Utah Controlled Substance 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. 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)<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)<H2> United States of America v. Bryce Lucas Stimka
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing child pornography, receiving child pornography, and enticement to engage in illegal sexual activity.<br> <br> In July 2024, Stimka (who was twenty-three years old) began an online<br> relationship via Snapchat with a fourteen-year-old girl in Utah. Over roughly the<br> next nine months, Stimka and the gi... More...
$0 (11-19-2025 - 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)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. James Weston Fawcett
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography.<br> <br> In 2023, Fawcett pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. The Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) calculated a total offense level of 34 under § 2G2.2 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G. or the Guidelines), a criminal history category of I... More...
$0 (04-21-2025 - 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. 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. 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)State of Utah v. Troy P. Fraughton </center
<h2><br> Provo, Utah driving under the influence criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Troy P. Fraughton was arrested after he caused a collision while driving on the wrong side of the road. A jury convicted Fraughton of driving under the influence, a third-degree felony due to his prior DUIs. Fraughton now appeals, asserting that the trial court abused its dis... More...
$0 (08-15-2024 - 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)<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)<h1> STATE OF UTAH v. DEREK RANDALL JONES </h1>
During the weekend of June 26 to 27, 2015, five-year-old <br> B.B. slept over at the home of Forbush, who is his uncle. About <br> three weeks later, B.B. was showering with his father (Father), as <br> was apparently their occasional practice, when B.B. asked why his <br> uncircumcised penis looked different from Father's circumcised <br> penis. Father replied that B.B. didn't need to worry becau... 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. 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)United States of America v. Stanley Beckstrom
St. George, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of meth.<br> <br> Stanley Beckstrom traveled to California to obtain methamphetamine. On July 21, 2021, Beckstrom delivered methamphetamine to a local restaurant in downtown St. George. The methamphetamine was tested in a drug lab. It was 100% pure and weighed one pound.<br> <br> The Washington County Drug Task F... More...
$0 (10-26-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Jorge Madrigal
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), which provides:<br> <br> (a) Unlawful actsExcept as authorized by this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally—<br> (1) to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distrib... More...
$0 (05-09-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Brett Clinton Combs
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with theft of firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer and being a restricted person in possession of firearms. <br> <br> Brett Clinton Combs, age 41, of Las Vegas used a rock to break into the Dixie Fish and Gun store in St. George during the early morning hours of March 4, 2022. After a "glass break†al... More...
$0 (07-07-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Joseph "Norte Joe" Gomez
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking and money laundering.<br> <br> Joseph "Norte Joe†Gomez, the lead defendant in a large-scale 32 defendant federal indictment, was with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to launder money. All thirty-one members and associates of the Norteños street gang responsible for di... More...
$0 (12-14-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Jimmy Astudillo
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of heroine with intent to distribute.<br> <br> Jimmy Astudillo, age 32, of Salt Lake City, was for possession of heroin with intent to distribute, related to his role in the distribution of narcotics that caused the fatal overdose of a Park City woman in 2018.<br> <br> Astudillo previously entered his guilty... More...
$0 (11-10-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Dr. Joe Roundy
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant accused of failing to properly inventory, track and maintain control over controlled substances.<br> <br> Dr. Joe Roundy, a licensed veterinarian and the owner of the Tooele Veterinary Clinic in Tooele, Utah, was ordered to pay the United States $78,455 and restrict his prescribing of opioids and other controlled substances for vio... More...
$0 (08-19-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Nathan Pehrson
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with three counts related to fraudulently obtaining and tampering with the pain killing narcotic hydromorphone, a powerful schedule II opioid drug that is used to treat patients with moderate to severe pain.<br> <br> During Pehrson's employment as a nurse at an Intermountain Healthcare facility on a surgical and trauma ward... More...
$0 (07-30-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Justin Patterson
Salt Lake City, Utah drug distribution charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Justin Patterson.<br> <br> 21:841(a)(1) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE - Distribution of Methamphetamine<br> (1s)... More...
$0 (06-10-2021 - UT)Conrad Truman v. Orem City, et al. </h1>
Conrad Truman sued state prosecutor Craig Johnson and various Orem City<br> police officers for violating his civil rights by fabricating evidence that was used<br> against him in a murder prosecution. Mr. Truman was prosecuted twice for the<br> murder of his wife. According to Mr. Truman's complaint, the prosecution<br> knowingly falsified measurements of the murder scene to rule out the possibil... More...
$0 (06-04-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Marc Tager, Jonathon Shoucair, Matthew Mangrum, and Kenneth Gross
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants who were charged with telemarketing fraud.<br> <br> Marc Tager, Jonathon Shoucair, Matthew Mangrum, and Kenneth Gross were charged for their roles in an eight million dollar telemarketing fraud scheme that promised investors, most of them elderly, that their business could extract gold from dirt.<br> <br> Tager, Shoucair, and Man... More...
$0 (05-20-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Aaron Michael Shamo
Salt Lake City, Utah drug trafficking criminal lawyer represented defendant.<br> <br> Aaron Michael Shamo, the CEO of a nationwide dark net was charged with running a drug trafficking organization that distributed more than a half million counterfeit pills throughout the country. <br> <br> A federal jury found Shamo guilty of organizing and directing a drug trafficking organization that imported f... More...
$0 (10-30-2020 - UT)United States of America v. Elet Neilson
Salt Lake City, UT - The United States of America charged Elet Neilson with stealing pain medications from patients.<br> <br> Elet Neilson, age 53, of Layton, a former emergency room nurse who admitted to tampering with controlled substances intended for patients and diverting the drugs for her own use, will serve 60 months in federal prison. <br> <br> As a result of the tampering and diversion, ... More...
$0 (01-30-2020 - UT)United States of America v. Tiffany Scott Spevak
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Salt Lake City, UT - First Defendant In Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison<br> Co-Conspirators Distributed More Than 99 Pounds in Utah, Idaho, and Other Locations<br> <br> The lead defendant in a methamphetamine trafficking... More...
$0 (10-19-2019 - UT)United States of America v. Robert Lee Holloway
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"><br> </center><br> A jury convicted Robert Holloway in federal district court of four counts of wire<br> fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and one count of submitting a false tax return in<br> violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206. The district court sentenced Holloway to 225 months’... More...
$0 (09-20-2019 - UT)United States of America v. Aaron Michael Shamo
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Salt Lake City, UT - Jury Convicts Shamo of Leading Drug Trafficking Network for distribution <br> more than half a million counterfeit pills throughout the country <br> <br> A federal jury in Salt Lake City returned guilty verdicts on August 30, 2019 finding A... More...
$0 (09-10-2019 - UT)Charles Payan v. United Parcel Services; Charles Martinez
Charles Payan appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of<br> United Parcel Service (“UPS”) in relation to his claims for racial discrimination and<br> retaliation arising under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, as well as his state law claims<br> for breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.<br> Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28... More...
$0 (10-10-2018 - UT)United States of America v. R. Gregory Shepard and Neldon Johnson and RaPower-3, LLC
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"><br> </center><br> Salt Lake City, UT - Federal Court Orders Tax Scheme Promoters to Disgorge $50 Million in Gains From Fraudulent Solar Energy Tax Scheme<br> <br> Court also permanently bars defendants from facilitating and promoting scheme<br> <br> <br> A federal court in Salt Lake ... More...
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