabilitation Act (RA), 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., do not stop at the prison gates. So when an inmate, whether counseled or pro se, claims that prison officials ... More...
   $0 (10-10-2025 - PA)

Billy Gowans, Jr. v. Zachary Axom, et al.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pro se Plaintiff challenged reverse mortgage executed by his Mother.

In January 2025, Gowan filed an amended complaint in the District Court against defendants Zachary Axsom, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Compu-Link Corporation, and the First Mortgage Servicing Department (“Defendants”) alleging fraudulent inducement of a rev... More...
   $0 (10-10-2025 - PA)

Chhean Jones v. United States of America, et al.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pro se Plaintiff sued on constitutional rights violations.

Jones, was indicted on federal criminal charges, and he brought a Bivens action against the United States, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), 12 unnamed federal agents, and “the Government’s Attorney,” for alleged constitutional violations arising from the grand jury proceedings. He alleged tha... More...
   $0 (10-10-2025 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Michael McHugh

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aggravated Assault (F2) and VUFA 6105 (M1).

Michael McHughe, age 43, was accused for shooting at a Philadelphia Police Officer in December 2023.

On the evening of December 31, 2023, Philadelphia police responded to a report of an individual with a firearm at a rooming house located on the ... More...
   $0 (10-10-2025 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Michael Bohl

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary.

Michael Bohl, age 37, was accused for attempting to break into several homes.

Northern Regional police say at some point, Bohl successfully got inside one of those houses, where he apparently made himself at home and even made himself a snack before allegedly damaging and stealing f... More...
   $0 (10-10-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Richard DiStefano

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Guilty to Stealing Valuable Coins From Bank Safe Deposit Box.

United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Richard DiStefano, 65, of Paoli, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Judge Timothy J. Savage on one count of bank larceny.

DiStefano was ch... More...
   $0 (09-30-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Ashok Panigrahy

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating federal law regarding the sexual exploitation of minors.

A resident of Chicago, Illinois, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 48 months of imprisonment, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal law regarding the ... More...
   $0 (09-30-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Ashok Panigrahy

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material.

A resident of Chicago, Illinois, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 48 months of imprisonment, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal law regarding the sexual exploitation of ... More...
   $0 (09-30-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Derrick Polk

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine Trafficking

A resident of Long Beach, California, has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, on his convictions of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting United Stat... More...
   $0 (09-30-2025 - PA)

Christopher Jack Cooper v. Novo Nordisk, Inc., et al.

Trenton, New Jersey, personal injury lawyer representing the Plaintiff who sued on a product liability theory.

Novo Nordisk faces multidistrict litigation (MDL 3094) for its GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, which are alleged to cause severe gastrointestinal injuries, particularly gastroparesis. The lawsuits claim a "failure to warn" by Novo Nordisk, asserting the... More...
   $0 (10-02-2025 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Khalid Jamiar Jones

Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aggravated Assault, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Simple Assault, and other related charges.... More...    $0 (10-02-2025 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. John Kelly

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with murder, violation of the uniform firearms act, possessing an instrument of crime and tampering with evidence. ... More...    $0 (10-02-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Neil K. Anand

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud.... More...    $0 (10-02-2025 - PA)

Annamarie Alston v. United Parcel Service, Inc.

Allentown, Pennsylvania, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory.... More...    $1 (10-02-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Darryl Elliott

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs resulting in death.... More...    $0 (10-02-2025 - PA)

William Borden v. Mainline Conveyor Systems, Inc.

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a product liability claim.

This was a product liability lawsuit filed by William Borden against Mainline Conveyor Systems after a conveyor belt accident in 2022, in which Borden alleged the conveyor was a defective and unreasonably dangerous product. ... More...
   $0 (10-02-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Timothy Omo-Taiga

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.... More...    $0 (10-02-2025 - PA)

Jessica Segraves v. Lycoming County Commission, et al.

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Family and Medical Leave Act violation theory.... More...    $1 (10-02-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Jeremy Edward Johnson

Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.

On December 11, 2020, Joshua Kiernan died of an overdose on a combination of heroin and fentanyl. At the scene of the overdose, law enforcement recovered a syringe and two loose empty plastic bags that they suspected had contained drugs. One of the loose bags... More...
   $0 (10-02-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Lashaumba O. Randolph

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 2, and use of fire in the commission of that fraud, in violation of
18 U.S.C. §§ 844(h)(1) and 2.1.

During a bench trial, witnesses identified the Camaro as a stolen vehicle that Randoph claimed to own and had insured. Specifically, a police o... More...
   $0 (10-02-2025 - PA)

Charles Darnell Jones v. Jerry Hobeck, et al.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

In 2022, Jones filed a complaint alleging a conspiracy to arrest and jail him in violation of his constitutional rights... More...
   $0 (10-02-2025 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Tyler Matthew Woeppel

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant accused for retail theft.charged with charged with ... More...    $0 (09-26-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Kaylee Ann Widmer

Scranton, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone and 40 grams and more of fentanyl resulting in death

Kaylee Ann Widmer, age 25, of Thornhurst, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 21 years’ for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone and 40 grams and more of fentanyl result... More...
   $0 (09-26-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Darwin Abudeye-Perez, et al.

Williamsport, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Assault, Conspiracy And Weapons Charges

Multiple inmates of the Federal Correctional Center Allenwood, Allenwood, Pennsylvania, were indicted on assault, conspiracy and weapons charges.

The indictment alleges that on June 2, 2023, at FCC Allenwood, Darwin Abudeye-Perez, Alex Ferrufino, Miguel Lopez,... More...
   $0 (09-26-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Richard Burk

Williamsport, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud


Richard Burke, age 76, of Milan, Pennsylvania, plead guilty to wire fraud.


From April 2005 until March 7, 2022, Burke withdrew $350,634.23 of his deceased mother’s Social Security Retirement, Survivors and Disability (RSDI) benefits and Veterans Affairs death pension benefit pa... More...
   $0 (09-26-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Jose Urena-Capellan

Harrisburg, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Offense

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Urena-Capellan, age 40, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on a drug trafficking offense.

According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus,... More...
   $0 (09-26-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. Vincent Guntur, Angelica Jones

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Failing To Pay Employment Taxes

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Vincent Guntur, age 34, of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, and Angelica Jones, age 65, of Hauppauge, New York, both pleaded guilty before Senior United States District Judge Malachy E. Ma... More...
   $0 (09-19-2025 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Jose Soto, Jr.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal homicide and robbery.

Jose Soto, age 25, was charged with killing Stephen Williams, age 42, whose body was found in the Ohio River.... More...
   $0 (09-19-2025 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Alexis Herrera

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Alexis Herrera, 25, was charged with first-degree murder in the 2020 death of 3-year-old Bella Seachrist

According to the criminal complaint, Herrera lived with her sister, Laura Ramriez, Bella’s stepmother, and Ramriez’s husband, Jose Salazar-Ortiz Sr., Bella’s bio... More...
   $0 (03-07-2025 - PA)

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