Pennsylvania Kidnapping Law
<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)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Randolf Simmons
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 35 total charges relating to trafficking, involuntary servitude, kidnapping, sexual assault and drug-related offenses. Randolf Simmons, 46, of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, accused for drug and human trafficking.... More...
$ (02-12-2026 - PA)<H2> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. D’arrius Tyrese Edwards
West Chester, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with kidnapping and other charges. D’arrius Tyrese Edwards, 20, of Chester, Pennsylvania crashed a vehicle into nearby woods then used his head to break a classroom window before going inside and grabbing a child.... More...
$ (02-03-2026 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Jermaine Turner
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with kidnapping and assault. Turner accused of kidnapping and assaulting a woman he knew between Jan. 27 and Jan. 28. Police said the victim was driven to a bank during the incident to withdraw money, where she was able to alert employees to contact police. Turner was found in possession of a firearm at the t... More...
$ (02-01-2026 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Burton and Khalil Jackson-Fletcher </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with kidnapping of one individual </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> here<kidnapping of one individual, the kidnappings of five individuals, including an infant /h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><ce... More...
$0 (08-07-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Donell Moses, Jr.
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer rerpesented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> The Fourth Amendment does not protect every place that a suspect might go. It guards only "persons, houses, papers, and effects.†Though someone's land is not his house or effects, some of it is so close to his house that we protect it as the house's "curtilage.â�... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsyvlania v. David Zandstra
Media, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murdeer.<br> <br> David Zandstra, age 84, was charged with kidnapping and killing Gretchen Harrington, who disappeared in 1975 while walking alone to a Bible camp at a chapel where Zandstra was a pastor. Her body was found two months later by a jogger in Ridley Creek State Park in Media, Pennsylvania.<br> <br> Defen... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Dewayne Quinones; Mayco Alvarez-Jackson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Murder, Kidnapping, Drug Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Members of Reading-Based Violent Drug Gang Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder, Kidnapping, Drug Trafficking</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><... More...
$0 (12-05-2024 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Shaurn Thomas
<h2><br> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with third-degree murder and weapons offenses.<br> </h2><br> Thomas, 50, met Akeem Edwards, age 38, through an association of former inmates who had their convictions overturned. A girlfriend whose brother was also wrongly imprisoned for murder introduced Thomas to a childhood friend, who took cocaine wor... More...
$0 (12-08-2024 - PA)<h1> United States of America v. Jacob Montague </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant ged with a Kidnapping.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Jacob Montague, 38, of Wilson, North Carolina, was sentenced to 19 years' imprisonment by United States... More...
$0 (02-14-2024 - 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. Robert Bowers
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyers are representing Defendant charged with 63 counts of murder and other felonies for shooing and killing Jewish worshipers gathered to practice their faith at the Squirrel Hill synagogue four years and 7 months ago. The government seeks the death penalty.<br> <br> Robert Bowers, age 50, of Baldwin, Pennsylvania, had a history of anti-semitism.<br> ... More...
$0 (06-19-2023 - PA)United States of America v. Alexander Malave
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with various criminal defenses including gang membership.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Philadelphia_PA_FED.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<b... More...
$0 (03-08-2023 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Samson Washington, Marekus Benson and Deandrew Lamonte Callender
Somerset, Pennsylvania criminal law lawyer represented Defendants charged with firs-degree murder, kidnapping, unlawful restrating, aggravated assault, homicide and conspiracy.<br> <br> Samson Washington, Marekus Benson and Deandre Callander were accused of killing James Smith, 32, of Portage, and Damian Staniszewski, 19, of Duncansville.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-21-2022 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Matthew T. Shoenfelt
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defndant charged with two felony counts of strangulation, a felony count of kidnapping and three misdemeanor counts of unlawful restraint, terroristic threats and simple assault by physical menace.<br> <br> Matthew T. Shoenfeld, age 47, was charged with various felonies associated with alleged domestic violence.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (04-29-2022 - Pa)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Luis Manuel Serrano-Delgado
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder.<br> <br> Luis Manuel Serrano-Delgado, age 18, was accused of shooting and killing Jeremanuel Negron-Quiles in 2018 over a $20 drug debt. Negron-Quiles, age 22, was found hot in the back on July 6, 2018.<br> <br> <br> # Charge Grade Description Offense Dt. Disposition<br> 1 18 § 2502 §... More...
