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United States of America v. Danny T. Roney, k/a Khalid Abdul Al-Mu’Min, a/k/a Danny Roney
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mailing threatening communications via the United States Postal Service in violation of 18 U.S.C. 870(c). Reported by: Kent Morlan Danny Roney was committed to a federal mental-health facility afte... More...
(08-17-2026 - SC)United States of America v. Derrick Gathers
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g). Reported by: Kent Morlan On Aug. 16, 2023, Lance Corporal Frazier with the South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP) stopped Gathers ... More...
(08-13-2026 - SC)State of South Carolina v. Xavier Barnes
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder and possession of a weapon. Xavier Barnes, age 23, accused of shooting and killing 29-year-old Maurice “Mo” Green.... More...
(04-24-2026 - SC)United States of America v. Laclarence Lamarcus Anderson
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 12 counts of drug and gun felonies. Laclarence Lamarcus Anderson, 43, of Columbia, sold 10 firearms and quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, and crack cocaine to confidential informants on four occasions in May and June 2024. One of the firearms that Anderson sold contained a Glock switch, converting th... More...
(03-25-2026 - SC)United States of America v. Kevin S. Murdock,Thomas C. Lee, and Vidhya V. Narayanan
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The indictment alleges that Kevin S. Murdock, 56, owned and operated Premier Medical Laboratory Services, headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. Thomas C. Lee, 56, both of Greenville, and Vidhya V. Narayanan, 45, were both high-level empl... More...
(03-12-2026 - SC)United States of America v. Jonathan Andrew Felkel
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with use of force or threatened force to injure, intimidate, or interfere with someone’s housing rights based on race. Jonathan Andrew Felkel, age 34, of Columbia, South Carolina, drove into the gated community where both he and J.M. lived when he saw J.M. standing at the gate of the community. Felkel fired a ... More...
(03-04-2026 - SC)United States of America v. Derrick Gathers
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm. On August 16, 2023, Trooper Frazier with the South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP) stopped Derrick Gathers, 40, of Augusta, Georgia, for speeding on Highway 78 in Bamberg County. Gathers gave Trooper Frazier a license and vehicle registration, and Trooper Frazier took th... More...
(02-14-2026 - SC)United States of America v. Donovan James Jackson
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transport of a firearm.... More...
(01-22-2026 - SC)United States of America v. Tyrone Grailford
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. A Guidelines error is harmless—and, thus, does not require vacatur—if “(1) the district court would have reached the same result even if it had decided the Guidelines issue the other way, and (2) the sentence would be reasonable even if the Guidelines issue had been de... More...
(12-31-2025 - SC)United States of America v. Michael Kenny Carter, aka Blaze
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS, ETC. a convicted felon did possess and affecting commerce a firearm, a CDM, .22 caliber handgun and .22 ammunition, in violation of 18:922(g)(1), 924(a)(2) and 924(e), with forfeiture allegations. VIOLENT CRIME/DRUGS/MACHINE GUN did possess a firearm in furtherance of a dr... More...
(12-31-2025 - SC)State of South Carolina v. Tony Middleton
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Dfendant, Tony Middleton, 35, charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a weapon by a prohibited person. A.I. Google: In South Carolina, "first-degree murder" isn't a distinct statutory term; rather, murder is defined as a killing with malice aforethought, leading to penalties of 30 ye... More...
(12-30-2025 - SC)United States of America v. Jamar Tywone Kimpson
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms. In 2021, workers at a local FedEx hub found three suspicious packages with a strong odor of marijuana. All three were addressed to the same person at an address in Swansea, South Carolina with return addresses of the recipient’s same name and address. Law enforcement e... More...
(12-22-2025 - SC)United States of America v. Brentton Timmons
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. On Aug. 24, 2024, deputies with the Chester County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic safety check point and saw Timmons attempt to evade the check point by turning onto a dirt road. Deputies conducted a traffic stop on Brenton Timmons’ vehicle and saw an open... More...
(12-22-2025 - SC)United States of America v. Pasqual Perez Duckett
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl which resulted in the death of a 28-year-old Columbia woman. In July 2023, agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with the City of Columbia Police Department and the Richland County Sheriff's Department, initiated an investigation into Pasqual Perez Ducket... More...
(12-19-2025 - SC)United States of America v. Matthew Valkinburg
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing child sexual abuse material. Matthew Valkinburg, age 35, of Pueblo, Colorado, began uploading child sexual abuse material to his Discord account in 2023 when he was stationed in Colorado. Local authorities in Colorado determined that accounts tied to Valkinburg were responsible for the child sex... More...
(12-14-2025 - SC)United States of America v. Zavien Lenoy Canada
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2). or a criminal sentence to be procedurally reasonable, "a district court must begin its sentencing proceeding by correctly calculating the applicable Guidelines range.†United Sta... More...
(11-13-2025 - SC)State of South Carolina v. Dontrell Rufus
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Dontrell Rufus, shot and killed Kiara Richbow twice and Sarah Richbow on April 20, 2020.... More...
(11-03-2025 - SC)United States of America v. James Bernard Powell
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly possessed a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, which is prosecutable in a court of the United States; In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A)(i) with forfeiture allegations pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(d), Title 21, United States Co... More...
(10-03-2025 - SC)Tim Landholt v. Kendall Corley, et al.
Columbia, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory. A South Carolina state court judge issued a bench warrant to arrest Tim Landholt for not paying child support. Sheriff's deputies soon arrested Landholt, who was fined and sent on his way. But the clerk's office never recalled or cancelled the executed warrant. Over five ... More...
(08-29-2025 - SC)United States of America v. Johnathan Nathaniel Allen
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with enticement of a minor and production of child sexual abuse material. Former Tennessee Deputy Indicted for Enticement of a Minor and Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material... More...
(08-22-2025 - SC)United States of America v. Devon A. Hubbard
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs.... More...
(08-13-2025 - SC)United States of America v. Jacquese Traveon Underwood
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and a quantity of fentanyl. York County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy While in State Prison... More...
(08-01-2025 - SC)United States of America v. Tymarious Nydarious Thompson
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, a quantity of cocaine and marijuana. Lancaster County Man Sentenced to 15 years for Drug Conspiracy ... More...
(08-01-2025 - SC)United States of America v. Malik Jahlil Bell a/k/a “Leek Obamaâ€
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud, money laundering, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Columbia Rapper Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Bank Fraud and Money Laundering... More...
(07-18-2025 - SC)Stephon Lekeith Hopskins v. Jacob A. Walters and Austin Fowler
Columbia, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on South Carolina Tort Claims Act and 42 USC 1983 civil rights violation theories The state case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the defense. As a result, the defendants in the federal action moved for summary judgment based on res judicata. ... More...
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