Pennsylvania Death Penalty Law
<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. 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. 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 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. Nicholas Pecko </h2> </center>
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and theft of mail by a postal employee. Nicholas Pecko, age 33, of Vandling, Pennsylvania, allegedly stole two checks totaling $6,581.59 that were sent through the mail, intended to be delivered by the United States Postal Office. The indictment further alleges that Pecko executed a bank fraud sche... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - PA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Julian Thompson </h2> </center>
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with failure to surrender. The Court was advised that, on November 21, 2024, Julian Thompson, 33, was sentenced in the Western District of Pennsylvania to 10 years of imprisonment on his convictions for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of a firearm and ammunition by... More...
$ (03-12-2026 - PA)<H2> United States of America v. Dimitris Smith, Jr.
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury and death and four counts of distribution of fentanyl and cocaine. Dimitris Smith, Jr., age 48, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, distributed a deadly dose of fentanyl on December 11, 2023, in East Stroudsburg, Monroe County. A 38 year old female died ... More...
$ (01-12-2026 - PA)<H2> 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. Herrera was also convicted of aggravated assault, attempt to cause serious bodily injury, endangering the welfare of children, unlawful restraint and conspiracy. Herrera pled g... More...
$ (03-07-2025 - PA)<H2> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Sean Hernandez (alias Raafi Gorham)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant, charged with murder. Sean Hernandez (alias Raafi Gorham) was charged with murder for the beating death of 2-year-old Key’Monnie Bean. Sean Hernandez (DOB 08/28/2004) is charged with the following: Murder, Endangering the Welfare of Child (F1), Possession of an Instrument of Crime (PIC) (M1), Recklessly Endangerin... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - PA)<H2> United States of America v. Katrina Maclean
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate transport of stolen human remains. From 2018 through 2022, Katrina Maclean, age 46, of Bradford, Massachusetts, bought human remains that she knew to have been stolen from Harvard Medical School and transported them from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania. Maclean also sold stolen human remains to... More...
$ (12-13-2025 - PA)<H2> United States of America v. Dommonick T. Chatman
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of bank fraud in connection with numerous fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications that were filed, with his knowledge and approval, through his business, The Chatman Group, LLC. Dommonick T. Chatman, age 50, admitted that over the course of several months in 2021, he either ... More...
$ (12-13-2025 - PA)<H2> United States of America v. Nicholas T. Grimes
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, riminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government property. Following the death of a Title II Social Security benefits recipient, Nicholas T. Grimes, 31, began stealing that person’s Social Security retirement benefits, beginning as early as 2014. Grimes stole benefits totaling approximately $216,779 by negotiating the benefits from th... More...
$ (12-13-2025 - PA)<H2> Estate of Devine v. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a medical malpractice wrongful death theory.<br> <br> On May 10, 2023, Appellees filed a wrongful death and survival action against Appellant, in connection with a biopsy that Gabriella underwent as part of her treatment for Acute Myelogenous Lukemia, which Appellees allege caused Gabriella's death. Appellees... More...
$0 (11-21-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Daniel Marsico
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2261A(2)(A).<br> <br> Around June 2020, the woman Daniel Marsico was dating broke up with him. For the next several years, he stalked and harassed her. He called her incessantly. He sent her—and later, her mother—thousands of text messages. When the woman l... More...
$0 (11-21-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Jose Urena-Capellan </h1></h1>
Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Offense<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurg... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Jose Urena-Capellan </h1></h1>
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Offense<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gu... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Kaylee Ann Widmer </h1></h1>
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 <br> <br> 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 resultin... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Darwin Abudeye-Perez, et al. </h1></h1>
Williamsport, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Assault, Conspiracy And Weapons Charges <br> <br> Multiple inmates of the Federal Correctional Center Allenwood, Allenwood, Pennsylvania, were indicted on assault, conspiracy and weapons charges.<br> <br> The indictment alleges that on June 2, 2023, at FCC Allenwood, Darwin Abudeye-Perez, Alex Ferrufino, Miguel Lopez,... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Richard Burk </h1></h1>
Williamsport, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud <br> <br> <br> Richard Burke, age 76, of Milan, Pennsylvania, plead guilty to wire fraud.<br> <br> <br> 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 paym... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Jose Urena-Capellan </h1></h1>
Harrisburg, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Offense <br> <br> 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.<br> <br> According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, t... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Vincent Guntur, Angelica Jones </h1></h1>
Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Failing To Pay Employment Taxes <br> <br> 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. Mann... 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.<br> <br> Alexis Herrera, 25, was charged with first-degree murder in the 2020 death of 3-year-old Bella Seachrist<br> <br> 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 biologica... More...