$0 (04-08-2022 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Tyquan Atkinson
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree and third-degree murder.<br> <br> Tyquan Atkinson, age 22, was charged with shooting and killing 20-year-old Nicholas Flacco who was shot in the chest in March 2021 in FDR park.<br> <br> Defendant testified on his own behalf.<br> <br> The State claimed that the Falacco was killed in revenge for after... More...
$0 (04-06-2022 - 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)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)United States of America v. RASHAUN ANTONIO TAYLOR, a/k/a Diablo, a/k/a Blo, a/k/a Blo Bosston, a/k/a Bubba
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a conspiracy to commit racketeering charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> We review a district court's denial of a Fed. R. Crim. P. 29 motion for a judgment <br> of acquittal based on the sufficiency of the evidence de novo. United States v. Farrell, 921 <br> F.3d 116, 136 (4th Cir... More...
$0 (08-25-2021 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Kevin Hicks-Franklin
Erie, Pennsylvania first-degree murder criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Kevin Hicks-Franklin, age 23, who was charged with first-degree murder for stabbing to death Starleisha Smith, age 23.<br> <br> Pennsylvania Statutes<br> <br> Chapter 25<br> <br> Criminal Homicide<br> <br> Sec.<br> <br> 2501. Criminal homicide.<br> <br> 2502. Murder.<br> <br> <br> <br> Enactment. Chapter 25 w... More...
$0 (02-19-2021 - 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)United States of America v. Milton Mateo Garcia-Vasquez
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> Philadelphia, PA - Honduran Citizen Known as "Rittenhouse Rapist" Convicted of Federal Immigration Crime<br> <br> <br> Milton Mateo Garcia-Vasquez, 32, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a citizen of Honduras, entered a plea of guilty before United States District Judge Paul S. Diamond... More...
$0 (08-08-2019 - PA)United States of America v. Khalil Smith a/k/a “Lil”
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia Man Sentenced to Life Plus 207 Years’ Imprisonment for Violent Crime Spree<br> <br> Khalil Smith a/k/a “Lil,” 35, of Philadelphia, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg to life plus 207 years’ imprisonment, to be served conse... More...
$0 (11-20-2018 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Irvin "Gotti" Harper
Philadelphia, PA - Jury Acquits Defendant On One Rape Count and Hangs On Two Others<br> <br> The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania charged Irvin "Gotti" Harper with three counts of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, kidnapping, and possession of an instrument of crime.<br> <br> Harper was arrested on November 3, 2016.<br> <br> Charges:<br> <br> Seq No Statute Grade Descriptio... More...
$0 (07-07-2018 - PA)United States of America v. Juan H. Ramos
The government appeals the District Court’s determination at sentencing that Juan Ramos is not a “career offender” under Section 4B1.1 of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. That determination was based on the conclusion that Ramos’s prior state court conviction for aggravated assault is not a predicate “crime of violence,” as that term is defined in the Guidelines. We disagree with that c... More...
$0 (06-15-2018 - PA)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JUAN H. RAMOS <table> <td>
Ramos’s status as a career offender is dictated by his criminal record, which includes several prior felony convictions. First, in July 1998, Ramos “threw a brick at the nose of a 10-year-old child,” who then required medical treatment at a local hospital.1 As a result, Ramos pled guilty to aggravated assault in the Philadelphia County Common Pleas Court.2 Second, in October 1999, Ramos w... More...
$0 (06-21-2018 - PA)United States of America v. Marike Vuga
Pittsburgh, PA - Former Pitt Professor Sentenced to Time Served after Admitting She Kidnapped Her Daughter and Took Her to Canada<br> <br> Defendant will be deported to Austria<br> <br> A resident of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty to one count of international parental kidnapping and was sentenced in federal court to "time served," having been imprisoned for 25 months, United States Attorney Scott W. B... More...
$0 (05-09-2018 - PA)United States of America v. Jerome Wilson
If it were somehow in doubt before, we take the opportunity now to hold that bank robbery by intimidation is categorically a “crime of violence” under the United States Sentencing Guidelines. In doing so, we join several other federal courts of appeals that have held the same under the guidelines or the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”).<br> 3<br> Jerome Wilson pled guilty to unarmed bank... More...
