Pennsylvania Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Zaakir McClendon </h2> </center>
Philadelphia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of third-degree murder, two counts of conspiracy to commit murder, four counts of attempted murder, and related crimes. Zaakir McClendon was accused of murdering 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde, the wounding of four other children outside Roxborough High School in 2022 and for fatally shooting 16-year-old Nafi... More...
$ (09-15-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Manoach Chayaud </h2> </center>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the I.R.S. in violation of 19 U.S.C. 371. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Manoach Chayaud, age 43, of Carmel, Indiana, recruited two individuals to assist him in a scheme to file fa... More...
$ (09-05-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Joseph Lipinsky </h2> </center>
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child less than 16 years of age, indecent assault, unlawful contact with a minor, and corruption of minors. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Joseph Lipinsky,... More...
$ (09-03-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marco Laboy-Torres </h2> </center>
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Marco Laboy-Torres, age 47, of York, Pennsylvania, was accused of participating in a criminal co... More...
$ (09-03-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Zachary Velling </h2> </center>
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with possession of an unregistered firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. 5861(d). Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> on November 12, 2024, Zachary Velling, 27, of Morgantown, West Virginia, entered security at the P... More...
$ (09-03-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Daryl F. Heller </h2> <center>
Allentown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud in violation of 15 U.S.C. 78j(b) and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Daryl F. Heller, 56, of Lititz, Pennsylvania, controlled and was the majorit... More...
$ (08-11-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. William D. Brenner </h2> </center>
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343 and unlawful monetary transactions in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> William D. Brenner, age 62, allegedly defrauded an elderly vic... More...
$ (08-12-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Curtis John Shupe </h2> </center>
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government property in violation of 18 U.S.C. 641 and misure of position of representative payee in violation of 42 U.S.C. 408(a)(5). Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> From in and around September ... More...
$ (08-11-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Luis Rojas Cay </h2> </center>
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), and carrying a weapons on an aircraft in violation of 49 U.S.C 46505(b)(2). Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> On or about April 26, 2024,... More...
$ (08-06-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Raabitah Reynolds </h2> </center>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession of drugs with intent to distribute, criminal conspiracy, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, criminal use of communications facility, and simple possession of drugs. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Ke... More...
$ (07-17-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. William Schneider and William Petruskie </h2> </center>
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with 86 counts of forgery, 35 counts of theft, 8 counts of criminal attempt and criminal conspiracy. Petruskie’s charges include 10 counts of theft and criminal conspiracy. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Wi... More...
$ (07-17-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mark Snedden </h2> </center>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit federal program bribery in violation of 18 U.S.c. 371 and making a false claim in violation of 18 U.S.C. 287. Mark 1 Restoration Company (“Mark 1”) and its owner Mark Snedden have agreed to a $7,257,232.12 resolution of civil claims arising from kickbacks that Mark 1 paid to an A... More...
$ (07-17-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Omar Barron </h2> <center>
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to account for an pay over employment taxes in violation of 26 O.S. 7202. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a>... More...
$ (07-17-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Akeem Evans </h2> <center>
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking fentanyl and cocaine base. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Akeem Evans, 30, possessed with intent to distribute, and distribute, a quantity of fentanyl on March 13, 2024, and possession with i... More...
$ (07-17-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Jose Melendez </h2> </center>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with indecent assault of a person less than 13 years of age, endangering welfare of children ("EWOC"), and corruption of minors. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> The Defendant was the stepfather of N.V.-S. ("V... More...
$ (07-03-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Timothy Riddy </h2> </center>
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging conspiracy to distribute controlled substances (drugs) and distribution of controlled drugs in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846.... More...
$ (07-03-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Xiang Yuan, M.D. </h2> </center>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the Controlled Substances Act. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Xiang Yuan, M.D., practices medicine in Potttown, Pennsylvania, and was accused by the United States of ailing to maintain comple... More...
$ (07-03-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Dimitris Smith, Jr. </h2> </center>
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributiong controlled substances and distributing fentanyl resulting in death. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Dimitris Smith, Jr., age 48, of Whitehall, Pennsylvania, distributed a deadly dose of fentany... More...
$ (07-03-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michael D. Funovits </h2> </center>
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to pay over to the Internal Revenue Service payroll taxes he collected on behalf of his businesses. <center><h2> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/pennsylvania/lawyers/pittsburgh/criminal_defense.asp"target="_new"><h2>Click Here For The Best Pittsburgh Criminal Defense Lawyer Directory</h2></a></fo... More...
$ (07-02-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Thomas Pipich </h2> </center>
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Thomas Pipich, age 74, tole millions of dollars from an investment client in order to conceal losses he incurred on behalf of another client. In 2005, Pipich helped t... More...
$ (06-02-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Krandon Wenger </h2> </center>
Allentown, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fire fraud. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Krandon Wenger, 25, of Lititz, Pennsylvania, was charged with two counts of wire fraud, arising from a pandemic program fraud scheme in which he defrauded the go... More...