$0 (03-07-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Troy Lamont Rishell </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Threatening Member of U.S. House of Representatives </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> York County Man Charged for Threatening Member of U.S. House of Representatives</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Juan Valencia-Diaz </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of previously removed aliens. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mexican National Indicted For Illegal Reentry</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Juan Valencia-D... More...
$0 (08-07-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Marvin Rivera, a/k/a “Maceâ€, Oliver Rivera, Mark Reynolds, Sherrielee Stout, Chandler George, Angel, Ruggiero, Joel Fernandez, Eric Konnick </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Eight Charged With Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offenses</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Marvin R... More...
$0 (08-07-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Joseph Kaminski </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements to the Small Business Administration </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Nanticoke Man Charged With Pandemic Fraud Offenses</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b><... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Carl Jones </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession Of Child Porn And Possessing Contraband In Prison </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> USP Lewisburg Inmate Charged With Possession Of Child Porn And Possessing Contraband In Prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Tyler Fuller </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Receipt Of Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Somerset County Man Indicted For Receipt Of Child Pornography </h2></center></b></b>< <br> <center><h2><br> <br> Tyler Fuller, age 31, of Somerset County, PA, was indicted on cha... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Andrew Dion </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault with A Dangerous Weapon and Possession of Weapons in Prison </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> FCI Lewisburg Inmate Charged with Assault with A Dangerous Weapon and Possession of Weapons in Prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Luis de Jesus Pichardo </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Reentry </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Dominican National Indicted For Illegal Reentry</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Luis de Jesus Pichardo, age 57, a native... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - PA)Corradna Sipione v. Social Security Administration
Trenton, New Jersey social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review fo the deani of her application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW by HHS.<br> <br> The Social Security Act includes programs for Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), both providing benefits to individuals with disabilities. DI is for those who have worked and pai... More...
$0 (07-10-2025 - Pa)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Carlos Montalvo-Rivera
Lancaster, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count Criminal Homicide[1]; one count Arson with danger of death or bodily injury; three counts of Criminal Attempt - Criminal Homicide[3]; and one count of Causing a Catastrophe.... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Sayjouna Vansyckel
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with f third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, possession of an instrument of crime ("PIC"). <br> <br> On March 1, 2022, the Philadelphia Municipal Court ("municipal court") held a preliminary hearing, at which the Commonwealth presented the following evidence. On the evening of Dawson's death, at around 5:4... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. John “Jack†Griffin </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud and Tax Evasion </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Philadelphia Vertical Farmer Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Tax Evasion</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> <center><br> <b><br> Sponsored By<br> MoreLaw Suites<br... More...
$0 (06-26-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Hilario Dorantes-Ortiz </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Reentry </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican National Charged With Illegal Reentry</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> <center><br> <b><br> Sponsored By<br> MoreLaw Suites<br> 624 South Denver, Suite 300<br> One Bl... More...
$0 (06-23-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Larry L. Grove, Jr. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Juniata County Man Charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> <center><br> <b><br> Sponsored By<br> MoreLaw Sui... More...
$0 (06-23-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Gregorio Perez-Canceco </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Reentry </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican National Charged With Illegal Reentry</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> Gregorio Perez-Canceco, age 42, a Mexican National residing in York, Pennsylvania, was indicted... More...
$0 (06-23-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Rocael Lopez-Lopez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of illegal reentry into the United States. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Guatemalan National Charged With Illegal Reentry</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> Rocael Lopez-Lopez, age 32, a Guatemalan National ... More...
$0 (06-25-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Fernando Hernandez-Garfias </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Reentry </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Citizen Of Mexico Indicted On Illegal Reentry Charge</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Fer... More...
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