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United States of America v. Pierre Thomas
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering.... More...
(02-23-2026 - PA)United States of America v. John O’Brien
John O’Brien of Masury, Ohio, engaged in a scheme with others to defraud Primary Health Network, a non-profit medical organization headquartered in Sharon, Pennsylvania, through the submission of fraudulent invoices, including from the telecommunications company O’Brien controlled. The four other defendants in the case all previously pleaded guilty, including three leaders of the organization... More...
(02-23-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Javon Pope
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to remove property and take other action to prevent seizure in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2232(a) as well as being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The Defendant sought to suppress the evidence against him. The Fourth Amendment protects individuals fro... More...
(02-23-2026 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Terrie Lawson
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of theft by deception, a count of access device fraud, forgery and tampering with records or identification. Terri Lawson, age 52, of Edgewood, Pennsylvania, accused of misused a credit card when she was manager of one of the district's boroughs.... More...
(02-12-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Bryce Hill
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute drugs. Bryce Hill, age 28, of Seattle, Washington, was a member of the Phoenix-based Monarrez Drug Trafficking Organization—a transnational criminal organization responsible for the distribution of millions of fentanyl pills, hundreds of pounds of methamphe... More...
(02-12-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Ja’Shon Spencer
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Ja’Shon Spencer, 22, possessed a Glock semiautomatic pistol equipped with a machinegun conversion device (MCD) or “Glock switch.” A MCD is a device that converts a semiautomatic firearm into a fully automatic firearm. Under federal law, both the MCD itself as well as th... More...
(02-12-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Corey Adkins
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intend to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Corey Adkins, 28, entered the guilty plea before Senior United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer to (1) possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine, and (2) possession o... 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)United States of America v. Gerald Ford, III
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.... More...
(01-21-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Joseph Primiero
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production and attempted production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, coercion or enticement of a minor, receipt and attempted receipt of material depicitng the sexual exploitation of a minor, and transfer of obscene material to a minor. On or about January 24, 2022, Primiero produce... More...
(01-21-2026 - PA)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)United States of America v. Jayvon Turner
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and ammunition. On or about August 16, 2025, Jayvon Turner, age 23, had a firearm and ammunition in his possession after previously having been convicted of a felony on a state robbery charge. Federal law prohibits possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon. ... More...
(12-29-2025 - PA)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)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)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)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. James Bebout and Debbie Bebout
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with theft by unlawful taking, criminal conspiracy and abuse of a corpse. felony theft and criminal conspiracy as well as abuse of a corpse. The body of Michael Bebout, 64, was found in an advanced state of decomposition in the home he shared with James and Debbie Bebout.... More...
(12-13-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Jerry Chambers
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with home invasion. Jerry Chambers, of Pittsburgh, was arrested in a theft in Verona and was charged in connection with the home invasion in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood.... More...
(12-11-2025 - 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). 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...
(11-21-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Indigo Michelle Hymes
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with recklessly endangering another person. Indigo Michelle Hymes, age 28, was charged with recklessly endangering another person.... More...
(11-21-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Daemond Artemus
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with homicide. Daemond Artemus was accused for two different homicide cases has now been charged with killing a ride share driver in early 2025.... More...
(11-13-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Tesean Lamont Salter
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carrying a firearms without a license, driving without a license, and failure to use a safety belt. [On December 31, 2022, Officer Craig Sulkowski of the Pittsburgh Police Department arrived] at 1200 Stanmore Street due to a complaint that there were approximately 150 juveniles at an Airbnb. Officer... More...
(11-12-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Taire Hardeman
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating conditions of supervised release. 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 an... More...
(11-12-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Ki-Shawn Crumity
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer will be representing the Defendant charged with sex trafficking, sexual assault and corruption of a minor. Ki-Shawn Crumity, age 26, is accused for taking in a 13-year-old girl and hiding her in a box in his basement for days.... More...
(10-31-2025 - PA)Common Wealth of Pennsylvania v. Stanley West
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Stanley West, age 37, is accused for shooting and killing Rakesh "Rocky" Ehagaban, age 50, and injuring a woman. Martin Devine, acting chief of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, released a statement early Saturday morning saying, "The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police is grateful to the incr... More...
(10-22-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Ernest Harris
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and ammunition. Harris moved to suppress the firearms and ammunition found in his home claiming the FBI lacked probable cause.... More...
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