Pennsylvania Forcible Entry Law
United States of America v. Mahmoud Almasry, a/k/a Mohammad Jiham
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents, as well as aggravated identity theft. Mahmoud Almasry, also known as Mohammad Jiham, 44, fraudulently entered the United States in 2016 by assuming another person's identity and continued using that identity for nearly a decade. Prosecutors allege ... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - 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. Jamir M. Ceruit
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of firearms in furtherance of drug drug trafficking. One month after he was released from prison and began a three-year term of supervised release, Ceruti was arrested for possessing narcotics. Later, Ceruti told his probation officer that he used narcotics on two separate occasions. The Gove... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Tiriq Henson </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Security Violation at Philadelphia International Airport<br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Former Employee Pleads Guilty to Security Violation at Philadelphia International Airport</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color=... More...
$0 (09-04-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Ismael Terrero-Terrero </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Burglarizing Firearms Dealers and Stole More Than 150 Guns </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bethlehem Man Who Burglarized Firearms Dealers and Stole More Than 150 Guns Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h... More...
$0 (05-06-2025 - 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. Dirk Barfield, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Cocaine Trafficking and Supervised Release Violations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Pittsburgh Felon Sentenced to Nearly 13 Years in Prison for Cocaine Trafficking and Supervised Release Violations</h2></center></b></b> </h2></... More...
$0 (01-21-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. David Gregory Burrows
Franklin, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking postconvention relief. <br> <br> The pertinent facts and procedural history are as follows: On August 10, 2022, the Commonwealth charged Burrows with seven counts of sex offenses as a result of his interaction with a five-year-old female. On March 7, 2023, he entered a nolo contendere plea to one count of aggravated i... More...
$0 (12-27-2024 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Huthayfa Almassri </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Travel with Intent to Engage in Sexual Conduct with Minor </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Palestinian National Sentenced to 7.5 Years in Prison for Travel with Intent to Engage in Sexual Conduct with Minor</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (08-08-2024 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Alfredo Sandoval-Madrigal </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Harrisburg , Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Re-Entry.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Alfredo Sandoval-Madrigal, age 50, was sentenced on Janua... More...
$0 (02-06-2024 - PA)United States of America v. Shiheem Amos
On September 26, 2018, police officers Hugo Lemos <br> and Nicholas Mastroianni were working the overnight shift as <br> patrol officers in southwest Philadelphia. At about 2:00 a.m., <br> they received a radio call for a person screaming at the intersection of 65th Street and Dicks Avenue outside Eddie's Café <br> and a man assaulting a woman on the highway. The officers <br> were nearby and ... More...
$0 (12-24-2023 - PA)United States of America v. Grant Williams
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with violating federal firearm laws.<br> <br> Between the dates of March 10, 2021 and March 3, 2022; June 28, 2022 and January 13, 2022; March 6, 2020 and April 26, 2022; July 14, 2021 and October 21, 2021; and June 23, 2020 and January 31, 2022, Grant Williams, age 61, of Butler, Pennsylvania, failed to make entry in ... More...
$0 (06-09-2023 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Quindell Campbell
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with rape.<br> <br> <br> The Commonwealth charged Campbell with rape by forcible compulsion, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated assault, and related crimes.[1] The charges stemmed from an incident on January 25, 2020, in Love Park in Philadelphia. N.T., Motions Hearing, 3/3/21, at 48. Campbell filed a ... More...
$0 (07-11-2022 - PA)United States of America v. Rodney Kent a/k/a "Hot Rodd"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sex trafficking, arising from his forcible coercion of a minor to engage in prostitution.<br> <br> In September 2018, Rodney Kent a/k/a "Hot Rodd" was charged by Indictment for sex trafficking of a minor via force, fraud and coercion stemming from his actions to traffic the victim. The defendant and the victim fi... More...
$0 (06-17-2022 - PA)Lawrence Gaines v. Superintendent Benner Township SCI, et al.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas corpus.<br> <br> Lawrence Gaines was convicted in Pennsylvania state<br> court of first-degree murder under 18 PA. CONS. STAT. § 2502.<br> After pursuing direct and collateral proceedings in<br> Pennsylvania, Gaines petitioned for habeas relief pursuant to<br> 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The District Court gr... More...
