Utah Controlled Dangerous Drug Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marcus Kentral Brown </h2> </center>
St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(A)(1). 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 July 13, 2021, Marcus Kentral Brown, 44, of Chicago, Illinois, was pulled over by a Utah Hig... More...
$ (07-13-2026 - UT)<H2> <CENTER> United States of America v. Devin Michael Tew </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of drug-manufacturing paraphernalia. By Kent Morlan Devin Michael Tew, 40, of West Jordan, Utah, operated an illegal online business via his website poppyseedwash.com. More specifically, he sold “PoppySeed Wash” kits to customers who wanted to get high off the opium coatings on specia... More...
$ (05-10-2026 - ut)<h2> <center> United States of America v. hristopher Gerard Ruiz </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. On October 26, 2023, a Utah Highway Patrol trooper made a traffic stop on I-15. Christopher Gerard Ruiz, 42, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was the passenger, Aponas was the driver, and three children ages10 and under were in the backseat. Aponas admitted to law enforcement that methamphetamine was in ... More...
$ (04-29-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Cesar Aguayo-Montes </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession. Before Cesar Aguayo-Montes (Aguayo) pleaded guilty to a drug charge, he asked his attorney about the impact it would have on his immigration status. had lived in Colorado for as long as he could remember, so he was concerned about a line in the plea agreement warning that he “may” be remo... More...
$ (03-19-2026 - UT)United States of America v. Silvano Gonzalez Venavidez, aka Eduardo Torres-Zepeda, Edgar Ulises Torres Cervantes, aka Juan Maldonado Garcia, and Carlos Roberto Limon Martinez
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Silvano Gonzalez Venavidez, aka Eduardo Torres-Zepeda, 34; Edgar Ulises Torres Cervantes, aka Juan Maldonado Garcia, 38; and Carlos Roberto Limon Martinez, 21, all from Mexico, living in Salt Lake City were charged by complaint on January 15, 2026. Beginning in November 2025, the FBI Wasatc... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Rodney Quinn Rupe
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted to steal more than $2 million in tax credits and wire fraud. On April 15, 2022, Rodney Quinn Rupe, 47, of Syracuse, Utah, an employee of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, accessed the IRS systems and moved tax credits in the amount of $2,021,986 from ExxonMobil’s taxpayer account to a taxpayer acco... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Mountazar Altalibi and Jaafar Altalibi
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing Alpha-yrrolidinohexanophenone, commonly referred to as “Alpha PHP,” or “bath salts. Mountazar Altalibi, 36, of Salt Lake County, Utah, and Jaafar Altalibi, 44, both of Salt Lake County, were charged with distributing Alpha-Pyrrolidinohexanophenone, commonly referred to as “Alpha PHP,” or ... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - UT)<H2> State of Utah v. Malachi Robles-Romo
St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter, felony discharge of a firearm, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a firearm by a restricted person, and possession of a controlled substance. Malachi Robles-Romo admitted that he shot and killed a St. George juvenile.... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - UT)<enter> United States of America v. Bryan Walter McMahan
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl by mailing a package of oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to a Utah woman, who died after ingesting the narcotic. Brayan Walter McMahan, age 41, of Las Vegas, Skip to main content An official website of the United States government USAO-UT seal Utilities About USAO-UT Find ... More...
$ (12-10-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Marlon Alonzo Smith
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of controlled substance (drugs) with intent to distribute. <br> <br> During a traffic stop, a drug-detection dog named Marco signaled that he smelled drugs in Smith's car. Law enforcement discovered more than a kilogram of methamphetamine in the trunk. A federal jury later convicted Smith of possessing... More...
$0 (11-07-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Cruz Javier Garcia </h1></h1>
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking 40 Pounds of Methamphetamine and Cocaine in Utah<br> <br> Cruz Javier Garcia, 39, of Bland, Virginia, was sentenced today to 246 months' imprisonment and a five-year term of supervised release for trafficking 40 pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine while in the District of Utah.<br> <br> Garcia's sente... More...