$ (06-02-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Hakime Cooper </h2> </center>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with retaliation against a witness/victim and harassment. At trial, Levonda Barnes testified that, during the morning of May 20, 2024, she gave testimony in a trial where she was the victim. N.T., Specifically, she testified for the Commonwealth, and against the Defendant, in courtroom 704 in the Philadelp... More...
$ (04-22-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Tahirah Stewart </h2> </center>
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charge with hit and run driving. Tahirah Stewart, 36, was driving when her vehicle she struck a child in the 2400 block of Derry Street. She is charged with failing to stop.... More...
$ (04-23-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Dieufort July </h2> </center>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with 22 crimes for the crash that injured five people, including six first-degree felonies for aggravated assault. Joly’s Haitian passport was taken into evidence upon his arrest. Police did not recover any weapons from his vehicle.... More...
$ (04-23-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Elizabeth Goss </h2> </center>
Erie, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and theft of government property. Elizabeth Goss, age 43, was accused of while working at the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, accepted unauthorized payments from unemployment compensation claimants to approve and expedite Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and other pandemic-related unempl... More...
$ (04-22-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Randy Welch and Earnest Morant </h2> </center>
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit SNAP benefit fraud. Randy Welch, age 46, of Michigan, and Earnest Morant, age 58, of Harrisburg, engaged in a conspiracy to submit fraudulent SNAP benefits applications and then exchange the resulting electronic benefits transfer cards for cash. To further the conspiracy, Welch alleged... More...
$ (04-22-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Andre Pitts </h2> </center>
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with uttering counterfeit obligations and theft of government property. Andre Plitts, age 21, deposited an altered version of a U.S. Treasury check in the amount of $62,211. The check had been issued in February 2023 to another individual related to that person’s income tax return, with the memo line of the ch... More...
$ (04-16-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Eugene K. Antwi </h2> </center>
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony identity theft and theft by deception. Eugene K. Antwi, a 26-year-old from Brooklyn, was accused of using stolen credit cards to by more than $66,000 in liquor from stores across Pennsylvania.... More...
$ (04-13-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Calvin Morris </h2> </center>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-46. Police stopped [Morris’s] vehicle based on a tip and recovered a firearm. On April 28, 2017, following a bench trial, the court convicted [Morris] of several firearms violations. On July 7, 2017, the court sentenced [Morris] to an aggregate ... More...
$ (04-13-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Shawn Monper </h2> </center>
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making interstate threats to murder President Donald J. Trump, other United States officials, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Shawn Monper, 33, threatened to assault and murder United States officials and federal law enforcement officers with the intent to impede, intimidate, int... More...
$ (04-14-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. William Freeman, IV </h2> </center>
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of making and subscribing a false tax return. William Freeman, IV, age 46, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, submitted at least 10 applications seeking pandemic stimulus funds through both the Economic Injury and Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, as well as the Paycheck Protection... More...
$ (04-13-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Matthew James Addy </h2> </center>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 13 counts of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, and two counts of aggravated identity theft, arising from schemes through which the defendant defrauded investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Matthew James Addy, 47, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, held himself out as a wealthy and successful busin... More...
$ (04-13-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Mike Missanelli </h2> </center>
Norristown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with domestic assault and battery. Officers received a 911 call and found in response that Mike Missanelli may have assaulted and battered his finance.... More...
$ (04-08-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joseph Garrett Buckland </h2> </center>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to create and distribute animal crush videos. Joseph Garrett Buckland, 44, and others conspired to pool their money to commission the creation of animal crush videos—that is, videos that show actual obscene conduct in which living non-human mammals, in this case, monkeys, were purposely crush... More...
$ (04-02-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United Sates of America v. George Moses </h2> </center>
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, mail fraud, and bank fraud. George Moses, age 45, of Wilkes-Barre, submitted applications for unemployment compensation, pandemic unemployment compensation, economic injury disaster loan, and paycheck protection program loan benefits falsely representing that he had qualifying income from the oper... More...
$ (04-02-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Arthur Thompson </h2> </center>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. On December 20, 2022, two Philadelphia police officers saw Arthur Thompson, 40, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, commit a traffic violation and attempted to conduct a traffic stop. Thompson stopped his car, got out, tossed a loaded firearm, and ran away from the officers. Af... More...
$ (04-02-2026 - PA)<H2> <CENTER> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Michael Joseph Breitenbach </h2> </center>
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud of taking money from insurers intended for his clients. Michael Joseph Breitenbach, 53, the owner of Patriot Public Adjusting, LLC, is accused of misappropriating over $82,000 in insurance claims and defrauding elderly homeowners in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey.... More...
$ (03-28-2026 - pa)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Secario Goodwin </h2> </center>
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating his probation. the Commonwealth filed the instant probation violation petition. The petition alleged four . . .violations: 1. Failure to report to the Monroe County Probation Department on March 27, 2024, as directed by his Probation Officer. 2. Failure to comply with all municipal, county,... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Alexander David Webster </h2> </center>
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary, strangulation, criminal trespass, criminal mischief, simple assault, harassment, and terroristic threat.... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Teddy Torres </h2> </center>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravate menacing. Teddy Torrest accused of lifting his shirt to show an employee his handgun and making a statement indicating it would be easy to take the employee hostage.... More...
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