$0 (05-12-2022 - PA)United States of America v. Nikolaos Vastardis
<center><h2><font color="red"> Philadelphia, PA - International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution lawyer represented defendant with appealing his conviction and sentence for crimes that allegedly took place while he was Chief Engineer onboard a Liberian-registered petroleum tanker charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> During ordinary operation, oceangoing petroleum <br> tankers a... More...
$0 (12-31-2021 - PA)United States of America v. Donte Taylor
<center><h2><font color="red"> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possession with intent to distribute controlled substances charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In September 2017, Taylor was paroled and released <br> from prison after serving a term of imprisonment for state drug <br> offenses. Under the terms of his release, Taylor's probation <br> ... More...
$0 (12-31-2021 - PA)United States of America v. Shawn Quinnones
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with <br> two counts of armed bank robbery chargee. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Shawn Shannon Quinnones pleaded guilty to two <br> counts of armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. <br> §§ 2113(a), (d) and § 2. She also stipulated that her <br> commission of an armed rob... More...
$0 (11-12-2021 - PA)Marc Grover v. VA General Counsel
<center><h2><font color="red"><center>Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with alleging that he contracted Hepatitis C via a blood transfusion administered at the Veterans Administration Medical Center claim. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Grover alleges that he contracted Hepatitis C via a blood transfusion administered <br> at the Veterans Administration Medi... More...
$0 (10-19-2021 - PA)United States of America v. ANGEL ORLANDO VASQUEZ FLORES, a/k/a Angel Vasquez Flores
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a illegal reentry charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Born in Honduras in 1989, Vasquez Flores traveled to the United States in 2002 to <br> escape an abusive father. In 2011, Vasquez Flores came to the attention of immigration <br> agents when he was arrested for public intoxica... More...
$0 (08-26-2021 - PA)United States of America v. JOEL ADAM DICKSON
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> CERTIFICATION ORDER:<br> I. Question Certified<br> The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, exercising the privilege <br> afforded by the Maryland Uniform Certificat... More...
$0 (08-26-2021 - PA)TIEKU ANNOR v. ATTORNEY GENERAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
<center><h2><font color="red"> Philadelphia, PA - Immigration lawyer represented defendant with petitioning for review of a final order of removal charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Annor is a citizen of Ghana. He first entered the United States in 2008, and then <br> traveled back and forth between Ghana and the United States several times. In 2018, <br> when he attempted to enter t... More...
$0 (07-21-2021 - PA)Shannon M. Griffth v. Medix Staffing Solutions
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant, on a civil rights job discrimination theory under 42 U.S.C. 2000e.<br> <br> §2000e–2. Unlawful employment practices<br> (a) Employer practices<br> <br> It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer-<br> <br> (1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to ... More...
$1 (04-23-2021 - PA)United States of America v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania State Police
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - The United States of America sued the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) resolving the United States' claims that PSP's use of physical tests as part of the entry-level hiring process for state troopers resulted in a pattern or practice of employment discrimination against women, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.... More...
$0 (04-13-2021 - PA)United States of America v. Copper, LLC d/b/a Hussey Copper ("Hussey")
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Clean Water Act violation lawyer represented Defendant, Libertas Copper, LLC d/b/a Hussey Copper ("Hussey") to one count each of submitting a false discharge monitoring report, discharging a quantity of oil that may be harmful to the environment, and failing to make immediate, required notification of such discharge of oil. <br> <br> Hussey was represented by its Chief Exe... More...
$0 (12-23-2020 - PA)United States of America v. Jesse Carey
Wilkes-Barre, PA - The United States of America chrged Jesse Carey with drug possession with intent to distribute.<br> <br> Jesse Carey, age 33, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, entered guilty pleas on January 6, 2019, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to two counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin stemming from separate incidents in Monroe and... More...
$0 (01-14-2020 - PA)United States of America v. Milton Mateo Garcia-Vasquez
Philadelphia, PA - The United States of America charged Milton Mateo Garcia-Vasquez with illegal re-entry after deportation.<br> <br> Milton Mateo Garcia-Vasquez, 32, of Philadelphia, PA and a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced to the statutory maximum of 24 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond for unlawfully re-entering the United States after being deporte... More...
$0 (01-14-2020 - PA)Tammy Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District
On October 18, 2004, the Defendant Dover Area School Board of Directors passed by a 6-3 vote the following resolution:<br> <br> Students will be made aware of gaps/problems in Darwin's theory and of other theories of evolution including, but not limited to, intelligent design. Note: Origins of Life is not taught.<br> <br> On November 19, 2004, the Defendant Dover Area School District announced by ... More...