$0 (01-23-2018 - PA)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JEROME WILSON <table> <td>
The facts of the case are not in dispute. Wilson pled guilty to three counts of unarmed bank robbery or attempted bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), and the District Court sentenced him to 151 months’ imprisonment, three years of supervised released, restitution of $3,122, and a special assessment of $300. The sentence was based in part on two enhancements: one for being a care... More...
$0 (01-19-2018 - PA)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. SHAUN L. GRAVES <table> <td>
On the evening of October 16, 2014, Officer Dennis Simmons of the Harrisburg Police Department was conducting an undercover surveillance operation in a highcrime area of the city while dressed in plainclothes and sitting in an unmarked car. While in his car, Officer Simmons heard a radio dispatch about possible gunshots in an unspecified area east of his location. The dispatch went on to describ... More...
$0 (12-20-2017 - PA)United States of America v. Basil Buie
Philadelphia, PA - Kidnapper Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison<br> <br> Basil Buie, 23, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for his role in a botched robbery and kidnapping that involved a jewelry store employee. Buie, a/k/a “Basil Tucker,” pleaded guilty on October 7, 2015 to conspiracy, kidnapping, and attempted Hobbs Act robbery. His two co-defendants - Khayree Gay ... More...
$0 (01-20-2016 - PA)United States of America v. Linda Weston
Philadelphia, PA - Woman Who Held Disabled Adults Captive In Subhuman Conditions Sentenced To Life Plus 80 Years<br> <br> Linda Weston, 55, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to life plus 80 years in prison. Weston pleaded guilty on September 15, 2015 to all charges in a racketeering and hate crimes case that involved holding disabled adults captive in locked closets, basements, and attics in Phi... More...
$0 (11-06-2015 - PA)United States of America v. Salahudin Shaheed
Philadelphia, PA - Two Remaining Defendants Admit To Kidnapping Of Jewelry Store Employee<br> <br> Salahudin Shaheed, 35, and Basil Buie, 24, both of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to their roles in a botched robbery and kidnapping that involved a jewelry store employee. Both defendants pleaded guilty today to conspiracy, kidnapping, and attempted Hobbs Act robbery. A third defendant, Kha... More...
$0 (10-07-2015 - PA)United States of America v. Delvin Barnes
Philadelphia, PA - Virginia Man Pleads Guilty To Kidnapping Philadelphia Woman From A City Street<br> <br> Delvin Barnes, 38, of Charles City County, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to kidnapping, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. U.S. District Court Judge J. Curtis Joyner scheduled a sentencing hearing for January 6, 2016. Barnes faces 35 years in prison.<br> <br> On November 2... More...
$0 (09-10-2015 - PA)United States of America v. Kaboni Savage
The United States of America charged Kaboni Savage with conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1962; murder in aid of racketeering activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1959; retaliating against a witness in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1513; using fire to commit a felony in violation of 18 U.S.C. 844; tampering with a witness in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1512; racket... More...
$0 (05-31-2013 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Na Cola Darcel Franklin
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania charged Na Cola Darcel Franklin, age 32, with first-degree murder in conjunction with the death of her fiance, Billy Brewster, on their wedding day.<br> <br> The defendant testified that she grabbed a large kitchen knife after Brewster came home drunk from an impromptu bachelor party at a strip club around 2 a.m., beat her and tried to take their 9-month-old baby f... More...
$0 (05-23-2013 - PA)Antwan Hall v. Warden, Lebanon Correctional Institution
Antwan Hall was convicted of several felony offenses in an Ohio state court and sentenced to a maximum term of 27 years in prison. After exhausting his direct appeals and his petition for postconviction relief in the state courts, Hall filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court. He submitted the petition five days after the one-year statute of limitations for filing a ... More...
$0 (11-30-2011 - PA)Marina Karpenko v. Paul Leendertz
Paul Leendertz, father of the minor child at issue in this proceeding, appeals the District Court's grant of a petition filed by the mother, Marina Karpenko, for the child's return under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. For the following reasons, we will affirm the grant of Karpenko's petition and order the minor child's immediate return to her mother in ... More...
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