$0 (09-23-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Alexander Jon Ogilvie
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal receipt of a firearm by a person under indictment, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(n).<br> <br> After the October 2022 shooting, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Ogilvie, charging him with illegal receipt of a firearm by a person under indictment, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(n).... More...
$0 (09-03-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Alfredo Tovar-Ruiz </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Crimes in Utah </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mexican National Indicted for Drug Crimes in Utah</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> A Mexican national,... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Sabino Osvaldo Gomez-Perez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fentanyl Trafficking in Utah </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mexican National Sentenced to Imprisonment for Fentanyl Trafficking in Utah</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> S... More...
$0 (08-12-2025 - UT)Antoine Johnson v. United States of America
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking the vacation of a sentenced pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255, which provides:<br> <br> (a) A prisoner in custody under sentence of a court established by Act of Congress claiming the right to be released upon the ground that the sentence was imposed in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States, or that the c... More...
$0 (07-10-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Llobani Federico Figueroa, aka “Pablo†</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Drug Trafficking Ringleader Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Llobani Federico Figueroa, aka "Pablo,†33, of Magna, Utah, was sentenced to ... More...
$0 (05-23-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Brandon Redfoot
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> In 2018, Defendant Brandon Redfoot fatally shot Julio Rodriguez. On August 18, 2023, a jury found Redfoot guilty of the following counts: Count One murder in the second degree while within Indian Country, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111(a) and 1153(a); Count Two assault with a dangerous wea... More...
$0 (03-31-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Aaron Kern </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Southern Utah Man Facing Sex Trafficking Charges </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A man accused of forcing a victim to engage in commercial sex acts and forcing the victi... More...
$0 (03-17-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Buckley Hardy </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant indicted with Bank Robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Man Accused of Bank Robbery in Custody</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Utah man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City after he allegedly robbed t... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Alphonzo Robert Bell; David Alejandro Jimenez-Angel </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant indicted with distributing methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> A Mexican National and a Utah Man are in Custody Facing Drug Crimes </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an ... More...
$0 (02-19-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Rafael Antonio Torres </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Crime that Killed Two People </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Gunman Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking Crime that Killed Two People</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Rafael Antonio Torres, 21, o... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Ryan Gregory Bracken </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Making Death Threats </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Man Sentenced to Prison After Making Death Threats to the Salt Lake County Sheriff and Others Over the Foreclosure of His Property</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br>... More...
$0 (01-15-2025 - UT)State of Utah v. Bryce Mason
<h2><br> Junction, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault.<br> </h2><br> During a confrontation at an outdoor party, Bryce Mason retrieved a gun from his vehicle. As a result of circumstances that were later disputed at trial, the gun was fired, hitting a nearby partygoer in the foot. A jury later convicted Mason of aggravated assault with serious bo... More...
$0 (11-21-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Oluwole Adegboruwa </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Dealiing </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Convicted Dark Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 360 Months' Imprisonment</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Oluwole Adegboruwa, 54, of Las Vegas, Nevada, the main defendant and ma... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Aaron A. Wagner </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Investors and Lenders </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Businessmen Indicted for Defrauding Investors and Lenders Millions of Dollars</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury in Salt Lake... More...
$0 (11-12-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Oluwole Adegboruwa </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dark web drug trafficking operation </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Convicted Dark Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 360 Months' Imprisonment</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Oluwole Adegboruwa, 54, of Las Vegas, Nevada... More...
$0 (11-14-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Joe Robert Rael </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Based Drug Trafficking Ringleader Sentenced to 240 Months' Imprisonment</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Joe Robert Rael, 55, of Salt Lake City was sentenced to 2... More...
$0 (07-23-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Melissa Lynn Trotter </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting Federal Officers </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Sandy Woman Sentenced to 15 Months' Imprisonment After Assaulting Federal Officers </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Melissa Lynn Trotter, 25, of Sandy,... More...