$0 (12-20-2005 - PA)Alson Alston v. The National Conference of Bar Examiners, et al.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> Pro se appellant Alson Alston appeals from the District Court’s order denying his motion to reopen the time to file a notice of appeal. For the reasons discussed below, we will affirm.<br> I.<br> Because we write primarily for the parties, we will recite only the facts necessary for... More...
$0 (10-24-2019 - PA)United States of America v. Nicholas Huffine
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/erie_pa.jpg?itok=EezIEe-W"><br> </center><br> Pittsburgh, PA - Fayette County Man Admits Making Hoax Emergency Phone Calls to Elicit an Armed Police Response: Practice is Known as “Swatting”<br> <br> A resident of Dunbar, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a ch... More...
$0 (09-13-2019 - PA)United States of America v. Kenneth Eugene Cherry, Jr. <?h2>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> Philadelphia, PA - Prolific Philadelphia Illegal Firearms Trafficker Convicted at Trial<br> <br> Kenneth Eugene Cherry, Jr., 31, of Philadelphia was convicted at trial of multiple criminal firearms offenses: dealing in firearms without a license, possession and transfer of a machine g... More...
$0 (08-27-2019 - PA)United States of America v. Rodrigo Fuentes-Gomez, a/k/a “Ervin Yovany Cruz”
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> Philadelphia, PA - Dangerous Illegal Alien From Mexico Sentenced to Five Months for Fourth Illegal Entry into the Country<br> <br> Rodrigo Fuentes-Gomez, a/k/a “Ervin Yovany Cruz,” 52, of West Chester, PA, was sentenced to five months’ incarceration by United States District Jud... More...
$0 (06-12-2019 - PA)United States of America v. Weixing Chen
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> Philadelphia, PA - Delaware County Child Predator Sentenced for Naturalization Fraud<br> <br> For lying about child pornography offenses, defendant loses U.S. citizenship and is ordered back to China<br> <br> Weixing Chen, 30, of Brookhaven, PA was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment ... More...
$0 (05-22-2019 - PA)COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. BRIAN D. TANNER
<center><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/add/attorney/" target="_new"><img width="600" src="https://www.morelaw.com/images/banners/subscription.gif" target="_new"></a><br> </center><br> Brian D. Tanner (Appellant) appeals from the order denying his petition<br> filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541- 9546. After careful review, we affirm in part, and r... More...
$0 (04-14-2019 - PA)Rod Slappy-Sutton and Jean Sutton v. Speedway, LLC
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> Plaintiffs-Appellants Rod Slappy-Sutton and Jean Sutton challenge the District Court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Speedway LLC. Because we find there are genuine disputes of material fact, we will reverse.<br> I. Background<br> On a winter evening in Ja... More...
$0 (03-25-2019 - PA)United States of America v. Kevin L. Reese
This is one of the rare cases in which the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. �� 3161�3174, requires that we vacate a conviction and remand for dismissal of the indictment.<br> 3<br> Kevin L. Reese was convicted in the District Court of six counts each of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. His sentence was 70 months� imprisonment, restitution, and three years of supervised rele... More...
$0 (03-05-2019 - PA)Jerome McKinney v. University of Pittsburgh
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/erie_pa.jpg?itok=EezIEe-W"><br> </center><br> <br> Jerome McKinney, a longtime, tenured professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, challenges the University’s decision to reduce his salary as a violation of the Due Proces... More...
$0 (02-15-2019 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Nicoli A. Santana
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.pacourts.us/assets/images/setting-138-660x325/image-1402.png?cb=3ed769"><br> </center><br> Reading, PA - The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania charged Nicoli A. Santana, age 38, first-degree murder for shooting and killing Ian Moore, age 32, outside a bar in March 2017.<br> <br> Defendant was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault, possession ... More...
$0 (01-30-2019 - PA)USA v. Chaka Fattah, Sr., KAREN NICHOLAS, ROBERT BRAND, HERBERT VEDERMAN
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$0 (01-22-2019 - PA)United States of America v. Raymont Wright
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/erie_pa.jpg?itok=EezIEe-W"><br> </center><br> <br> The District Court barred a retrial of and dismissed the indictment against Defendant Raymont Wright with prejudice after two juries failed to reach a verdict. The Court did so relying on its inherent authority, but without find... More...
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