Pennsylvania False Imprisonment Law
<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> 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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> 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> 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. 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. Santos Castro-Mota </h2> </center>
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Santos Castro-Mota, 46, a Dominican Republic national, ran a drug trafficking operation out of the State Correctional Institution Phoenix (Collegeville, Pennsylvania). A joint investigation by federal, state, and local law enforcement operating under the High Intensity Drug Trafficking A... More...
$ (03-13-2026 - 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. Justin Heimbach
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of mail fraud and four counts of wire fraud. Justin Heimbach, 34, of Bath, Pennsylvania, operated a construction company called TeamKJ Construction, and engaged in a scheme that caused fraudulent PUA applications to be filed in the names of individuals allegedly no longer employed by TeamKJ as ... More...
$ (03-03-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Geoffrey Magistrate
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering. The Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”) Global Illicit Financial Team (“GIFT”) identified David Metcalf announced that Geoffrey Magistrate, 61, a current resident of Limassol, Cyprus, and a prior resident of Pennsylvania, as a corporate service provider ... More...
$ (02-23-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Carlos Sacanell
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with insider trading. Carlos Sacanell, 59, of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, was charged by indictment in October 2024. In September of last year, he pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud (insider trading) and one count of making a false statement to a federal agency. As detailed in court filings and... More...
$ (02-23-2026 - 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)United States of America v. Arturo Perez Ramirez
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement in application for a passport and aggravated identity theft. Arturo Perez Ramirez, age 26, of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, was ordered to be removed from the United States in 2019, after he failed to appear for immigration proceedings. In 2020, Perez Ramirez purchased the identity ... More...
$ (02-03-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Tirig Henson
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with charged with helping another person bypass airport security at the Philadelphia International Airport. On March 9, 2024, Tirig Henson, age 34, of Philadelphia, employed as a wheelchair assistant at Philadelphia’s airport, aided and abetted the entry of his associate, David Easley, into a secure airport... More...
$ (01-22-2026 - 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> United States of America v. Edward Arthur Owens Jr.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a threat to injure a local public official and making false statements to government agents. On May 20, 2025, Edward Arthur Owens Jr., 30, knowingly and willfully transmitted via a social media messaging app the following threat to injure a local public official: “We’re coming for you [emoji of ... More...
$ (01-12-2026 - PA)<H2> United States of America v. Mary Blakley and Fred Bakley
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to violate the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and to defraud the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Mary Blakley, 76, and Fred Blakley, 61, both of Lake Havasu City, Arizona and their business associate, Janmarie Lanzo, 66, also of Lake Havasu City. ... More...
$ (12-29-2025 - PA)<H2> United States of America v. William Kuduk
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking and hiring gunmen to protect his illegal activities and unemployment wire fraud. William Kuduk, age 38, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was found responsible for trafficking over 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) of marijuana from his used car dealership. He also trafficked over five kilograms o... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - PA)<H2> United States of America v. Donte Samuel Brown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of robbery interfering with interstate commerce (Hobbs Act robbery), one count of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and one count of bank robbery. Donte Samuel Brown, age 45, robbed a Family Dollar store in Delaware County on August 15, 2024; robbed at... More...
$ (12-13-2025 - 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. Jose Mejia-Sarmiento
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien, fraudulent use of a Social Security number, and aggravated identity theft, Jose Mejia-Sarmiento, 67.was found in the Western District of Pennsylvania after having been deported and removed from the United States three times prior between 1996 and 2016, including after a f... More...
$ (12-13-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Dimitrius Bashir Campbell
Allentown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted homicide and conspiracy to do the same. <br> <br> On December 29, 2023, members of the Allentown Police Department were around the area of the Sportsmen's Bar for an investigation in an unrelated case when they heard shots fired. They pursued a fleeing individual, later identified as Appellant. Once of... More...
$0 (11-21-2025 - PA)<H2> United States of America v. David Dupree
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i).<br> <br> In 2009, after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Dupree was convicted of armed bank robbery, use of a firearm during a crime of violence, and conspiracy to commit robbery. The District Court... More...
$0 (11-19-2025 - PA)United States of America v. David Piaquadio
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.<br> <br> On July 25, 2019, after a nonjury trial, Judge Conner of the Middle District of Pennsylvania found Piaquadio guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone, fentanyl, and heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and three counts of possession with intent t... More...
$0 (11-21-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Taire Hardeman
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating conditions of supervised release.<br> <br> Hardeman pled guilty to drug offenses and was sentenced to 36 months' imprisonment followed by three years' supervised release. Approximately eleven months after his supervised release commenced, law enforcement responded to reported gunfire and found a youn... More...
$0 (11-12-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Richard Adamsky </h1></h1>
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.<br> <br> 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)Chhean Jones v. United States of America, et al.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pro se Plaintiff sued on constitutional rights violations.<br> <br> Jones, was indicted on federal criminal charges, and he brought a Bivens action against the United States, the Department of Justice ("DOJâ€), 12 unnamed federal agents, and "the Government's Attorney,†for alleged constitutional violations arising from the grand jury proceedings. He alleged t... More...
$0 (10-10-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Ashok Panigrahy
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material.<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 sexual exploitation of ... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - 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...
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