$0 (07-22-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v.Colin Andrew Shapard </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of a controlled substance that resulted in serious bodily injury. .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Defendant obtained drugs via the dark web, and was responsible for two prior overdose deaths </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br... More...
$0 (04-04-2024 - UT)Jeanine Nielsen v. Home Depot, USA, Inc.
Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury slip and fall lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a premises liability theory.<br> <br> Under Utah's premises liability rules, a property owner can be held responsible for injuries to visitors. It does not matter if those injuries were intentional or unintentional. Property owners are liable if they fail to guard or warn visitors of a dangerous struct... More...
$0 (03-15-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Luis Alexander Coronado </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling Narcotics.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Utah Drug Trafficker Admits to Selling Narcotics </h3></center></i><br> <br> Luis Alexander Coronado was sentenced to over 5 years' imprisonment, three years' supervised release and the ... More...
$0 (02-07-2024 - UT)Nichole Robinette, et al. v. Globus Medical </h2></center>
Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a product liability law theory.<br> <br> Globus Medical is a leading medical device manufacturer with the goal of improving the quality of life for patients with musculoskeletal disorders. We are inspired by the needs of these patients and by the surgeons and healthcare providers who treat them.<br> <b... More...
$1 (01-30-2024 - UT)Becky Rathke v. Walmart, Inc.
Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury slip and fall lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a premises liability negligence theory.<br> <br> Under Utah's premises liability rules, a property owner can be held responsible for injuries to visitors. It does not matter if those injuries were intentional or unintentional. Property owners are liable if they fail to guard or warn visito... More...
$1 (01-26-2024 - UT)<h1> STATE OF UTAH v. ALAVINA FUNGAIHEA FLORREICH </h1>
From 1998 to 2009, Alavina Florreich was the nanny for <br> Alex and his siblings. Florreich is a Tongan immigrant, and Alex <br> and his siblings were the homeschooled children of a Jewish <br> rabbi. <br> ¶3 When Alex was eight years old, Florreich was watching a <br> movie with Alex and his younger siblings one day when Alex <br> began giving her a shoulder massage. While doing so, Alex <br> s... More...
$0 (01-24-2024 - UT)United States of America v. Angel Rubio-Quintana
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana in St. George.<br> <br> Angel Rubio-Quintana, 42, of St. George, Utah, was first discovered by agents in March 2020, after learning that an individual in St. George was receiving large amounts of methamphetamine from a Mexican cartel. During an ... More...
$0 (07-27-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Eric Donald Johnson
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with convicted felon with allegedly attempting to sell a firearm to an undercover officer and for possessing multiple firearms.<br> <br> On June 20, 2023, Eric Donald Johnson, 25, of Layton, Utah, communicated via social media with an undercover officer assigned to the Wasatch Metro Drug Task Force (WMDTF), that he had mult... More...
$0 (06-28-2023 - UT)United States of America v. James Howard KLein
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with discharging a firearm during and in relation to carjacking and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute offenses. <br> <br> On May 19, 2021, James Howard Klein, 35, of Chaska, Minnesota, was stopped by deputies in Juab County off Interstate-15 for a traffic violation. During a search of the Klein's veh... More...
$0 (05-26-2023 - UT)State of Utah v. Shihab Wesaga
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder, four counts of felony discharge of a firearm and aggravated robbery, all first-degree felonies; obstructing justice and three counts of felony discharge of a firearm, all second-degree felonies; and four counts of felony discharge of a firearm, a third-degree felony.<br> <br> He is one of three people charged w... More...
$0 (05-19-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Marcos Adrian Garcia Lugo
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl with intent to distribute.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Salt_Lake_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, Utah"</a><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, ... More...
$0 (03-09-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Merrill Darrell Fackrell
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with carrying and using a straight edge razor blade during a flight.<br> <br> On November 21, 2022, Merrill Darrell Fackrell, age 41, from Syracuse, Utah, departed on JetBlue Flight #871 from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York en route to Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah. Fackrell was seated in a win... More...
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