Pennsylvania Excessive Force Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Christopher Knight </h2? </center>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with deprivation of civil rights under color of law and falsification of records. On January 8, 2023, Christopher Knight, 47, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, blasted his first victim with pepper spray while the victim was lying face down on the ground with his hands behind his back. Knight then continued to spr... 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)United States of America v. Dameia O. Smith, a/k/a "Omar," a/k/a "D"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with solicitation and attempted murder of a federal witness. More than twenty years ago, a jury convicted Dameia Smith of both solicitation and attempted murder of a federal witness. The jury also convicted him of using or carrying a firearm “during and in relation to” a “crime of violence,” 18 U... More...
$ (02-23-2026 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Chris Byard, Daquan Bishop
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with first-degree murder and related charges. Chris Byard, 27, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and related charges. Daquan Bishop, 28, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The arrests were the result of a joint investigation between the Philadelphia Police Department, ... More...
$ (02-12-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Walter Tharrington, aka “Black” and “Roaadblock"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud, coercion of a minor.... More...
$ (02-03-2026 - PA)<H2> United States of America v. Kareem Middlebrook
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and crack, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. From in and around December 2021 to in and around March 2023, in the Western District of Pennsylvania, Middlebrook conspired with others to distribute and possess... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - PA)<H2> United States of America v. Daniel George
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanian, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking and firearm felonies. Daniel George, age 37, engaged in armed fentanyl and cocaine trafficking in Farrell, Mercer County. He did so despite his prior convictions, and years of incarceration, for drug trafficking, firearm, and domestic violence crimes. He also did so from a location where... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - PA)<H2> United States of America v. Maurice Smith
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. , 2025). 14 Moore, 111 F.4th at 272 (holding “that convicts may be disarmed while serving their sentences on [federal] supervised release”); Quailes, 126 F.4th 215, 217 (3d Cir. 2025) (extending Moore’s logic to “appl[y] with equal force to defendants who are on state... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - PA)<H2> United States of America v. Saikeen Dixon
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed carjacking of a FedEx truck in August of 2022. Saikeen Dixon, age 33, and co-defendant Ronald Byrd, 37, also of Philadelphia, were charged by superseding indictment in September 2023. In June of this year, both were convicted at trial of carjacking and using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm duri... 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)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Taven Jaquin Glasgow
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking review of the revocation of hsi probation.<br> <br> In or around 2010, Glasgow sexually abused his two minor half-brothers. The victims reported the abuse in 2012. The Commonwealth charged Glasgow with two counts each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact or communication with a minor, incest,... More...
$0 (11-03-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Ashok Panigrahy </h1></h1>
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating federal law regarding the sexual exploitation of minors.<br> <br> 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)Christian James Laura v. C.O. Lieb, et al.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights excessive force claim.<br> <br> On March 18, 2021, Lauria was booked into the<br> Allegheny County Jail as a pre-trial detainee. Lauria alleges<br> that three corrections officers—Officer Daniel Lieb, Sergeant<br> Richard Gerber, and officer David Forsicka—assaulted him<br> that same morning, ... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Dennis W. McNamara </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Making False Statements to FBI </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Former Columbus, Ohio, Lawyer Sentenced for Making False Statements to FBI</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - 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. Muhammad Adnan, Urias Williams, Aaron Pitts </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Harrisburg Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><cent... More...
$0 (07-08-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Kelly Stanton </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Gunpoint Carjacking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Gunpoint Carjacking </h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> <b><br> Sponsored By<br> MoreLaw Suites<br> 624 South Denver,... More...
$0 (06-26-2025 - 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. 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 Su... More...
$0 (06-23-2025 - PA)Martha Stringer and Pual Stringer v. County of Bucks, et al.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania personal Injury lawyers represented the plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.<br> <br> In spring 2020, Plaintiffs Martha and Paul Stringer received news that any parent would dread: Their daughter,<br> Kimberly, who had long struggled with severe mental illness, had been detained after an altercation with a neighbor and was being mistreated by the staff of the Buc... More...
$0 (06-23-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Matthew Romig </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Distribution, Firearms Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bethlehem Man Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Drug Distribution, Firearms Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Matthew Romig, 38, o... More...
$0 (04-28-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Matthew Romig </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Distribution, Firearms Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bethlehem Man Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Drug Distribution, Firearms Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> United States Attor... More...
$0 (04-28-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Juan Antonio Lopez-Mauricio </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fifth Illegal Entry into U.S. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican Man Sentenced for Fifth Illegal Entry into U.S.</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A resident of Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court to a ch... More...
$0 (04-29-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Walter Tharrington, aka “Blac†and “Roaadblock†</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking of a Minor and Child Pornography Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Philadelphia Man Convicted at Trial of Sex Trafficking of a Minor and Child Pornography Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b>... More...
$0 (04-11-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Jose Diaz-Garcia </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interfere with commerce by robbery and one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> York County Man Sentenced to 217 Months in Prison for Armed Robbery and Discharging a Fire... More...
$0 (03-26-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Alex Wellman Castro Frias </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> ... More...
$0 (03-20-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Jolene Nicole Solomon
Clairton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stalking.<br> <br> [In December 2021, Appellant telephoned] a woman[, (the victim),] who had obtained legal and physical custody of [Appellant's] two children[,] numerous times [and] left threatening and derogatory voice[]mail messages, including threats that [Appellant] would be sending people to the [victim's] ... More...
$0 (03-11-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Symair Carson-Williams, aka “Lil Meer†</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit carjacking, three counts of carjacking, and three counts of using a firearm in relation to a crime of violence </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Philadelphia Man Convicted at Trial of Committing Three Armed Carjackin... More...
$0 (03-07-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Tayvain Folkes </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Harrisburg Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United State... More...
$0 (03-07-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Tayvain Folkes </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Harrisburg Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United Sta... More...
$0 (03-07-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Gregory Schmehl </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully demanding money as a union representative from a union employer for hours he did not work, in an amount not exceeding $1,000. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Local 98 Member Sentenced for Unlawfully Seeking Money From ... More...
$0 (02-04-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Tory Garvin </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing 4½ Kilos of Methamphetamine, Unlawfully Possessing Ammunition as a Felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Possessing 4½ Kilos of Methamphetamine, Unlawfully Poss... More...
$0 (02-05-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Anthony Jordan Vega </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl and Methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Luzerne County Man Sentenced To 188 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl and Methamphetamine </h2></center></b></b> </h2></cen... More...
$0 (02-06-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Carlos Rodriguez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Scranton, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Reading Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for t... More...
$0 (02-03-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Eric Jefferson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking of Multiple Women </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Pittsburgh Resident Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking of Multiple Women </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A resident of Pittsbu... More...
$0 (01-31-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Jean Sanchez Tulla and Glenn Samuels </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Puerto Rico-to- Western Pennsylvania Cocaine Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two More Defendants Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Puerto Rico-to- Western Pennsylvania Cocaine Trafficking Operation</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (01-29-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Ayinda Harper and Aqudre Quailes
Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with being a felons in possession of a firearms.<br> <br> Defendants were indicted for felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> The District Court acknowledged that Quailes and Harper "may have violated the conditions of [their] state parole by possessing the firearm,†but it reasoned that this "does not prove... More...
$0 (01-22-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Willie Blair Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Firearms Violations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Pittsburgh Felon Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Firearms Violations</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Willie Blair, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Firearms Violations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Pittsburgh Felon Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Firearms Violations</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Willie Blair Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Firearms Violations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Pittsburgh Felon Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Firearms Violations</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br... More...
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